Eastgate Park outside sport courts to change into devoted pickleball facility

Responding to rising neighborhood demand, Bellevue Parks & Community Services will convert the twin‐use outside sport courts at Eastgate Park right into a devoted pickleball‑solely facility.  

Beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 1, tennis nets can be eliminated and the 2 dual-use sport courts — at the moment working as tennis courts overlaid with markings for 4 pickleball courts utilizing moveable nets — will completely transition to pickleball‑solely use. The courts will stay first‑come, first‑serve and can be open throughout posted park hours.  

Pickleball participation continues to rise citywide, supported by a number of recreation planning assessments and excessive curiosity within the sport expressed by neighborhood suggestions. The court docket conversion aligns with Bellevue’s recreation entry targets and ensures lengthy‑time period high quality and value of the courts. A comply with‑up mission is deliberate to resurface the courts with solely pickleball strains, creating sturdy and constant play situations.

While tennis will not be accessible at Eastgate Park as soon as the nets are eliminated, a number of close by parks proceed to supply public tennis courts, together with Silver Leaf, Lakemont, Spiritridge and Sunset – all inside roughly three miles of Eastgate Park.  

Bellevue’s Parks & Community Services Department doesn’t at the moment have conversions deliberate at some other twin‑use courts in Bellevue. The division strives to offer accessible and inclusive recreation alternatives and preserve valued, excessive‑high quality outside areas all through town.