{"id":4283,"date":"2022-04-02T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/02\/seattles-rainier-to-be-closed-jefferson-to-reopen\/"},"modified":"2023-07-15T21:53:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T21:53:59","slug":"seattles-rainier-to-be-closed-jefferson-to-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/seattles-rainier-to-be-closed-jefferson-to-reopen\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle&#8217;s Rainier to be closed. Jefferson to reopen."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rainier Community Center<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rainier Community Center with six indoor pickleball courts has hosted a vibrant pickleball community twice a week for many years.  It was closed at the beginning of the pandemic and only recently reopened its doors to pickleball players once a week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seattle Parks will close the Rainier Community Center from mid-June 2022 until spring 2023 to <a href=\"https:\/\/parkways.seattle.gov\/2022\/03\/21\/construction-for-accessibility-improvements-at-rainier-community-center-begins-june-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">make the building ADA accessible<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where will pickleball players be able to find public indoor pickleball courts in Southeast Seattle?   Maybe at Jefferson, Van Asselt, and Garfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jefferson Community Center<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/parks\/find\/centers\/jefferson-community-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jefferson Community Center<\/a> has been <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/parks\/about-us\/projects\/community-center-stabilization-overview\/jefferson-community-center-stabilization\" target=\"_blank\">closed<\/a> since September 2021 and is supposed to reopen in April 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One can only hope that this community center will resume their indoor drop-in pickleball program as soon as it reopens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-background-color has-background\">Update: Pickleball is scheduled to restart at Jefferson on <a href=\"https:\/\/cosparkways-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Spring-2022-SPR-In-Person-Programs-LINKED.pdf#page=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>May <\/strong>2nd<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Van Asselt Community Center<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/parks\/find\/centers\/van-asselt-community-center\" target=\"_blank\">Van Asselt Community Center<\/a>&#8216;s gym has three indoor pickleball courts with very little space behind the baselines. It hosts a community of senior pickleball players. At the time of this writing, Van Asselt is not listed as having any indoor pickleball available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-background-color has-background\">Update: Van Asselt offers pickleball on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cosparkways-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Spring-2022-SPR-In-Person-Programs-LINKED.pdf#page=7\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mondays and Wednesdays<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Garfield Community Center<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/parks\/find\/centers\/garfield-community-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Garfield Community Center<\/a> started offering pickleball when it reopened after the being closed because of the pandemic. At the time of this writing, Garfield is not listed as having any indoor pickleball available.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-subtle-background-background-color has-background\">You can find Seattle Parks&#8217; most current indoor pickleball opportunities <a href=\"https:\/\/anc.apm.activecommunities.com\/seattle\/activity\/search?onlineSiteId=0&amp;activity_select_param=2&amp;activity_keyword=pickleball&amp;viewMode=list\">on their web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-background-color has-background\">Update: Here is Seattle&#8217;s<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cosparkways-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Spring-2022-SPR-In-Person-Programs-LINKED.pdf#page=7\">Spring indoor pickleball schedule<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle Parks will close the Rainier Community Center from mid-June 2022 until spring 2023 to make the building ADA 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