City Park Practice Track
polyurethane track in City Park in New Orleans
The City Park Practice Track or City Park Track is a 400-meter polyurethane track located in City Park in New Orleans. It was originally built as the practice/auxiliary track for the 1992 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The track which is located adjacent to Tad Gormley Stadium, was renovated in 2006.
It is home to the Jesuit Blue Jays, 2021-2023 XC state champions, and the University of New Orleans. The facility is also used during track and field meets held at Tad Gormley Stadium. The track is the finish line for the Crescent City Fall Classic road race. It is also the practice facility for the New Orleans Halfmoons rugby club.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “City Park Practice Track” as polyurethane track in City Park in New Orleans. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as polyurethane track in City Park in New Orleans. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q48817214. Authority coordinates are 29.989, -90.099. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1992, 2006, 2021 and 2023.
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This entry incorporates text from “City Park Practice Track” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.