Drought means Adventure Playground won’t reopen in 2022 as planned
The newly built staircase stands ready for the pitter-patter of feet. The hillside awaits transformation into a slippery slope. The hollowed mud pit languishes mud-less. The just-constructed forts remain vacant. After a two-year COVID hiatus, Adventure Playground was slated to reopen this summer at Central Park in Huntington Beach. Although perhaps not better than ever — with its heyday, arguably, five decades ago — the renovated, summertime playground promised to be its best in years. But now Adventure Playground will have to cool its heels for at least another year. Due to California’s drought crisis, the city decided this was not the time to unveil a park featuring water, water everywhere.