{"id":2623,"date":"2022-08-11T22:23:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T05:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/11\/miller-players-advocate-for-6-pickleball-courts\/"},"modified":"2023-07-15T09:11:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T09:11:09","slug":"miller-players-advocate-for-6-pickleball-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/miller-players-advocate-for-6-pickleball-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"Miller Players Advocate For 6 Pickleball Courts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As you already know, Seattle&#8217;s Miller pickleball community has <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/seattles-miller-player-petitions-for-6-pickleball-courts-on-2-tennis-courts\/\" target=\"_blank\">petitioned<\/a> the Seattle Parks Department, asking it to paint lines for six pickleball courts instead of four on the existing two tennis courts at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/Yi42esM2yyWZ22h88\" target=\"_blank\">Miller Playfield<\/a> on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Parks Department replied that they will keep limiting the number of pickleball courts to four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tonight, five pickleball players addressed the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/board-of-parks-and-recreation-commissioners\" target=\"_blank\">Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners<\/a> to plead their case. You can watch them in action in the video below.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"2022 08 11   Board of Parks and Recreation   Public Comments Regarding Pickleball\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DibZwE8syGQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you Lee-Lee, Yash, Phil, Michelle, Joni and everyone else who worked tirelessly to make this happen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group alignfull has-subtle-background-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>Below is a copy of some of the handouts Joni gave to the commissioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group has-background-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Two-and-four-5-feet-from-seam.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Two-and-four-5-feet-from-seam.jpg 674w, https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Two-and-four-5-feet-from-seam-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A pickleball court layout for Miller designed to keep two distinct area. Each area can be used for tennis or pickleball, without any conflict between the areas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group has-background-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/SPR-court-overlap-diagram.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2625\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A drawing presented by Seattle Parks to explain why they will not draw 4 pickleball courts on a single tennis court.  It turns out that the tennis courts are much closer together in this drawing than in reality.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, five pickleball players addressed the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners to plead their 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