Not Just a Walk in The Park City Has Unique Venues for Family Fun Story By Kevin Litwin | Photography By jeff adkins
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he staff at Pueblo Plaza Ice Arena plans to install a laser light show in late 2010 or early 2011. That light show should attract high school and college students to public skating sessions on Friday and Saturday nights. It is one of several citywide recreational activities that are being planned or are already in place throughout Pueblo. “The arena is open year-round and offers public skating sessions, learn-to-skate classes, youth and adult hockey leagues, broomball and curling,” says Creighton Wright, director of parks and recreation for the City of Pueblo. “Not a lot of people know about everything that our beautiful arena offers, but the word is getting out more and more.” Additional lesser-known recreational gems in Pueblo are as follows: City Park Disc Golf Course This 18-hole course is in the northwestern corner of City Park. It opened in 1999 and is the third-oldest disc course in the nation. City Park Disc Golf Course is open year-round from dawn to dusk, and there is no charge to play. “The course is challenging with elevation changes, trees and other obstacles,” Wright says. “It is a registered member of the
From left to right: City Park Disc Golf Course; Golfing at Elmwood at Pueblo’s City Park
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