The United States Tennis Association (USTA) Helped Select Which Seattle Courts Would Be Resurfaced in 2024 and Beyond
Do you ever wonder why so many of the tennis courts with pickleball lines are in such bad shape and why so few of them get resurfaced every year?
Seattle Parks has a single budget item that covers the maintenance and resurfacing of public outdoor tennis and pickleball courts.
How would you fairly allocate this budget between the two sports?
In September 2023, Seattle Parks let the United States Tennis Association guide the selection of courts to be resurfaced in future years.
In 2024, all the tennis courts that were resurfaced were tennis-only courts. No tennis courts with pickleball lines were resurfaced.
In 2025, we expect the two dual-lined Mount Baker tennis courts to be resurfaced. All other resurfaced courts should once again be tennis-only.
What are you going to do about it?
JUNE 10 UPDATE:
Miller Lights Fixed
After not working for over 200 days,
the Miller lights were finally fixed on June 4th, 2024.
Just in time for the summer solstice.
MARCH 4 UPDATE:
No Timeline for Repair of the Miller Court Lights
Oct 31
2024
Day 1
Oct 31
2024
Day 1
Half of the Miller court lights have been out of commission since about October 2024.
On December 24, 2024, Seattle Parks posted "The issue was caused by vandalism and theft of the conduit wiring, as well as older equipment needing to be replaced. This is a large project that SPR is working to address but may persist for a couple more months while crews work to address other priorities in the queue of work"
Seattle Parks now says:
"[...] there is not a timeline in place for repair because of the nature of the work, materials, and expertise required to fix them. While this seems unfavorable in the eyes of the public, SPR is still working on this issue and on the queue of all other issues occurring across the entire city with all our parks with the limited staff and time we have available."
MARCH 1 UPDATE:
Is Seattle Parks Slow Walking the Repair of the Miller Court Lights?
The East bank of lights that shine on the Miller tennis courts has been out of commission for over four months now, during the darkest part of the year. While the West bank of lights still works and provides a minimal amount of light on the East courts, this particularly affects anyone whose night vision is not optimal, such as older people.
Rumor has it that Seattle Parks is purposefully slow walking the repair of these lights. Allegedly, they are not delaying the repair, but they are also not speeding it up even though they could.
This can't possibly be true, can it?
Tennis vs. pickleball winter court usage
A one-minute video is worth a thousand words.
Did you notice there are people waiting to play on the side of the pickleball courts?
Playtime Scheduler Update
NEW: A PlayTime Scheduler app is now available for your phone.
Time for pickleball only tells you where and when regular drop‑in pickleball games are happening. To organize or join one-off games, join Playtime Scheduler's "Seattle Metro" region. It is free.
You will be in good company since more than
4000
6000
8000
players have already joined this region.
Recent Schedule Changes
- The Mercer Island Community and Events Center will not have pickleball from Monday June 23 through Friday June 27. Its schedule will change slightly after July 5. (Thank you, Conrad!)
- Drop-in pickleball at the Mercer Island Boys and Girls Club has ended. Their regular MWF pickleball schedule will resume beginning Wednesday, September 3rd.
- Wednesday evening pickleball at the Ballard Community Center will end at 7:45pm instead of 8:45pm from June 25 until August 27. (Thank you, Jane)!
- Renton's Family First Community Center has over age 50 play 9am-noon on Tuesday and Thursdays; and all ages Wednesdays 6pm-7:45pm. (Thank you, Vicki!)
See something? Say something!
Many thanks to all the players and staff members who let us know about schedule changes.Please email schedule change information to infotimeforpickleball.com.
Disclaimer
Since most facilities state that "Programs, hours, and fees are subject to change without notice", the information included here cannot be guaranteed to be accurate. Call play locations within 48 hours of play to verify daily schedule. Make sure the location is open when you call. Pray that the person answering the phone is aware of the latest schedule changes and gives you accurate information.Weather Forecast
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