Leppävaara Sports Park is being reformed – to be completed in autumn 2025
The reform of Leppävaara Sports Park in Espoo begins this summer. As a part of the reform, many features that had to be moved to make way for the Kameleonten Hall last summer can be restored to the area.
The existing football fields, tennis courts and artificial ice rinks had to make way for the Kameleonten Hall. They will return to Leppävaara Sports Park in connection with the reform.
"The existing gravel pitch will be replaced by a combined artificial turf and artificial ice rink. Two new tennis courts and a tennis training wall will be built next to artificial turf 2. We will also build a new beach volley court next to them, which the sports park has not had before," says Juha Helminen, manager for the northern area of Espoo.
In addition to these changes, the City will develop the Loviselundinpuisto Park, which is located next to the sports park and includes the Angry Birds playground and a skateboarding park. The park will have a new pump track for cyclists, which is a little like a BMX track.
"The area will also have a new outdoor sports facility that is like an obstacle course and very different from the other exercise areas in the sports park. Next to it, we will have a new picnic area with tables, benches and sunshades. The existing basketball court will be modernised," Helminen lists the reforms.
Last autumn, a poledancing pole was installed in the sports park, which is located next to the outdoor gym at the end of Leppävaara Stadium.
"The construction work starting this summer will finish the reform of Leppävaara Sports Park and make the wide area more usable in both summer and winter. The diverse activities offered by the sports park, the indoor pools and the other sports facilities attract about 1.5 million visitors every year," Helminen says.
Text: Thea Ekholm