Children didn’t waste any time testing out all that Salt Lake City’s newest park has to offer.

Many tumbled down its vibrantly colored slides, which popped even before the sun broke free from the overcast sky on a chilly Saturday morning. Others felt like they were just there for its zip line or flocked to an all-abilities climbing structure designed to resemble a sandhill crane, well before helping city leaders and project officials cut a ribbon to signal the opening of Glendale Regional Park.

Their laughs and smiles seemed to suggest that the transformation of the old Raging Waters/Seven Peaks water park was worth the wait, as the city opened its first new regional park since the designation of Sugar House Park in 1957.

“It’s exciting to see the community so excited and engaged,” said

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