Pickleball News for the Greater Seattle Area

2025

Half of the Miller court lights have been dark since at least October 2024. How many months will it take for Seattle Parks to get them repaired?

Seattle Parks painted lines for eight pickleball courts on the four tennis courts at Bitter Lake. Is that the best possible use of the space?

Here are answers to some of your most pressing questions of 2019, such as:

Who is in charge of pickleball at the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department?
Why is Seattle promoting pickleball on shared tennis courts instead of on dedicated pickleball courts?
Why not create new dedicated pickleball courts next to existing tennis courts?
Why aren’t tennis courts truly multi-purpose, like the community center gyms and the city’s athletic fields?
Why are so many Seattle outdoor tennis courts poorly maintained?
Why isn’t Seattle converting some outdoor tennis courts into dedicated pickleball courts like other cities do?
Why are the pickleball lines so subtle?
How about using some cushioning surface on the outdoor pickleball courts to help senior players' aging knee joints?
Why isn’t the Parks Department striping outdoor tennis courts for pickleball where pickleball players are currently playing?
Where will we get more pickleball courts lines on outdoor tennis courts?
When will we get more pickleball court lines on outdoor tennis courts?
How many pickleball courts can we get on a tennis court?
When will we get more pickleball courts on the East Green Lake tennis courts
How is the Seattle Parks Department going to accommodate growth in demand for outdoor pickleball?
When will we get dedicated outdoor pickleball courts in Seattle?
When are the dilapidated Magnuson Park outdoor tennis courts going to be converted to dedicated pickleball courts?
How many public outdoor pickleball courts does Seattle have?

It is amazing how many of these questions are still relevant six years later.