Comments on: Dolores Park renovation threatens to remove bike polo courts

By: Sean Zilla

Sean Zilla — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:00:23 +0000

There will be no bikes on our tennis courts- one way or the other. For you idiots that don’t know, the courts would be ruined with tire marks, and too much space is needed. This is a fad that no city is fully prepared financially to insure. Last I heard, Mission High uses the courts for practice in the fall and spring seasons. I don’t think the city can remove any courts in district 8, but regardless, the courts will stay.

By: DK

DK — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:24:09 +0000

Why are they cutting down the trees around the playground???

By: danfinger

danfinger — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:38:43 +0000

This is a pretty obvious ploy by Emmanuel Delorme to get hits on a petition for tennis only. Notice the petition mentions nothing of a multi-use play area.

Hey Emmanuel, why can’t you share some of that million square feet of court?

By: Bret

Bret — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:21:58 +0000

We used to use the courts for games Volleybonk on Sunday nights, and I would be saddened to see the courts go. A multipurpose court would be great.

By: danfinger

danfinger — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:35:02 +0000

Here’s a ‘The more you know!’ moment for you!
SF Park & Rec currently has 132 tennis courts in SF. A typical tennis court is 120×60 feet. 120×60 = 7200 Sq. Ft.– 7200 x 132 = 950,400 sq. ft.
So, almost 1 million square feet of public park property is devoted solely to tennis. P&R rules preclude the use of tennis courts for anything except tennis. Bike polo has been granted temporary permission to play at 21st & Shotwell but the area is not completely bounded by wall or fence and there is constant interruption between them and the basketball court. The situation is frustrating to both the basketball players and the polo players.
Delores Park NEEDS a multi-use court. Polo is only one sport that can use the space. SF Bike polo is more than willing to share the space with anyone else who wishes to use it. Are the tennis players willing to give up a fraction of available space to others who are willing to share with them? So far the answer has been a resounding ‘NO’.

I applaud those involved in the reconstruction process. Last week’s meeting was really inspiring and gives me hope for some equity. THANK YOU SF P&R!

By: Gillian Gillett

Gillian Gillett — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:09:33 +0000

Robert is correct.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:49:13 +0000

This is not true. The renovation of the courts is required by the 2008 Bond. At the public workshop last week, attended by 120 park users, we were all instructed to find a place for the renovated courts in any proposed plans. There is a discussion on making one of the courts multipurpose and sharing it with the SF Bike Polo League. Tennis is an important part of Dolores Park.

By: fortitude

fortitude — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:08:59 +0000

ive been at the meetings too, no mention whatsoever about removing courts. dont post blatantly baseless rumors that you know nothing about. it just pisses people off for no reason.

By: SFdoggy

SFdoggy — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:59:20 +0000

By: tacotron

tacotron — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:11:16 +0000

I don’t use them, but I say keep ‘em. Every now and then someone wants to bat a shuttlecock around.

By: tacotron

tacotron — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:08:31 +0000

Pit Bulls aren’t that bad, Ya dig? Check this out
http://www.ywgrossman.com/photoblog/?p=676

Any dog can be sweet as pie, as long as you give ‘em love and snuggles. and all that proper training stuff.

I have a cat, he’s dope.

By: xian

xian — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:53:39 +0000

Yay, Bike Polo! Tennis is soooo over anyway…

By: Brenden

Brenden — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:26:11 +0000

I’ve been going to the planning meetings for the Dolores Park renovation for two months now, and i don’t ANYONE has proposed eliminating any of the tennis courts. In fact most of the talk revolves around adding more multi-use (read: bike polo) courts along side the existing tennis courts.

By: Delegate Nerd

Delegate Nerd — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:12:32 +0000

WE WANT PING PONG!

By: KyleM

KyleM — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:32:09 +0000

I would think if you love dogs you would sign against it. A space just for dogs would mean the rest of the park would be expected to be dog free. I think we should build a pibull only space thats filled with sharp blades and poison meat. I would sign a petition for that.