Columbia Skate Park

Parks & Recreation
Creating Community through People, Parks and Programs

Columbia Cosmopolitan Recreation Area
(Cosmo Park)
1615 Business Loop 70 West

Cost: Free of charge
Hours: 6:00am to dusk, 7 days/week
(weather permitting)

Tony Hawk Event at Columbia Skate Park

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Photo of Tony Hawk at Columbia Skate Park

Aerial Photo of Columbia Skate Park

Columbia, Missouri, is home to an outdoor facility for skateboarders and inline skaters recognized nationwide by the skating community and its press. Completed in 1999, the park has an elaborate street course designed to entertain and challenge skaters, whether they are beginners or experienced. The 28,000 sq. ft. course was designed by park planning staff and skaters. The skaters who participated in the design process ranged in age from 12-24 years old. Construction was accomplished in-house by the Parks and Recreation construction staff.

The Skate Park is located at the north end of Columbia Cosmopolitan Recreation Center, also known as Cosmo Park and CCRA. Cosmo Park is designated as a regional park, encompassing 533 acres, and home to Antimi Sports Complex, Rainbow Softball Center, soccer and football fields, and L.A. Nickell Golf Course. The Skate Park is not staffed and is open to skaters year round (weather permitting) with no admission fee. Skaters from all over the country and even some outside its borders have come to visit Columbia Skate Park.

Although the Skate Park is unlighted at this time, conduit was laid during construction in anticipation that funding for lights might become available in the future.

Check the Parks and Recreation calendar of events for any upcoming scheduled Skate Park events.

Skate Park Elements:

25' x 25' pyramid
16' lowbox
9' high bank
150' of quarter pipe
30' of half pipe
15' wide taco
3 sets of stairs
30' wide funbox

Material Totals:

Course - 175 ft. x 160 ft. = 28,000 sq. ft.
525 ft. of coping
75 ft. of grindrail
540 sq. yd. concrete

Project Cost:

The project was constructed in 1999 by Parks and Recreation staff. The project budget was $64,000 and only included the construction materials used to build the skate park. (Labor costs are not charged against a development project when in-house labor is used.) Another source of funding was used to construct the 101 car parking lot that serves the Skate Park.

$39,000 from City General Fund
$25,000 donation from local Columbia Cosmopolitan Club