Gipson Play Plaza

The Gipson Play Plaza at Dix Park will provide an opportunity to bring the community together and offer something for everyone. This 18.5-acre area off Lake Wheeler Road will become the welcoming grand entrance for the park and will attract visitors from near and far.

World-renowned landscape architecture firm, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, has completed the design, and construction began in the summer of 2022.

The Gipson Play Plaza is expected to open to the public in Spring 2025.

Grand Plaza & Waterfall

This iconic entrance to Gipson Play Plaza will feature a waterfall wall as a sunlit backdrop to the Grand Plaza. The Plaza, complete with a grand stair that can double as seating, will become a venue for community gatherings, performances, and festivals.

Adventure Play Areas

Visitors of all ages and abilities will delight in multi-level play gardens, towers with connected skywalks, slides, scrambles, climbing structures, a Sand Bowl, a Sensory Maze, and a Watermill Mountain.

Picnic Grove and Swing Terrace

With picnic tables, umbrellas, and grills, the Picnic Grove will be a space where families and friends can share a meal and enjoy each other’s company. The Swing Terrace, located near the Grove, will provide park-goers with another view of the beloved century-old oaks and iconic Raleigh skyline.

See a live feed from the construction camera below