MacArthur Park, centered along Anaheim Street in Long Beach’s Cambodia Town neighborhood, will reopen this month after more than a year of renovations.
The four-acre park, closed in April 2024, has been improved with a $10.5 million remodel to its sports courts, playground and picnic areas with the addition of seating areas, lights, pagoda-style shading and a walking trail, among other features. Of that total, $8.5 million was covered by state grant funds.
The city also paid for a new irrigation system, fencing and scores of newly planted trees.
According to a city memo, improvements will have a “Southeast Asian and Cambodian design theme,” in honor of the surrounding Cambodia Town neighborhood.
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Its reopening will be celebrated on July 26 with a 10 a.m. ribbon cutting near the park entrance (1321 E. Anaheim St.). Dignitaries include Vice Mayor Roberto Uranga, Councilwoman Suely Saro, and administrators with the city’s Parks, Recreation and Marine and Public Works departments…