City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center

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City Park Tennis Center
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City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center
Address New Orleans, Louisiana
United States
Coordinates 30°00′06″N90°05′34″W / 30.00167°N 90.09278°W / 30.00167; -90.09278
Owner New Orleans City Park
OperatorNew Orleans City Park
Type Tennis court
Current use Tennis
Construction
Opened2011;14 years ago (2011)
Construction cost3.9 million USD
Tenants
Loyola Wolf Pack (NCAA) tennis
Tulane Green Wave (NCAA)
Website
neworleanscitypark.org/tennis

The City Park Tennis Center is a tennis complex located in City Park in New Orleans, United States. [1] [2] The facility, built in 2011, serves as the home of the Loyola Wolf Pack and Tulane Green Wave tennis teams. [3]

Contents

The facility offers 26 lighted tennis courts. It has 16 hard courts and 10 clay courts along with a practice court and a club house. [1] The club house is 3,500 square feet and includes a meeting room, showers and lockers. [4]

The tennis center hosts the City Park Grand Slam Tennis Tournament [5] and has hosted the Allstate Sugar Bowl Tennis Tournament. [6] [7]

History of City Park tennis facilities

In 1922, City Park had a tennis facility with 17 courts. [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center". neworleanscitypark.com. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  2. "New Orleans Tennis Club Directory". neworleanstennis.com. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  3. "City Park Pepsi Tennis Center". tulanegreenwave.com. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  4. "City Park tennis complex opens this week". nola.com. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  5. 1 2 "City Park Tennis Club". cityparktennisclub.com. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  6. "Return of the Allstate Sugar Bowl Tennis Tournament". louisianatennis.com. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  7. "Junior tennis tournament returns to New Orleans' City Park in November". theadvocate.com. Retrieved 2018-02-16.