New pickleball, tennis courts planned at Lake Geneva Tennis | Local News

Representatives from Lake Geneva Tennis, 630 Veterans Parkway, plan to build an addition at the south end of the building, which would include six indoor pickleball courts and several outdoor tennis / pickleball courts with seating areas.

Paul Lauterbach, co-owner of Lake Geneva Tennis, presented the concept plans for the addition at the Plan Committee meeting on November 15. Lauterbach said he and other representatives from Lake Geneva Tennis recently purchased a neighboring property and would like to build an addition to the facility.

The project would also include more parking spaces. Lauterbach said the location of the additional parking spaces has not been determined at this time.

“We see that we would need additional parking, probably at least 24 stalls,” he said.

Lauterbach said he would like to add more pickleball courts to the facility due to the sport’s growing popularity.

“I’m slowly taking the bandwagon right now,” Lauterbach said. “It’s amazing. He’s growing up.

Lauterbach said they would also be able to expand their children’s tennis program, as the pickleball courts would have roughly the same space as that used for children’s tennis.

“Pickleball fields are about the same size as programs 10 and under. We call it ‘Red Ball’, and it’s for the little ones, ”said Lauterbach. “We would kind of be on the pickleball courts and really expand our programming for ages 10 and under. “

Plan commission member Michael Krajovic asked if the addition would include exterior landscaping.

“When people drive by, we don’t want to see just one building, we would like to see beautiful landscaping and trees,” Krajovic said.

Lauterbach said he plans to install landscaping on the exterior of the building.

“Especially with the outdoor courts, we really have to beautify them because we are asking people to pay for outdoor tennis,” said Lauterbach. “They could go to a lot of different places to play for free, so we’ll really have to step up our efforts.”

Lauterbach said he also plans to install lighting near the outdoor courts, but the lights would be on no later than 9 p.m. and would face down toward the courts.

“We obviously wouldn’t want to be an eyesore at night,” Lauterbach said. “But eight or nine in the evening would be more than enough for us to get into what we’re getting on board.”

Alderman Tim Dunn, who is also a member of the plan commission, said there were already several exterior lights in this area along with the baseball and football fields at Veterans Park and the nearby Walmart store.

“So there’s a lot of light in that area already,” Dunn said. “So they don’t suddenly create light where it wasn’t there. This area is already fairly well lit.

Representatives from Lake Geneva Tennis are expected to present more detailed plans for the addition in the future.

Krajovich said he liked the plans that have been presented so far.

“It’s a big project,” Krajovich said.

Mayor Charlene Klein said she liked the idea of ​​adding more pickleball courts to the facility.

“I think it sounds good,” Klein said. “I don’t play pickleball myself, but I have a lot of friends who do. “