Sugar Land Could be Getting a Cricket Pitch

SUGAR LAND, TX — Sticky wickets and tests will be the order of the day if Sugar Land gets its own municipal cricket pitch.

The city of Sugar Land is in the once-a-decade process of updating its Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan and is considering various amenities to add to the various city parks.

One category that has attracted a lot of attention so far is the possibility of new sports facilities. There has been some discussion about adding new youth softball fields at Imperial Park.

Want more Sugar Land and Fort Bend County news? Click here for our free daily newsletter and breaking news

There has also been some talk about creating facilities solely for adult sports leagues. Three of the sports that have come up for discussion as wanting their own space are softball, soccer and cricket.

The process to update the master plan is long and involved. Currently, the city is accepting public input via an online townhall. Once the public comment is closed, the plan will be sent to the city's Parks Art Recreation Culture and Streetscapes board.

After it receives board approval, it will go to the Planning and Zoning Commission before finally reaching city council. The entire approval process is expected to take about a year, with the first projects showing up in the city's capital improvement budget in 2018 at the earliest.

Image via Stephen Turner, used under a Creative Commons License