Golden Eagle Regional Park

Description

Golden Eagle Regional Park is a large outdoor artificial turf sports complex in Sparks, Nevada. At 1.4 million square feet of turf, it currently lays claim to being the largest single installation artificial turf project in North America.HistorySparks' largest public works project ever, Golden Eagle Regional Park opened near the city's Wingfield Springs area on April 14, 2008. After a 14-year process with help from the Bureau of Land Management, Golden Eagle replaced the softball fields of the former Don Mello Sports Complex. It cost around $30 million to construct and is spread out over 140 acres of a partially undeveloped 450-acre lot.The park is partially funded through open space bond funds that were approved by voters in 2000. The remainder of the funding for Golden Eagle Regional Park comes from impact fees paid by its developers. Sparks city officials have discussed plans to further develop the lot as money becomes available, including a possible equestrian park.In 2008, Sparks city officials explored the possibility of securing a naming rights sponsor for the park, but the park has retained its original name. Since the park opened in 2008, FieldTurf, the company that originally installed the turf, has replenished parts of the playing field with new turf.In 2009, a Sparks city official estimated to the Nevada Assembly that the park attracts a million visitors annually, particularly for softball tournaments.On November 7, 2011, NV Energy and the city of Sparks celebrated the completion of the park's solar energy system which generates power for the stadium's lights.