Pickleball Showdown At Mitchell Park Pits Neighbors Against Die-Hard Players

Pickleball Showdown At Mitchell Park Pits Neighbors Against Die-Hard Players

Palo Alto's Parks & Recreation Commission is walking straight into a neighborhood sports showdown this Tuesday, as a hotly debated plan to add more pickleball courts at Mitchell Park lands on its agenda. On one side is a booming pickleball community that says it is bursting at the seams. On the other are neighbors and tennis players warning of nonstop racket clatter, tighter parking and lost court time. Hundreds of emails and public comments fro…

Pickleball expansion vote heads to parks commission

The city’s Parks and Recreation Commission will evaluate whether to convert additional tennis courts at Mitchell Park into pickleball courts at its next meeting on May 26, but pickleball enthusiasts may face strong headwinds in trying to advance their proposal.