Courts are coveted and tensions are brewing.
There’s a turf war brewing between tennis and pickleball players in San Francisco and the locus of the battle is Stern Grove.
San Francisco is very much part of this trend. It has 11 courts dedicated to pickleball — five at Goldman Tennis Center in Golden Gate Park and six at Louis Sutter Playground in McLaren Park, where six pickleball courts were converted from two underutilized tennis courts in 2018. 'Entwined' art installation returns to Golden Gate Park The illuminated art installation, located in Peacock Meadow, will dazzle visitors from Dec. 1, 2022 to March 12, 2023In early 2020, pickleball lines were added to the courts at Stern Grove, but a water main break in August 2021 spilled 700,000 gallons of water and washed out the courts. In April, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a $20 million budget to repair the park.
Fellow Board Member Peg Stevenson said she enjoys pickleball and every racket sport she’s played, but pickleball-dedicated courts shouldn’t come at the expense of tennis players. The pickleball community went on to boo a few more tennis players off the podium. Pickleball after pickleball player spoke up in support of converting the two Stern Grove tennis courts into eight pickleball courts.
“We know San Francisco is a diverse community. But until pickleball, I’ve never seen a more diverse community in background, age, economics, race,” he said. “San Francisco has to do the right thing — the right thing is to continue to build more courts.”
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