We Built a Skatepark in Dallas!!!

Grand Opening Event for the Bachman Lake Skatepark is on Saturday May 17, 2025 at 10am. 45,000 Square Feet of amazing skatepark are there for you to enjoy!!

Decades in the making, the community finally achieved its dream!

 

Dr. Clinton Haley, founder of Skateparks for Dallas skating with friends and his son

Skatepark Advocates at the Bachman Skatepark groundbreaking

dallas skatepark goals: our definition of success

  • A 30,000-75,000 square foot, permanent, poured-in concrete skatepark

  • Features suitable for skaters of all levels with progression

  • A venue that is welcoming, beautiful, safe and fun

  • Accessible by multiple modes of transit, including DART and bike/walk

  • A true public amenity, where families visit together, or just watch the talented young people of the city of Dallas, with benches and shade and other beneficial facilities

  • Skateboard appropriate lighting for night skating

  • Skatepark Master Plan developed to identify opportunities for permanent concrete skate parks in each city council district

Our aim is for both Bachman Lake and Oak Cliff Skatepark projects to achieve these park design goals.

bachman lake skatepark

The flagship skatepark of Dallas, learn about the history, see the design and how the community made it happen.

oak cliff skatepark

This project is raising $400K to get a skatepark built at Westmoreland Park. We have received an amazing $150K matching grant, so we are only $85K away from the full amount.

dallas skate news & history

Our blog includes coverage of the Texas Skateboard Museum, and historic events like the Craig Johnson Bowl Jam.

St. Francis Skatepark at Lakeland Hills Park

The original Dallas Skatepark. Let’s show it some love!

after the skateparks are built, what next?

  • Skateparks don’t need activation, they are hubs, but we aim to help activate the Dallas skateparks by partnering with Dallas Parks & Recreation for skateboard lessons, camps, and contests that involve the community.

  • Garland skatepark has been a mecca since it opened, including with monthly clean up days, contests and meetups.

About Skateparks for Dallas

Skate Parks for Dallas is an independent non-profit (a 501(c)(3)), working with the city & skaters, citizens & companies to build Dallas's first public, concrete skatepark. This project will help realize the vision of the vast skate community in the city. 100% of donations made to Skateparks for Dallas will go to the skatepark projects. Our organization is 100% volunteer run with no paid staff and most expenses donated by the team. Donate here