Question 02 · Parks & Recreation
For too many Omaha families, tournament weekends start by leaving Omaha.
Pack the car. Pay for gas. Book a hotel. Buy meals on the road. Spend the weekend in another city so your child can compete. We can give more of those families a place to play at home.
A park built around Omaha kids.
Tranquility Park near 120th Street and West Maple Road has served generations of Omaha athletes. The City began planning a major redevelopment to create more reliable, tournament-quality fields, improve the experience for local families, and give Omaha a stronger opportunity to host regional and national youth sporting events.
Synthetic-turf fields can support longer seasons and more hours of play than natural grass, and reduce cancellations caused by weather and field conditions.
What is planned now?
The plan has changed as construction estimates increased and anticipated state funding did not materialize. The original 2023 concept included soccer and multipurpose fields as well as new baseball and softball fields. The current project has been scaled back and is centered on synthetic-turf soccer and multipurpose fields — baseball and softball fields from the original concept are not part of the current phase.
City officials have publicly discussed configurations ranging from approximately 12 to 16 synthetic-turf fields as the project has evolved.
62
$30–36M
The demand is real
Teams already want to come to Omaha.
Visit Omaha reported in December 2025 that it had connected with 62 sports organizations interested in bringing events to Omaha after the expanded complex is completed — representing sports including soccer, baseball, softball, flag football, rugby, archery, quadball and lacrosse.
The reason starts closer to home
More opportunities for Omaha kids.
The value of Tranquility Park is not measured only by hotel rooms or visitor spending. It is measured in games Omaha children can play here.
"Weekends families don't have to spend on the road. A public facility that gives more kids access to high-quality fields in their own community."
