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.

UPDATE:

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.
In 2025 again, all the tennis courts that were resurfaced were tennis-only courts. No tennis courts with pickleball lines were resurfaced.

What are you going to do about it?

Did you notice there are people waiting to play on the side of the pickleball courts?

Here is how it works. First, you have to register:

1. Go to the Playtime Scheduler web site.
2. Click the Register button.
3. Select Greater Seattle Area, WA as your region.
4. Fill in your information. including your zip code and skill level.
5. Click on the Register button.

Now, make it suit your needs:

1. Click on the My Account button.
2. Click on Email Preferences.
3. Tell the system when you are available to play pickleball and how far from home you are willing to travel.

That's it. You are now ready to join an existing session or create your own session and invite people to join. When someone creates a new session that fits your availability, your travel zone, and your skill level, you will receive an email.

See you on the courts!

• The Mercer Island Community and Events Center has a new pickleball schedule for the summer. (Thank you, Conrad!)
• Pickleball at Bellevue's Hidden Valley Filedhouse will end on Wednesday, June 17 for the summer.
• Monday and Wednesday pickleball at Shoreline Park starts at 9:00am. (Thank you, Dorrena!)
• The calendar has been updated to reflect the Queen Anne Community Center pickleball schedule as reported by the players. (Thank you, Kerry!)
• The Auburn Community Center will stop hosting drop-in pickleball for the rest of the summer on June 18.
• The calendar has been updated to reflect Seattle's community centers summer schedule.
• Adult pickleball drop-in sessions at the Mercer Island Boys and Girls Club> are ending on Friday May 29.
• After being closed for several years, Seattle's South Park Community Center is now hosting pickleball again on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9am to 1pm.
• Seattle's Montlake community center hosts pickleball on Tuesday afternoons and not Wednesday afternoons as previously listed on the calendar. (Thank you, to the Montlake team for the correction.) They still have sessions on Saturdays as well.
• The International School in Bellevue has resumed hosting drop-in pickleball. Please respect the posted hours on their calendar and do not show up outside of those hours.

• Tuesday evening Roosevelt Later Day Saints church has "died on the vine" (Thank you, Vicky!)
• Thursday evening Eastgate Later Day Saints Church 5:30 -8:30 is no longer happening. (Thank you, Vicky!)
• The Rainier Vista Boys and Girls is no longer hosting adult drop-in pickleball. (Thank you, Brendan!)
• The Queen Anne Community Center stopped hosting Saturday pickleball. It might resume when the kids' basketball season ends. (Thank you, Jim!)
• Added in front of indoor locations and in front of outdoor locations