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THUNDER BAY — A lease for a new, six-court indoor tennis facility at Chapples Park remains under negotiation nearly a year after city council greenlit the concept, but the group behind the project remains hopeful it will meet its goal of opening by the end of the year.
Pasi Pinta, project lead for the facility with Thunder Bay Community Tennis Centre, said the centre and the city have been meeting regularly to discuss the land lease and “making good, steady progress.” The centre hopes to wrap engineering work on the project by the end of May, with next steps including submitting a building permit application to the city, inviting bids from construction firms for the job, and site preparation.Local tennis players have been without an indoor venue since the 2018 closure of two covered courts at the former Confederation College fitness centre bubble.
That design would feature a supported fabric covering, rather than using a fan to stay inflated, said Pinta, significant slashing energy requirements and allowing the tennis centre to explore geothermal heating. The Tennis Centre has already arranged extensions to planned completion dates for the project, and now intends to finish it in 2023, according to Pinta.
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