Sports Field Operations are responsible for:
- 1600+ City of Edmonton sports fields which include:
- 132 full shale infield ball diamonds
- 489 standard grass infield ball diamonds
- 131 teaching stations
- 867 rectangular fields
- 11 soccer teaching stations
- 15 – 400 metre running tracks with 6 specialized amenities
- 2400+ sports field fixtures (backstops-goal posts)
- 15 booked no fixture fields
- 3 artificial turf fields
- 83 tennis courts
- 400+ long jump pits in school yards
- 6 athletic facilities operating 7 days per week (16 hours per day) mid-April through November
- In the south they are John Fry Park, Goldstick Park, Rollie Miles Athletic Park and Mill Wood’s District Park
- In the North they are Johnny Bright Park and Coronation District Park
Some of the work accomplished by the Sports Field Operations Team in 2014 includes:
- Marking lines on approximately 1000 rectangular fields
- Inspected/maintained/re-surfaced a combined total of 3216 diamonds
- Visited tennis courts 2851 times for maintenance and to ensure safe play
- Prepared fields for over 360 registered user groups, not including school or casual use
- Prepared fields for 130,000 booked hours. This does not include school or casual use. This is the equivalent to 65,000 games (2-hour).
- 55% of sports field booked use is concentrated in 2 months, May and June