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The Steamboat Tennis Center reopened for business November 12, after an exciting, long-awaited renovation! The full renovation is 75% complete, with a Grand Opening celebration scheduled in December. 

The initial Tennis Center renovation project scope, to elevate the dated Tennis Center to the same quality standard as the Complex’s newly built, state-of-the-art Pickleball Center, included a budget of approximately $2M-$3M, with needed repairs including replacing the exterior membrane that was installed in 2005, replacing insulation, updating lighting, resurfacing and repainting indoor tennis courts, and refreshing the Welcome Center. All renovations, except for the Welcome Center refresh, will be complete by the Center’s Grand Opening, with $800K remaining in the Courting Love capital campaign needed to fund the total project.

“We are two thirds of the way finished with our Courting Love fundraising goal to complete the project, with our final renovation item being renovating the Welcome Center, including the front desk area, pro shop, locker rooms, and mezzanine,” said Meg Tully, Executive Director, Steamboat Tennis and Pickleball Complex. "This final phase will begin once the project is fully funded.”

Court Sports for Life Foundation attributes its fundraising success to date to raising over $1.1M+ from individual supporters through its Courting Love capital campaign which began in 2023, $500,000 committed by the City in 2022, its highly popular Center Court Smash fundraising gala that took place in July, and receiving a $200,000 grant in September from the United States Tennis Association. The organization is now within $800K of the approximate $2.8M total budget needed to fully renovate the Tennis Center.

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To spur the final fundraising goal to complete the project, two anonymous donors have combined to offer a $100K, “2X Holiday Match”! This means that every dollar donated to the Courting Love Campaign will be doubled (up to $100,000), through the end of 2025. Despite the project not yet being fully funded, the Court Sports 4 Life board voted to proceed with the Tennis Center renovation project in July and continues to fundraise. So, your donations still make a HUGE difference - please consider donating today!​

SOURCE OF FUNDING

Recently recognized as a USTA 2025 Outstanding Facility at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York as part of the 2025 US Open, the Tennis Center is a community treasure that services youth to seniors.​​