Empire Fields and Plateau Sports Park now open
July 18, 2015 – Empire Fields and Plateau Sports Park in Hastings Park–the city's second oldest and second largest park–are now open. The transformation is a significant outcome of the Hastings Park/PNE Master Plan and delivers on community and Park Board priorities for new park space and improvements in pedestrian and bicycle paths. Hastings Park opened in 1910 and has played a unique and important role in the sporting and cultural history of Vancouver. The historical Miracle Mile statue, which honours the first time in history that two athletes ran a mile in less than four minutes in the same race (in the 1954 Empire Games), was unveiled at its new location at Empire Fields on July 10.
Come play at our new park on July 18
June 26, 2015 – Join us on Saturday, July 18 to celebrate the opening of Empire Fields and Plateau Sports Park! Hastings Sports Day will feature demos, skills, races, tournaments, and sports drop-in sessions for all ages. While you're here, be sure to share the fun on social media using #HastingsSportsDay.
Empire Fields, Plateau Sports Park, and greenways
May 7, 2015 – Empire Fields, Plateau Sports Park and the greeways at Hastings Park are now complete! Enjoy all the new sport and playground features at Vancouver’s second largest park. Activities range from beach volleyball, basketball, ping pong, Parkour, outdoor fitness equipment, a bike park with pump track and bike skills, and playgrounds for all ages. And there is more! The walking/jogging track and bike greenways connecting the park to the neighbourhood are open for public use. The soccer fields are also fully complete, but unavailable for public use until the FIFA Women’s World Cup is over in early July 2015.
February 3, 2015 – Due to weather-related delays, work on Empire Fields and the adjacent Plateau Park will be completed in spring 2015. Upon opening, Empire Fields will be used as a training venue for the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015. Public access to the fields will begin in July 2015.
August 2014 – Construction is underway and on schedule for completion in November 2014.
Join us in celebrating the completion of Creekway Park on September 30
September 9, 2013 – Creekway Park is complete! The construction of Creekway Park has transformed the former parking lot into an ecologically rich and diverse creekside landscape. The park highlights how the daylighted stream connects the Sanctuary in Hastings Park to Burrard Inlet. It also improves pedestrian and bicycle access through the City, connecting New Brighton to Hastings Park and the adjacent neighbourhoods.
Please come and see the first of many new park spaces at Hastings Park. Celebrate with us the completion of this project on September 30, from 10:30am – 12:30pm. We will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and activities for kids, and serve cake.
New parks and greenways for Hastings Park
July 10, 2013 – Council has awarded the contract for the construction of Empire Fields, Plateau Park, and new park greenways. The new and revitalized park spaces will deliver on key priorities of the Hastings Park/PNE Master Plan, and build on the legacy components of the BC Lions temporary stadium at Empire Fields, and will include:
- The creation of a destination park, and sport and recreation facilities for all ages and abilities (6.8 ha of new and renewed park space)
- A significant increase in connectivity for pedestrians and cyclists in and around Hastings Park and to New Brighton Park (3.25 km of new greenways)
- View drawings and plans in the Documents tab
Connection to New Brighton Park and Creekway Park nearing completion
July 3, 2013 – The first leg of the daylighted stream in Creekway Park connecting the Sanctuary in Hastings Park to Burrard Inlet is nearing completion. Along with the stream construction, a new bicycle and pedestrian pathway system is being built to provide a safer, more convenient connection from Hastings Park to New Brighton Park. Currently the stream course is being planted and walkways are being paved, and we anticipate that the park will be complete in September of this year.
- View the plan of Creekway Park and images of the daylighted stream in the Documents tab
April 25th public engagement event postponed
April 25, 2013 – Today's public engagement event has been postponed. It will now be held on Thursday, May 2, 2013.
Please join us then, to review and provide feedback on the refined governance options for Hastings Park and the PNE.
- Thursday, May 2, 2013 from 6:00 - 9:00pm
Hastings Community Centre
3096 East Hastings Street
Drop-in at 6:00pm; presentation at 7:00pm.
(Chinese translation will be available.)
We’re looking for your feedback on options that have been refined following public and stakeholder input in February and March 2013. If you can’t make it to the event, visit our website after May 2 for details and to fill in a feedback form.
February 25, 2013 – Come to a public engagement forum to learn more about the governance review and share your thoughts. City staff and consultants have been examining how Hastings Park and the PNE are currently governed in order to develop a governance model that supports the vision adopted by Council as outlined in the Hastings Park/PNE Master Plan. We're looking for your feedback on options that have been developed so far with stakeholder input.
- Public engagement forum: Monday, March 11 from 6-9 pm
Drop-in at 6 pm. Presentation at 7 pm. Group discussion at 7:30 pm.
Hastings Community Centre, 3096 East Hastings Street
Empire Fields, Plateau Sports Park, and greenways
January 2013 – This project will be tendered in mid-February and expected to complete construction in spring 2014. Check this page for construction updates.
Hastings Park governance review
November 2012 – City Council has directed staff to begin public consultation on the governance review of Hastings Park and the PNE. Consultation events will begin in early 2013.
Empire Fields, Plateau Sports returns with new parks and greenways
June 16, 2012 – Learn about exciting plans for the renewal of Empire Fields and the rebirth of a forgotten stream in the new Creekway Park. Comment on finalized concept plans for Empire Fields, Plateau Sports Park, and new Greenways in and around Hasting Park.
- View the presentation boards in the Documents tab
Detailed designs being developed
May 14, 2012 – Efforts are now focused on developing detailed designs for the initial park spaces in Hastings Park, including:
- Perimeter Park Greenway
- Empire Fields
- The Plateau
- New Brighton Connection
The temporary stadium at Empire Fields has been dismantled
March 3, 2012 – With the completion of BC Place, the BC Lions and the Vancouver Whitecaps have moved to their new home, so the temporary stadium at Empire Fields has been dismantled.
The City of Vancouver has retained a professional consulting team and is working with Technical and Community Advisory groups to prepare design options and finalize a concept plan for reinstating community use at Empire Field. View the latest concept plans (on the Documents tab) for the proposed synthetic turf fields and surrounding active park spaces: Plateau Sports Park, dirt jumps, Leeside Tunning, and jogging path.
Public consultation for the reinstatement of Empire Field, the Plateau Sports Park, and park greenways will continue until June 2012. Construction is anticipated to begin in late 2012 and be complete by fall 2013.
Public consultations
February 22, 2012 – Public consultation is taking place about initial design concepts for Empire Fields and the surrounding park areas and greenways, and about the finalized design concept for Creekway park.
- View the presentation boards in the Documents tab
Storm sewer separation
January 16, 2012 – The City's storm sewer separation project upstream from the Sanctuary is ongoing.
Open house
October 26, 2011 – A public open house was held at the Pacific Coliseum. View the open house panels and questionnaire results, or sign up to be notified about future consultation events, in the Documents tab.
- View the presentation boards in the Documents tab