In 1950 the municipal bicycle racing track was built here, but because the then city council was opposed to the public operation of a gambling facility, it was closed in 1955, and was transformed into a park where, except for parents, people older than junior high school students were not admitted.
1950年に市営競輪場として開設されたが、当時の京都市議会から市営によるギャンブル施設運営に対する異議が相次いだ為に1955年に閉鎖後、中学生以上は立入禁止（保護者を除く）の公園として整備される。