Renovated Facilities to Be Unveiled at Park
A year ago, rundown facilities and loitering gangs at McCambridge Park turned residents away. But after today, officials expect people throughout the region to flock to the manicured, newly renovated park and the area’s premier public tennis center.
The city has spent $4 million and four years transforming the run-down, 17-acre park into a state-of-the-art facility with just about anything a park visitor could want: two refurbished baseball diamonds, bocci courts, a basketball court, two playgrounds, landscaped picnic area and the Burbank Tennis Center.
It will hold a public dedication ceremony at 11:30 a.m. today, after which the park will be open for business.
The most unique element of the complex is the $1.1-million tennis center, with 10 concrete courts, a sunken championship court with seating for 300 spectators and two clay courts. An outdated multipurpose building has been converted into a training room, cafe and tennis pro shop.
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