Central Broward Regional Park

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Central Broward Regional Park
Main Event Field
Location	Lauderhill, Florida
Opened	November 9, 2007
Owner	Broward County, Florida
Operator	Broward County Parks and Recreation Division
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	$70 million
Architect	H.J. Russell Seawood Builders
Tenants	Fort Lauderdale Fighting Squids (USAFL) (2008-present) South Florida Elite Futbol Club (USYS) (2008-present)
Capacity	20,000 (5,000 fixed, 15,000 berm)

Central Broward Regional Park is a large municipal park in Lauderhill, Florida, owned and operated by Broward County. It opened on November 9, 2007, at a construction cost of $70 million.

1 Main Event Field
2 Other amenities
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Main Event Field

The Main Event Field is a large circular grass pitch with a 5,000-seat stadium and large berms capable of holding 15,000 more. It also features stadium lighting and a luxury viewing area. It was designed with cricket in mind.^[1]

It will host a round-robin Twenty20 cricket tournament, the Martin Luther King Twenty20 Cricket Tournament (MLK T20), on January 18-20, 2008. Featured in the tournament will be cricket players from India, Pakistan and the West Indies. The park is in talks with the International Cricket Council to host a more formal tournament, potentially between national-level teams, in the future.^[2]

The Main Event Field will also be the home of the Fort Lauderdale Fighting Squids of the United States Australian Football League, the American governing body of Australian rules football, beginning in 2008.

[edit] Other amenities

Central Broward Regional Park also has two large artificial-turf practice fields. They can be split into four American football or soccer pitches, or combined into two cricket pitches. It also features standard playgrounds, a 1.5-mile walking trail, and basketball, netball and tennis courts. A water park--Tropical Splash--will open in March 2008.^[3]