Dodds Park

Dodds Park
Dodds Park Softball Complex
Location	Champaign, Illinois
Coordinates	40°07′53″N 88°16′58″W / 40.13139°N 88.28278°W / 40.13139; -88.28278Coordinates: 40°07′53″N 88°16′58″W / 40.13139°N 88.28278°W / 40.13139; -88.28278^[1]
Area	110 acres (45 ha)
Elevation	748 feet (228 m)
Created	1969 (1969)
Operated by	Champaign Park District
Status	Open all year

Dodds Park is located in northwestern Champaign, Illinois near Parkland College. This 110-acre (45 ha) park (roughly one fifth of the total Park District holdings) is noted for the "Tribute to Olympic Athletes Monument" on its grounds. The park was purchased in 1969 for the sum of $298,495.

Facilities

The park has 7 lighted baseball fields and 12 soccer fields on its grounds.^[2] Additionally, it features a small playground and picnic tables.

Champaign County Workers' Memorial

The memorial was dedicated on Labor Day September 2, 2002, and serves as a memorial to those workers who had lost their lives while working on the job. The memorial consists of two tablets which bear the names of those who have died working in Champaign County.^[3]

Tribute to Olympic athletes

The "Tribute to Olympic Athletes" was created to honor those residents of Champaign County who have competed in the Olympics. To date 41 athletes are commemorated on the monument since the tribute's dedication on July 4, 1991.^[4] The monument consists of several rising plateaus forming a walkway leading to a large granite gateway. Beyond the gateway a pedestal overlooking the playing fields in Dodds Park is inscribed with the names of those who have represented Champaign County in the Olympics.

Notable Olymipic athletes

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Tribute to Olympic Athletes, Dodds Park, Champaign, Illinois

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dodds Park
↑ "Dodds Park". ExploreCU. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130622112004/http://www.champaignparkdistrict.com/facilities/other/laborers.htm. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131022160625/http://www.champaignparkdistrict.com/pressreleases/2012_10_02a.htm. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)

City of Champaign

People	List of people from Champaign

History and government	Burnham Athenaeum Cattle Bank Champaign City Building Champaign Public Library Construction of Assembly Hall First Presbyterian Church Illinois Traction Building Inman Hotel Lincoln Building Orpheum Theatre Stone Arch Bridge U.S. Post Office Vriner's Confectionery

Education	Centennial High School Champaign Central High School Judah Christian School St. Thomas More High School Parkland College University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Cultural places and events	Boneyard Creek Campustown Champaign Park District Centennial Park Dodds Park Champaign Swarm (MPBA) Ebertfest: Roger Ebert's Film Festival Illinois Marathon JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana Krannert Art Museum Market Place Mall Orpheum Children's Science Museum Staerkel Planetarium State Farm Center Virginia Theatre The Rare Book & Manuscript Library (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Public transportation	Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District Illinois Terminal University of Illinois Willard Airport

Interstates and highways	Interstate 57 Interstate 72 Interstate 74 U.S. Route 45 U.S. Route 150 Illinois Route 10

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