CRPD Facility Wins Design Award

Cordova Recreation and Park District’s newly renovated Mather Sport Center has been recognized as a winner in the Multi-Purpose Turf category by the American Sports Builders Association. The project was designed by Beals Alliance, and is the culmination of a $15 million renovation of the former Mather Air Force bases recreational facilities.

The Cordova Recreation and Park District took over the facility upon the closure of Mather Air Force base, completing the nation’s first free public benefit conveyance of real property ownership from the federal government as a result of the military base closures in the early 1990s.

This project is the first phase in a multi-phased renovation planned for the facility, and was funded by a combination of grants, partnerships, public funding, and loans. The Mather Sports Center now includes a full lighted synthetic turf softball/soccer triplex with concession area, stadium style seating, a plaza style skate park, new playground, lighted synthetic turf soccer field, natural grass baseball field, walking track, pentaque court, in-line skate hockey court, and full gym.

This facility is now one of the finest sports complexes in the Sacramento region, and is expected to bring participants for tournaments from all over the state. It will bring new revenue to the area as teams travel and stay in hotels, eat in restaurants and purchase fuel, as well as providing something for everyone in the family to participate in as they recreate and pursue a fit lifestyle together.

For more details about the Mather Sports Center, please call 916-362-1841. Mather Sports Center is located at 3755 Schriever Ave, Mather, CA 95655.

Submitted by Trish Lindvall of the Cordova Recreation and Parks District.