O’Neil Skate Park to close for construction pool project

Posted on May 20, 2022
O’Neil Pool is located at 1515 West Chestnut Street in Bloomington. (Photo City of Bloomington)

By Jake Fogal

BLOOMINGTON – The City of Bloomington’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts department will close O’Neil Park’s Skate Park as construction on the new pool project begins.

Starting on Monday, the current skate park will be closed to allow for the removal of the skate ramps.

The new and improved skate park is part of the new O’Neil pool and park project. The tennis courts located near Chestnut Street will be closed a well and become a staging area during construction.

Areas of the park that will not be affected are the softball fields on the north side of O’Neil Park, the playground area across the street from Sheridan Elementary School, and the T-Ball field on the corner of chestnut and hinshaw avenue.

For more information on the park construction, contact the City of Bloomington’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department at 309-434-2260, or go online to BloomingtonParks.org.

Jake Fogal can be reached at [email protected].

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