Tory MPs are to present petitions to Downing Street to try to get the government to rethink.
Charnwood Borough Council says resurfacing work is likely to take about two months.
Syston Town Cricket Club says the raiders caused immense damage before stealing a till.
With a hot summer drying out Syston Brook, volunteers have prepared the waterway ready for rain.
Hayden Jones-Powell was "apparently unable to swim", an inquest into his death hears.
Police confirmed divers had recovered Hayden Jones-Powell's body from Meynell Lake in Syston.
Police and fire crews are at the scene at Meynell Lake with his next of kin aware.
Sites in Loughborough, Rothley, Anstey, Mountsorrel and Syston will be sold and residents moved out.
The event at Watermead Park in May will cost the club more than £1,500 to stage after the theft.
