Grapevine - Colleyville - Southlake | August 2022

COMPLEX COMING NEW The city of Southlake is building a tournament-style

pickleball complex at Bicentennial Park. Cost: $3.4 million Number of courts: 9 Opening date: spring 2023

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HIGHLIGHTS A Championship court to include: • Lighting; and • covered, stadium-style seating

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B Complex to include: • Two shade structures; • expanded restroom and pavilion; and • entry monument sign

from September 2022 to March 2023 with the opening set for late March or April 2023. A top community priority The Southlake community began voicing its desire for pickleball courts in 2020 as the city worked on devel- oping the Southlake 2035 Parks, Rec- reation and Open Space Master Plan, Tribble said. Of all athletic activities, pickleball had the top priority, according to a resident survey. A pickleball complex within Bicentennial Park was subse- quently approved as part of the city of Southlake’s 2022 Capital Improve- ments Program. “Goal No. 1 is to provide additional pickleball courts for Southlake resi- dents,” Tribble said in an email. In addition to having open play for Southlake residents, the community services department expects to host pickleball tournaments at the com- plex. Tribble said the department wants the complex to be a “destina- tion for pickleball players.” For special events, Tribble said food trucks will be brought in. Southlake currently oers open play pickleball indoors at The Marq in Bicentennial Park. The park also has a

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“It’s a lot easier to pick up than ten- nis,” Sadler said. “It’s not too hard to learn.” The Sports and Fitness Industry Association has named pickleball one of America’s fastest-growing sports from 2019-2022. The game’s popu- larity is picking up in the Grapevine, Colleyville and Southlake area. Grape- vine recently built outdoor courts in Dove Park, and nearby Colleyville now has pickleball courts at City Park. Southlake is joining pickleball craze with a $3.4 million pickleball complex that will start construction this fall. During the June 21 City Coun- cil meeting to approve the project, Mayor John Human called it the “Taj Mahal” of pickleball. He said Southlake has been getting a “ton” of demand for pickleball. Southlake’s new pickleball complex at Bicentennial Park will have nine courts with one being a championship court, according to plans. Southlake Community Service Director Chris Tribble said in an email that construction is expected to last

few tennis courts with lines drawn for pickleball and nets that players can move around as needed. The construction and design of the complex will be done by architecture and engineering rm Parkhill Inc. The city initially expected costs for the complex to be closer to $1.05 million, according to city documents. The scope of the plan increased, though, after the rst contract was approved in November. The initial site plan included only eight courts. A lighted championship court with covered stadium-style seat- ing was added after direction from the project team, according to documents from Southlake’s Park & Recreation Board and the Southlake Parks Devel- opment Corporation. The team also expanded the restroom and pavilion building to include oce space as well as three women’s and three men’s lav- atories. Plans also include two shade structures between the courts and an entry monument sign. In addition to the courts, the city

plans to install 8-foot fencing to match the existing park fence at entryways and a 10-foot fence with a windscreen to enclose the complex’s courts, according to city documents. Project plans also include landscap- ing, irrigation, utilities and a drainage system for the complex. Building the complex goes beyond providing Southlake’s community with new courts to play on. “The development of this facil- ity is another opportunity to serve our community by supporting a high quality of life, especially in terms of health and wellness,” Tribble said.

WITH GEICO Andrea Tredaway, Grapevine Parks and Recreation’s athletic supervisor, said pickleball is a sport that is con- tinuing to grow. Grapevine oered pickleball inside The REC of Grape- vine before building outdoor courts at Dove Park in 2020. Tredaway said because the outdoor courts are so popular, they are available on a rst- come, rst-served basis. “It’s very popular in the neighboring

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