Overview

• World Urban Parks named Parque Esperanto the Latin America regional winner of its WUP@10 Outstanding New Park Project category.
• The award will be presented at the World Urban Parks 2025 Symposium in Istanbul from October 8 to 10 at the city’s fair center.
• Council president Tim Geyer said the selection resulted from a global evaluation of over 100 nominated projects.
• Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda hailed the recognition, highlighting the park’s turnaround from a neglected, waste-strewn site to a civic gathering place.
• The park reports more than 2,000 trees, 15,000 shrubs on slopes, and 20,000 square meters of natural grass, has logged over one million visitors in 2025, and is described as the state’s largest space for recreation, sport and culture.