2012-The District of Vanderhoof has a total of eight baseball diamonds. In 2008, it became necessary to remove and destroy three sets of wooden bleachers from two of the Vanderhoof baseball diamonds since they had fallen into disrepair and were no longer safe for spectators. This left the District of Vanderhoof with a shortage of seating at the numerous ball tournaments that are held each year in Vanderhoof.
The local Slow Pitch League expressed concern over the lack of seating available for tournaments held within the community, so the District allotted funds towards investments in new bleacher seating capacity. Shortly after, the municipality committed to investing in the project, the Government of Canada announced the Recreational Infrastructure Canada (RInC) Program. The District recognized this as an opportunity to partner with the Government of Canada as well as Northern Development to improve these important recreational facilities within the community.
In 2009, the District of Vanderhoof received funding from Northern Development and the Recreation Infrastructure Canada program to purchase new bleachers. By the end of 2010, the District had purchased eleven small bleachers with a seating capacity of fifty per unit, two large bleachers with a seating capacity of one hundred sixty per unit, two light duty bleacher transport kits and one heavy duty bleacher transport kit.
