Know of a 160K city with a public/private indoor/outdoor facility

[graycrait]

I live in a top 75 US fastest growing city with 3 rivers flowing through it. It is about 50 miles NW of Nashville. It has 8 public access courts and 8 courts on the public university that have limited access. Each of the 7 high schools have either 4 or 6 courts but none are open to the public, none have lighting.

Anyone live in a similar size (160K) city that has a viable indoor/outdoor community tennis facility, either public or private? How was it paid for and how is it funded for operation and maintenance? How long has it been in operation?

 

[antony]

I live in a top 75 US fastest growing city with 3 rivers flowing through it. It is about 50 miles NW of Nashville. It has 8 public access courts and 8 courts on the public university that have limited access. Each of the 7 high schools have either 4 or 6 courts but none are open to the public, none have lighting.

Anyone live in a similar size (160K) city that has a viable indoor/outdoor community tennis facility, either public or private? How was it paid for and how is it funded for operation and maintenance? How long has it been in operation?

I live in Bloomington, Indiana. There are always courts available. We have the high schools’ courts (free), Indiana University’s courts (free), and also the IU Tennis Center indoor courts (membership + hire court times). We have the Winslow sports complex and Bryan Park with 6 and 5 courts respectively (free, open all year through the winter, has lights), we have a bunch of smaller parks with tennis courts (free), and we also have the gem Russell Road Racquet Club, clay courts in the country ($240 for the whole season).

 

[Sport]

Paris or New York? Which city is better?

 

[antony]

Paris or New York? Which city is better?

My friend says the tennis scene in NY sucks. Either pay out the ass for a court time or wait in line like a schmuck.

 

[graycrait]

@antony , Fascinating comparison between Bloomington and Clarksville, TN. In 40 yrs Clarksville has grown by over 100K and is on tap to top 200K. The city footprint is 4x that of Bloomington with a density commensurate with that size or at least half the density as Bloomington. Infrastructure is hardly keeping up with growth and planning is amusing at best. As a military retiree it has its positive quirks with low cost of living until most recently, but taxes are still low and with no income tax it has its upside. But if you are going to have lots of free stuff in parks like tennis courts it is going to cost someone. Thanks