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re: Any recent updates on the City Park master plan situation?
Posted on 1/28/26 at 8:41 pm to Remnant
Posted on 1/28/26 at 8:41 pm to Remnant
I first played City Park when Harry Neese was the pro. It was fun and different.
But over the years they have nibbled away at the City Park complex.
I-10 took out the baseball field on the top of that hill. The pool was cut out. Knock Knock took out a large portion of the green space west of Dalrymple.
Now they want to take out the golf course. It’s criminal.
They are doing a much needed project to rehab the Lakes and improve the surrounds. Don’t let them go backwards now and take out the course now that the lakes are being fixed. BR had a few inner city jewels. We lost Howell, keep Webb and City top notch and they will be here for our grand children and their families.
But over the years they have nibbled away at the City Park complex.
I-10 took out the baseball field on the top of that hill. The pool was cut out. Knock Knock took out a large portion of the green space west of Dalrymple.
Now they want to take out the golf course. It’s criminal.
They are doing a much needed project to rehab the Lakes and improve the surrounds. Don’t let them go backwards now and take out the course now that the lakes are being fixed. BR had a few inner city jewels. We lost Howell, keep Webb and City top notch and they will be here for our grand children and their families.
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Posted on 1/29/26 at 1:29 pm to Bawpaw
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Posted on 1/31/26 at 11:09 am to dagrippa
On one level, I can appreciate any effort to improve City Park. But it needs to make common sense. Why, when the golf course pulls in over $300,000 annually would you suddenly take all that away. A pitch and putt golf course, like was at LSU for a few years - but then they finally closed it down, wouldn't come close to that kind of revenue. Instead, they need to see why their idea makes sense to the tax payers... which, as of now, as a tax payer... their ideas appear self-serving than beneficial to the tax payers.
Posted on 2/1/26 at 1:11 pm to Bawpaw
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Thank you. I am on a five hour ride to TX tomorrow. I’ll shoot some emails out to them, the metro council, and maybe the local state rep.
Back in October, I made my voice heard and sent an email advocating for keeping the current course footprint during the voting session. Commissioner Polito, who from the start has been pushing for heavy BRAF involvement and a full revamp replied back, proclaimed innocence and asked where I saw that the proposal would involve doing anything to the golf course. I then called out what was obvious among other things, that certain individuals and organizations have wanted to remove or substantially shrink the course for decades now, and letting BRAF solely lead the effort could open the door to excluding any meaningful input from the golfers in the community of which there are many. A different commissioner who voted no to BRAF replied, thanking me for my input.
I'm curious what they reply to you this time.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 4:42 pm to 904
BREC golfers: Public comment being collected now. Voice your opinion on the City-Brooks Park master plan. Formally presented as the City-Brooks Park & Lakes Vision Plan, it offers a variety of options to consider. See link below.
Please take the time to read all the information and questions presented and provide answers. It may take 10-15 minutes to go through the process, but we need you to make your opinion known.
The Friends of City Park-BR supports:
*Keeping City-Brooks Park a neighborhood park that anyone can visit;
*Preserving and improving all current amenities; and particularly Historic City Park Golf Course and its existing 9-hole layout; and
*Utilizing currently un-used acreage within the 154-acre park boundary for any new initiatives.
*Additionally, any park improvement should not be connected to the University Lakes ongoing renovations and the Lakes project should be separated from BREC's continued governance of the park and the golf course.
Follow the link below to the master plan home page, read the information provided and then click into the SURVEY form. The survey will remain open until February 27.
LINK: LINK
Please take the time to read all the information and questions presented and provide answers. It may take 10-15 minutes to go through the process, but we need you to make your opinion known.
The Friends of City Park-BR supports:
*Keeping City-Brooks Park a neighborhood park that anyone can visit;
*Preserving and improving all current amenities; and particularly Historic City Park Golf Course and its existing 9-hole layout; and
*Utilizing currently un-used acreage within the 154-acre park boundary for any new initiatives.
*Additionally, any park improvement should not be connected to the University Lakes ongoing renovations and the Lakes project should be separated from BREC's continued governance of the park and the golf course.
Follow the link below to the master plan home page, read the information provided and then click into the SURVEY form. The survey will remain open until February 27.
LINK: LINK
Posted on 2/7/26 at 12:15 pm to Ernie Gott
Thanks for this. I filled out the survey and told BREC they should invest three to five million dollars in improving the course the way they did at J.S. Clark.
BRAF and BREC are definitely trying to do an end-around on this. LSU wants to get the Lakes Project off their plate and shift responsibility for maintenance and upkeep to BREC.
BRAF and BREC are definitely trying to do an end-around on this. LSU wants to get the Lakes Project off their plate and shift responsibility for maintenance and upkeep to BREC.
Posted on 2/7/26 at 1:11 pm to Bendelow
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Rolfe McCollister
frick this guy
Posted on 2/7/26 at 1:45 pm to Ernie Gott
Done, thanks
Posted on 2/7/26 at 3:37 pm to 904
More like shrinking it to a third of the playable area, i.e., holes 2 and 3.
Posted on 2/7/26 at 3:43 pm to 904
Yes, I and others have reached the conclusion that LSU Foundation and BRAF are seeking to put the responsibility for The Lakes onto BREC. Think about it: neither BRAF nor the Foundation are operators; they are private foundations. BREC is a large organization with a big maintenance staff. This conclusion was reached partly because BREC says it is leading this planning effort (and paying for it), but the initial meeting of the committee was held at BRAF on an invitation-only basis. That limits public participation from the GO.
This post was edited on 2/9/26 at 8:13 am
Posted on 2/7/26 at 9:06 pm to Ernie Gott
Doesn’t BREC own at least one of the lakes and is supposed to maintain it and some of the others?
BREC is funded well enough to do that.
And yes they should upgrade City and Webb.
BREC is funded well enough to do that.
And yes they should upgrade City and Webb.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 7:43 am to Bendelow
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More like shrinking it to a third of the playable area, i.e., holes 2 and 3.
Replacing a full 9 holes with pitch-and-putt is like replacing a tennis court with pickleball, or a baseball field with a wiffleball field, and telling players it's the same sport because they can still swing a racket or a bat.
This post was edited on 2/9/26 at 7:57 am
Posted on 2/9/26 at 7:53 am to 904
It’s will be pitch & putt at best before it’s all said and done. Any other options are pipe dreams unfortunately.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 8:04 am to doubleb
BREC does not own any of the Lakes, Of the six lakes, LSU owns four and the land surrounding them. EBR Parish owns City Park Lake and has a maintenance agreement with BREC.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 10:13 am to Ernie Gott
Done. They should leave the course alone and improve the areas across Dalrymple if they are hunting for things to improve.
The amphitheater talk is just so dumb. I hope that isn't a serious drive.
The amphitheater talk is just so dumb. I hope that isn't a serious drive.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 5:48 pm to Ernie Gott
I took the survey supporting continuing to maintain the historic course
Posted on 2/18/26 at 3:02 am to MikeD
Baton Rouge has the worst golf ( per capita) in the United States! Tragic
Posted on 2/27/26 at 6:31 am to Zamperini2014
It will have the worst golf if City Park is closed. That would leave Webb as the only public course in the city.
Please fill out the BREC survey about City Park, It closes today.
Please fill out the BREC survey about City Park, It closes today.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 2:46 pm to dagrippa
To make matters worse Sasaki, the design firm that gave us the failing, behind-schedule Lakes Project, oversees development of the master plan for City-Brooks Park. A recent presentation of theirs makes it very clear that they are predisposed to doing away with the golf course.
Their report is riddled with errors of fact and interpretation, such as saying that the golf course occupies 40 percent of the park when in fact it occupies 40 acres and 26 percent of the 154-acre park.
This is important for two reasons:
First, errors that make their way into a master plan don’t stay small. Once embedded, they shape assumptions, design decisions, and public narratives for decades. A 50 or 100 year planning horizon makes accuracy on the front end essential.
Second, the presentation’s tone and framing consistently treat the City Park Golf Course as if it were an underutilized parcel of real estate rather than a century old recreational venue with continuous public use. Describing it as “passive” or “ornamental” is not just subjective—it’s contradicted by the record. A 40-acre course that hosted 28,000 rounds in 2025 is, by any reasonable measure, an active recreational asset.
That distinction matters because it influences how the public is invited to think about the space: as something to be protected and improved, or as something to be carved up.
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