South Florida community fights against development replacing basketball court with pickleball
Basketball players who frequent a South Florida park feel like they're being run off in favor of wealthy residents of a new luxury development.
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Basketball players who frequent a South Florida park feel like they're being run off in favor of wealthy residents of a new luxury development.
Miami-Dade County, in partnership with the City of Miami Gardens officially broke ground on six new pickleball courts Wednesday.
The courts, just off 32nd Ave., are part of a push by city leaders to expand recreational options and give residents access to one of the fastest-growing sports in the country.
With the help of USA Pickleball, Cagnetta is introducing the sport to kids who otherwise might not get the chance to play.
Some who play basketball there feel the minority demographic is being forced out.
There are about 1,230 locations across the Sunshine State, making it a hub for enthusiasts, but health experts are raising a red flag, noting a staggering 90-fold increase in pickleball-related injuries.
Pickleball is a sport surging in popularity. In fact, Florida leads the nation with more pickleball courts than any other state.
Lawmakers unanimously passed the bill during this spring's legislative session.
Sen. Gayle Harrell filed a bill that would keep golf courses, tennis courts, pickleball courts out of state parks.
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With Biscayne Bay as a backdrop, workers are busy setting up stages, a vendors' village and 50 pickleball courts.
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Chanting "Save our parks!" some Aventura residents gathered in front of their City Hall seeking to stop a project that already started construction, pickleball courts in Founders Park South.
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"I say if pickleball is that popular let them build their own courts :)" tennis great Martina Navratilova tweeted last year.
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