HomeMy WebLinkAboutCentennial Lakes Park opens for summer season
Contact: Jennifer Bennerotte, Communications & Marketing Director
Phone 952-833-9520 • Fax 952-826-0390 • Web www.CityofEdina.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Centennial Lakes Park summer amenities open for season
Edina, Minn., April 28, 2010 – The Centennial Lakes Park putting course and lawn games have opened for
the season.
Centennial Lakes, a 24-acre park and pond, offers the ultimate urban escape. The park features more than 1.5
miles of paved pathways meandering around a 10-acre lake and interspersed with beautifully landscaped
grounds, formal and informal seating areas, swinging benches and fountains.
During the summer months, visitors can rent paddleboats; fish in the ponds for sunfish, bass and bullheads;
watch remote-controlled sailboat races; explore the maze; or try their luck on the bent grass putting course
or croquet and lawn bowling courts.
Centennial Lakes Park's 18 manicured bent grass greens range in length from 57 to 125 feet and are
surrounded by sand traps, ponds, boulders and planter beds. Players use only a putter to negotiate these
heavily undulated greens. This par 51 layout is 1,662 feet in length and takes approximately an hour and 45
minutes to play. All ages and abilities are welcome, however, due to the difficulty of the course it is
recommended that players be 8 years of age and older.
The Park features championship caliber croquet and lawn bowling courts. These lush bent grass lawns are
some of the finest in the Midwest. Courts may be rented by the hour, with all equipment and written
instructions included in the court fee.
Hours through Memorial Day are 2 p.m. to sunset Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to sunset Saturday and
Sunday. After May 29, summer hours will be 10 a.m. to sunset daily. Cost is $8 per person for 18 holes on
the putting course. Lawn bowling and croquet courts are $15 per court per hour. Paddleboats are $7 per
boat per half hour.
For more information on Centennial Lakes Park, call 952-833-9580 or visit
www.CentennialLakesPark.com.
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