{"id":17983,"date":"2025-10-28T20:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/17983\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T20:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:01:15","slug":"drop-in-on-scrantons-new-skate-park-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/17983\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop in on Scranton&#8217;s new skate park (photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>City officials cut a ribbon Tuesday, officially opening the skate park at Weston Field. But people on bikes and boards were already testing out the park at 982 Providence Road last Wednesday. Visitors have included Shaun Taylor and his daughter, Everlee, 4, who had been there three times as of last week. The city used $956,136 in American Rescue Plan Act funds on the project. Bazaar Skateshop of Scranton will host a skate jam Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. at the new park, featuring best trick and best costume contests.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Community members skate and ride around the new skate park...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Community members skate and ride around the new skate park at Weston Field in Scranton on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Shaun Taylor catches air while riding bikes with his daughter...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/STT-L-WESTON-1023-01.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shaun Taylor catches air while riding bikes with his daughter Everlee, 4, at the new skate park at Weston Field in Scranton on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. This is the pair\u2019s third visit to the park. Shaun says Everlee keeps asking when can they come back. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Bazaar Skateshop co-owner Caleb Hartnett rides over the top of...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/STT-L-SKATE-CAPST-1029-05-rotated-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bazaar Skateshop co-owner Caleb Hartnett rides over the top of a spine Tuesday at the new Weston Field skate park. (Courtesy of the city of Scranton)\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Bazaar Skateshop co-owners Tom Hopkins, back left, and Caleb Hartnett,...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/STT-L-SKATE-CAPST-1029-04.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bazaar Skateshop co-owners Tom Hopkins, back left, and Caleb Hartnett, back right, join longtime Scranton skate park advocate Dino DeNaples, front, at the opening of the Weston Field skate park Tuesday. (Courtesy of the city of Scranton)\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Spare skateboards line the top of a quarter pipe at...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/STT-L-SKATE-CAPST-1029-03.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spare skateboards line the top of a quarter pipe at the new Weston Field skate park. (Courtesy of the city of Scranton)\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Bazaar Skateshop co-owner Tom Hopkins rides through a checkerboard ribbon...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/STT-L-SKATE-CAPST-1029-02.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bazaar Skateshop co-owner Tom Hopkins rides through a checkerboard ribbon Tuesday at the opening of the Weston Field skate park. From left: Scranton City Council members Tom Schuster and Bill King, Scranton Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognetti, city council President Gerald Smurl, Scranton American Rescue Plan Act Communication and Information Manager Tom Rable, and Bazaar Skateshop co-owner Caleb Hartnett. (Courtesy of the city of Scranton)\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognetti, center, addresses a crowd Tuesday at...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/STT-L-SKATE-CAPST-1029-01.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognetti, center, addresses a crowd Tuesday at the ribbon cutting for the new Weston Field skate park. From left: Scranton City Council member Thomas Schuster, Dino DeNaples, Bazaar Skateshop co-owners Caleb Hartnett and Tom Hopkins, city council member William F. King, Scranton American Rescue Plan Act Communication and Information Manager Tom Rable, city council President Gerald Smurl and Scranton Business Administrator Eileen Cipriani. (Courtesy of the city of Scranton)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 7<\/p>\n<p>Community members skate and ride around the new skate park at Weston Field in Scranton on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City officials cut a ribbon Tuesday, officially opening the skate park at Weston Field. 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