A town in Alberta is getting a new multisport field and pickleball courts

Get your cleats ready, because a new multisport field in Sylvan Lake is nearly finished, with the facility set to open next spring for football, soccer, and lacrosse.

According to an Oct. 27 update from the Town of Sylvan Lake, crews have installed the turf, shock pad, and goal posts. Remaining work includes fencing, landscaping and trees, an officials’ shelter, and completing the parking lot and surrounding roads.

Construction on the pickleball courts is now expected to begin next spring after rain delayed the project throughout this year’s construction season.

Part of the ongoing development at Pogadl Park, the field is one of several recreation amenities planned for the complex, which has been under construction in phases since 2017.

Its first phase included construction of a 1,184-seat baseball stadium, which is now home to the Western Canadian Baseball League’s (WCBL) Sylvan Lake Gulls.

The new multisport field and the park’s pickleball courts are both expected to open in Spring 2027.

Pogadl Park is a long-term project expected to be completed in 2028, with the total cost estimated at around $34 million.

The 20-acre site was donated to the Town of Sylvan Lake in 2016 by the Pogadl family in honour of Ed and Glenda Pogadl.

Address: 6301 Memorial Tr., Sylvan Lake, Alta