Skate Park at Carpenter Park to Open Aug. 11

PLANO, TX — Carpenter Park's skate park is slated to open on Saturday, Aug. 11 with a ribbon cutting ceremony, the City of Plano Parks and Recreation Department announced Thursday. Once the ribbon is cut, the public is invited to begin full time use of the facility.

Located in the southeast corner of the park, Carpenter Park Skate Park combines popular street-style skating and bowl skating features. Designed by Newline Skate Parks and built by Dean Construction with SPA Skate Parks, the new skate park features some of the most extensive and unique skate features in all of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Skaters will enjoy one of the largest bowls in the area as well as various sized ramps, rails, stair sets and ledges. Moreover, the park is designed in the shape of a "P," resembling the City of Plano's official logo. (Subscribe to your local Texas Patch for real-time news alerts and informative newsletters delivered straight to your inbox.)

“For years Plano athletes of all ages have utilized the city’s athletic facilities for soccer, football, basketball and a variety of other sports,” said Senior Park Planner Liz Del Turco. “Now after more than a decade in the making, skateboarders have a safe environment that offers the same freedom and availability that they have been missing in Plano. This is a project that has truly been a community effort. It’s very exciting to bring the project to completion and open the park.”

Voters approved funding for the project in the 2005 bond election. Years of community planning culminated in 2016 when the skate park was added to the Carpenter Park Master Plan. The overhaul of the park’s athletic fields was approved in a 2013 bond election and includes renovations to the park’s irrigation and lighting systems, the addition of a loop trail, and a restored drainage system.

The Carpenter Park Skate Park will be free to use and be open throughout normal park hours.

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