Osten and Victor Alberta Tennis Centre Begins Construction on New Tennis Bubble

Set up of a tennis bubble over 5 out of doors courts is anticipated to supply 3,700 further courtroom hours per yr, develop membership and have a constructive financial impression of near 10 million {dollars}

Osten & Victor Alberta Tennis Centre (ATC), Calgary’s premier, state-of-the-art tennis facility, started development on the set up of its first coated courts challenge. A part of Tennis Canada’s marketing campaign to develop Canada’s community of indoor courts, the tennis bubble will enable year-round play for ATC’s 5 out of doors courts. The brand new coated courts will yield an extra 3,700 hours of courtroom entry to members and guests. The challenge is anticipated to be accomplished by fall.

“We completely love the game of tennis and are decided to share its advantages with extra Canadians,” says Danny Da Costa, CEO of Osten & Victor Alberta Tennis Centre. “We’ve been working with our companions on this challenge for a lot of months and are thrilled to supply the general public larger entry to year-round tennis coming this fall.”

“This soil turning ceremony is of main significance to the ATC Board, workers and tennis group. We’re one step nearer to attaining our imaginative and prescient of offering the very best tennis facility of its variety in Canada. By overlaying the 5 out of doors courts, we will accommodate the great development of our sport in Calgary and surrounding areas in addition to the excessive demand for our services”, stated Ron Ghitter, Chair, Osten & Victor Alberta Tennis Centre.

The bubble is being put in by The Farley Group, North America’s main tennis bubble provider and a associate that’s dedicated to Tennis Canada’s plans for enlargement of coated courts. The funding comes from varied companions together with Rogers Communications, the Province of Alberta, the Parks Basis of Calgary, donations coming from the tennis group, and the ATC as a part of Tennis Canada’s Yr-Spherical Group Tennis Courts Program introduced by Rogers. The $5.6 million multi-year program, collectively funded by Tennis Canada and Rogers, is making year-round tennis a actuality for 1000’s of Canadians.  

“Canadians need to play extra tennis,” says Michael Downey, President & CEO of Tennis Canada. “Our nation has turn out to be a pacesetter in tennis, with tens of millions of people that play the game when the climate permits, and but we appear to overlook about this actuality when the snow falls. We should work collaboratively with authorities and different monetary supporters to develop our community of coated courts. Doing so is a positive funding each economically and, most significantly, for the well being and well-being of Canadians of all ages.”

In early 2021, Tennis Canada and Rogers introduced their partnership with the purpose of constructing 160 new year-round courts at as much as 30 services by 2029. Earlier this yr, Tennis Canada introduced the start of comparable bubble development tasks in Waterloo (QC), and Ancaster and Markham (ON). In whole, the Yr-Spherical Group Tennis Courts Program introduced by Rogers can have helped to fund 20 coated courts in all 4 communities, every set to open this fall. This system addresses the truth that Canada lags different main tennis nations in offering entry to the game with solely 750 publicly accessible coated courts throughout the nation. This represents just one year-round courtroom for each 50,000 Canadians.

A 2018 survey from Tennis Canada revealed that 51% of Canadians say they’d play extra tennis if that they had entry to handy and inexpensive coated courts close by. That quantity skyrockets to 90 per cent for Canadians who play tennis not less than 4 occasions per yr. Based on The Farley Group, solely 10 per cent of out of doors tennis courts get coated through the winter and 85 per cent of those courts are positioned in Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver.

Because of the ATC enlargement, the membership will have the ability to develop a number of applications. The membership’s Excessive Efficiency Coaching Program is anticipated to soak up an extra 30-50 youngsters per week, assembly Tennis Canada and Lengthy Time period Athlete Improvement (LTAD) pointers. The ATC’s SHE CAN PLAY Women tennis program, College Tennis Program, Wheelchair & Autism applications anticipate important development.

“We’re proud to put money into Alberta and the terrific work Tennis Canada is doing to allow year-round tennis to extend participation regionally amongst youth, group members, and the following era of high-performance athletes,” stated Larry Goerzen, President of Alberta & Prairies, Rogers Communications. “Congratulations to the Osten & Victor Alberta Tennis Centre on starting development of its first coated courts as we proceed to assist develop the game of tennis and offering much more alternatives to maintain youth and our group lively in Calgary.”

The brand new bubble will present ATC with the power to host occasions. Membership leaders plan to help the expansion of the Calgary Nationwide Financial institution Challenger by internet hosting the occasion, making it the one indoor, mixed (males’s and ladies’s) skilled sporting occasion in Canada.

As the game of tennis continues to develop in recognition, Tennis Canada encourages all Canadians to succeed in out to their native elected officers and municipal leisure departments to request larger entry to the game. Learn more about this system and e mail coveredcourts@tenniscanada.com to seek out out how one can assist kick begin a challenge in your municipality.