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Recreation Park bandshell Recreation Park Golf Course Clubhouse. Recreation Park in Long Beach, California is a large 210.9-acre (0.853 km 2) recreation center in the southeast section of the city. The park has a lawn bowling green, dog park, casting pond, and playground. Special facilities include the Billie Jean King Tennis Center, and the ...
The Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine Department administration offices moved to the site of El Dorado Park West in 1962, beginning in a renovated home on the property after the City purchased the land. Most of Area I opened to the public in 1964, including a golf course. A branch of Long Beach's public library opened in 1970. [1]
Chittick Field is a sports complex in Long Beach, California.Originally constructed (and still used) as a stormwater detention basin named Hamilton Bowl (after Hamilton Junior High School, which was located nearby [1]), it is also known under multiple other names: Dee Andrews Sports Complex, "The Hole", "El Hoyo", and as a result of its deterioration in the 2000s, "The Dust Bowl". [2]
A restoration was approved in 2008, and the project's first phase began in 2009, under a state-funded grant. Los Angeles County funded a project to divert 40% of stormwater that would have gone into the lagoon to Long Beach Marine Stadium. An enhanced playground also debuted in 2009. [1]
The Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine received a Gold Medal award from the National Recreation and Park Association in 2002, 2003, and 2004, recognizing the Department's "outstanding management practices and programs".
Long Beach City College has 21 athletic programs for men and women. The teams are known as the Vikings, and they have won 16 national and 84 state championships as of Spring 2006. The mascot is a viking named Ole. The Vikings are recognized as a powerhouse in some of the most competitive community college conferences in California, as well as ...
Woodrow Wilson High School (colloquially known as Long Beach Wilson) is an American public high school located in Long Beach, California. This two-block campus is located approximately 1.5 miles from the Pacific Ocean , across from the Recreation Park , and approximately 3 miles from Orange County .
Blair Field is a stadium in Long Beach, California.It originally opened in 1956 and is primarily used for baseball.It holds 3,238 people. It is named for Frank Blair, the sports editor for the Long Beach Press-Telegram newspaper for 32 years.