INDIANAPOLIS — A $2.15 million project at Indianapolis World Sports Park on the city’s southeast side recently broke ground thanks tothe first Lilly Endowment grant project in 2024 and will result in a new concession pavilion with restrooms and a paved parking lot next to the existing sports fields. Announced in early 2023, the Lilly Endowment awarded $80 million in grants to fund improvements at 42 parks across the city.
The 42 Lilly Endowment projects include parks in all nine townships that will see improvements to sports fields and facilities, playgrounds, splash pads, trails, and more. Other planned sports field and facility projects include field improvements at Frederick Douglass Park, converting the football field at Gustafson Park into a multi-purpose field, field and stadium improvements at Kuntz Sports Complex, and field improvements to better serve youth football leagues at Tarkington Park.
Indianapolis World Sports Park, located at 1313 S. Post Rd., is home to multi-use sports fields where community members play soccer, cricket, lacrosse, hurling, rugby, and Gaelic football.