Photo: City of Lakeville
Lakeville’s much-anticipated first splashpad will open on Memorial Day weekend as a part of the new Grand Prairie Park (7700 185th St. W.), which is opening in phases throughout this spring and summer. The challenge course, pickleball courts, playground, restrooms and shelters open this spring.
Once it’s completely open this fall, City of Lakeville Parks & Recreation director Joe Masiarchin says the park will offer activities that cater to a wide variety of interests. “The pickleball courts have already received high praise and heavy use,” he says. “The splashpad and playground are going to be incredibly popular for kids. The challenge course is going to be really popular with older youth. The lit athletic decks are going to be a huge asset for the athletic associations, and the addition of the grandstand provides a home for Lakeville’s first townball team.”
The 68-acre park will have five athletic fields, which are hybrid-use for football, lacrosse or soccer, and two of the fields combined also include one cricket pitch. The athletic fields are expected to open this fall.
