In the late 1940s, the park made headlines across the Midwestern United States as the possible home of a minor league baseball team.

Due to lack of funds and criticism, it remained essentially prairie grass for another decade until city growth expanding northwest from Downtown Omaha created demand for improvement.

[4] Omaha hosted the American Legion World Series in 1939 at Fontenelle Park, where local favorites Creighton Prep won the championship over a team from Berwyn, Illinois.

In 1947 John Rosenblatt explored the park as the possible location for the city's new Triple-A minor league baseball team.

[6] Today Fontenelle Park has a popular lagoon, a playground, and long, meandering paths function as terrific ways to exercise.