Start of construction on 4,000 m² of skating fun

Ghent's alderman for Sport, Sofie Bracke, broke ground for the construction of the skate park at the Watersportbaan in Ghent last Tuesday. The brand-new skate park will be the largest in the country and will also be the third largest in Europe, covering more than 4,000 square meters.

The skate park will always be freely accessible and will also be able to be used year-round thanks to lighting with timer function, which can be controlled by the skaters themselves. One extra special feature of this project is that the Ghent skaters themselves were given the opportunity to help decide on the skate park’s layout. The skate park is scheduled to open next summer and will be an additional asset for the Blaarmeersen-Watersportbaan sports site.