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Article posted: 10/25/2012 6:19 PM

Renovated park opens Saturday in Hoffman Estates

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A resident walks through fabric shade shelter with ceramic tile flooring at the new Tropicana Park in Hoffman Estates.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

This is Tropicana Park in Hoffman Estates, built after a swim club donated property it could no longer maintain.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

This is the new chess table at Tropicana Park in Hoffman Estates.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

The fabric shade shelter is one of the key details of Tropicana Park in Hoffman Estates, created with community input on the site of a former swim club that fell on hard times.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

This is the landscaped area underneath the fabric shade shelter at the new Tropicana Park in Hoffman Estates.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Bocce ball courts are part of the totally new Tropicana Park in Hoffman Estates.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

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Hoffman Estates is opening a new park on Saturday. Tropicana Park was once home to a pool and clubhouse that opened in the 1960s. A neighborhood swim club approached the park district in 2007 when is could no longer maintain the facilities. With help from a state grant, the park has been transformed into a space all ages can enjoy, with bocce ball courts, a splash pad, horseshoe pit and more.