Saskatoon city councillors received an update on the planned overhaul of the Gordie Howe Sports Complex.
Work on the all-season multi sports facility is scheduled for completion in spring 2019. The upgrades are expected to cost $42 million.
New features include baseball fields, lighting for cross country skiing, batting cages and better parking.
The Friends of the Bowl Foundation have brought in $16 million in donations, leaving $26 million to be paid through government funding, sponsorships or further donations.
The upgrades also calls for some trees to be taken out.
“The current proposed plan — there will be approximately 215 trees that will be removed and about 290 are planned for re-planting, and again, we are working through finalizing that plan,” Lynne Lacroix, director of recreation and community development with the city, said.
The trees will be re-planted within the Gordie Howe Sports Complex.
With files from Global’s Wendy Winiewski