Prairie Winds Park offers features such as tennis courts, playgrounds, a basketball court, winter skating and winter sledding hill. In the spring/summer there is also a spray park, lazy river and wading pool.
As part of the Provincial Municipal Stimulus Program, Calgary Parks is embarking on a new construction project in Prairie Winds Park to provide drinking water to food truck vendors in the park. This project will create several water hook-ups in the park for the vendors to connect to. Construction is expected to begin during summer 2021.
Due to its proximity to the Calgary Airport, the flying of any device is not permitted in Prairie Winds Park. This includes kites, model planes, drones, balloons, and any other device that is meant to be airborne.
The park first opened on September 8, 1990 with a gazebo in the Grant MacEwan grove, where 90 trees were planted for his 90th birthday. The park then underwent a 11.9 million dollar renovation from 2014 - 2017.
Calgary Recreation facilitates the bookings of open public park spaces for various outdoor activities at Prairie Winds Park, including weddings, fundraising events, performances walks/runs, etc.
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