Holding Court

Burnaby’s forthcoming Pacific Tennis Centre will give West Coast prodigies a place to achieve greatness

BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, a sleepy suburban city of 250,000, will soon be home to the largest, most tricked-out tennis training facility west of Toronto. The $45-million Pacific Tennis Centre, or PTC, slated for a 2023 opening, is expected to house an impressive 12 covered courts, four to six outdoor clay courts and six to eight courts specifically reserved for pickleball. Plans for the building’s third phase also include a second-floor viewing area, a bubble dome and dedicated spaces for physiotherapy and fitness. The sprawling project has been in the works since 2018—and it can’t come quickly enough. The recent explosion of tennis’s popularity in Canada has merited the need for a western hub for aspiring national-level athletes; right now, young players on the West Coast have to migrate to Toronto…

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