What’s the Problem with Shreveport Spray Park in Downtown?

Shreveport is still dealing with a problem in the downtown area. The newly renovated spray park on the riverfront was turned back on in early August, but for the past 3 weeks, the fountains have been off because of a mechanical problem.

KEEL News dropped by the area today and found one of the fountains back on and one is still off.

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What Is the Problem with the New Fountains?

We reached out to SPAR Director Shelly Ragle who tells us

One piece of equipment failed and it has been ordered from the manufacturer. When it comes in we can be back up and running. They are looking at what happened to understand why. 

After many years of delays, the city completely overhauled the pumps and got the splash pad area back open on August 5th.

The spray park was shut down in 2018 after another flood on the Red River damaged the pump and the underground mechanisms at the park. Repair costs were too exorbitant considering future floods could cause similar damage. The park was repaired once prior to 2018 at a cost of about $200,000 but it broke again.

How Much Did It Cost to Make the Most Recent Repairs?

The repair work in 2025 cost the city more than a million dollars. Bids came in last year at $1.376 million from Daren Bailey, INC of Bossier City. KEEL News has learned there were no cost overruns on this project. So the final tab is $1.3 million.

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What Are the Hours for the Spray Park?

The spray park will almost be open around the clock. It will be closed on Mondays for maintenance. But if Monday is a holiday, the spray park will be open. On other days of the week, the spray park will be open from 6am until 2am.  And the park will be open year round, not just in the warm months.