Decades of golf at the site came to an end in Aug. 2019 after the city's lease with the former golf course's operator expired. The city let the lease expire due to low usage and in hopes of renovating the now 66-year-old facility originally donated to the city by Charles and Bertha Van Buskirk.

From Stockton City Council passes plan for new park at former Van Buskirk Golf Course - KXTV-TV Sacramento / Gabriel Porras