Lights will be turned on at ballfields July 3, 4

                      NEWS RELEASE

Edward B. Murray, Mayor

Jesús Aguirre, Superintendent

For Immediate Release:                                                                               June 26, 2015

Contact:          David Takami, 206-684-8020

                        david.takami@seattle.gov

Lights will be turned on at ballfields July 3, 4

Seattle Parks and Recreation will turn on field lighting on ballfields throughout the city on the evenings of Friday, July 3, and Saturday, July 4, to protect the surfaces. The ballfield lights will be turned on at 8:45 p.m. and will be turned off at either 10 p.m. or 11 p.m., depending on the field.

The lights will be turned on to discourage the use of fireworks. Fireworks are illegal in the city of Seattle and will destroy the artificial turf on the fields or surrounding facilities. The approximate replacement cost for the synthetic surface based on per average full-size field (110,000 square feet) is $1.2 million. All the fields have been renovated in the past several years and benefit field users including players of soccer, football, baseball, Ultimate Frisbee and lacrosse.     

The fields will be monitored by security from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m.

Lights at the following fields will be turned off at 11 p.m.:

·         Bobby Morris at Cal Anderson Park, 1635 11th Ave

·         Delridge Playfield, 4458 Delridge Way SW

·         Garfield #1, E Cherry St & 23rd Ave

·         Genesee Upper and Lower Playfield, 4316 S Genesee St.

·         Georgetown Playfield, 750 S Homer St.

·         Hiawatha Playfield, 2700 California Ave. SW

·         Jefferson Playfield, 4165 16th Ave. S

·         Lower Woodland Playfield #2 and #7, 5201 Green Lake Way North

·         Walt Hundley Playfield, 6920 34th Avenue SW

·         Washington Park Playfield, 2500 Lake Washington Blvd. E

·         Interbay Athletic Complex, 3027 17th Ave W

·         W Queen Anne Playfield, 150 W Blaine St.

Lights at the following fields will turned off at 10 p.m.:

·         Loyal Heights Playfield, 2101 NW 77th St

·         Mickey Merriam Athletic field complex, Magnuson #5 (Rugby), #6, #7, 7400 Sand Point Way N.E.

·         Miller Playfield, 330 19th Ave. E

For more information please call Seattle Parks and Recreation Security Manager Marlan Teeters at 206-684-7088.

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