Editing Bellevue, Washington (section)

===Sports and recreation===
Since the 1970s, the city has taken an active role in ensuring that its commercial development does not overwhelm its natural land and water resources.<ref>{{cite book | title = Yard, Street, Park: The Design of Suburban Open Space | year = 1996 | publisher = John Wiley and Sons | isbn = 978-0-471-17844-6 | pages = 213–216 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=u6xqBKdpSdgC&pg=PA213 | author1 = Girling, Cynthia L. | author2 = Helphand, Kenneth I.}}</ref> Today, the Bellevue Parks and Community Services Department manages more than {{convert|2,500|acre|km2}} of parks and open spaces, including the Downtown Park and the [[Bellevue Botanical Garden]], as well as several playgrounds, beach parks, and trails. More than 5,500 Bellevue residents participate in volunteer activities through this department annually.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bellevuewa.gov/pdf/Parks/bellevue_parks_at_a_glance.pdf | title = Bellevue Parks at a Glance | author = Bellevue Parks & Community Services | year = 2010 | access-date = December 16, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101216165530/http://bellevuewa.gov/pdf/Parks/bellevue_parks_at_a_glance.pdf | archive-date = December 16, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bellevue was home to the [[American Basketball Association (21st century)|American Basketball Association]] team, the Bellevue Blackhawks. The Blackhawks in 2005, despite being ranked 13th in the league, made it to the championship game in front of 15,000 fans in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]].<ref>{{cite news|date=November 1, 2006|title=IBAC Corporation Unit Announces Alignment with the American Basketball Associations (ABA) Arkansas Rivercatz|newspaper=Business Wire|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5978352/IBAC-Corporation-Unit-Announces-Alignment.html|url-status=live|access-date=December 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615065910/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5978352/IBAC-Corporation-Unit-Announces-Alignment.html|archive-date=June 15, 2011}}</ref> The team has been inactive since 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.slamonline.com/online/columnists/2008/12/dead-balls/ | title = Dead Balls: A reporter exposes the ABA graveyard | last1 = Caputo | first1 = Matt | last2 = Munson | first2 = Chris | date = December 3, 2008 | work = SLAM Magazine Online | access-date = December 16, 2010}}</ref>

The city has a small baseball stadium, [[Bannerwood Park]], that has a listed capacity of 700 spectators.<ref>{{cite web |title=GCU Baseball 2020 Media Guide |page=11 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gculopes.com/documents/2020/2/11/2020_GCU_Baseball_Media_Guide.pdf |publisher=[[Grand Canyon University]] |accessdate=February 23, 2023}}</ref> The [[Seattle Redhawks]] of the [[Western Athletic Conference]], an [[NCAA Division I]] baseball team, have played their home games in Bellevue since 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last=Willits |first=Joel |date=February 24, 2010 |title=Seattle University opens up season at Bannerwood Park with loss to St. Martin's |url=https://www.bellevuereporter.com/sports/seattle-university-opens-up-season-at-bannerwood-park-with-loss-to-st-martins/ |work=Bellevue Reporter |accessdate=February 23, 2023}}</ref>