The Mandan Tennis Center Prepares For Grand Opening

Editor-in-Chief

The Mandan Tennis Center will have its official grand opening on December 22nd and will be open for play starting December 23rd. Construction for the facility began in the summer of this year after being pitched to the Mandan Park District two years ago by now President of the Mandan Tennis Center, Tracy Porter.

“I approached the Mandan Park District about two years ago on the concept of building an indoor tennis facility that the Park District would own, but they would lease the operations and management of the facility to a non-profit company that I established,” Porter said. “The non-profit company is named Mandan Tennis Center and will be managed by a nine-person board.”

The idea of an indoor tennis facility was inspired by Porter’s children’s own love for the sport.

“The idea for an indoor tennis facility in Mandan started for me when my children played tennis in high school and college,” Porter said.

Construction of the Mandan Tennis Center went well, despite the winter storm earlier in November.

“The project has been very smooth so far. Most of the complexity was in the design work and then just the coordination of all the contractors on the project,” Porter said. “The blizzard in early November certainly created some challenges in the parking lot and around the facility with the blowing and drifting snow, but the inside work on the dome and the building continued on as scheduled.”

The facility’s 41,600 square feet, six tennis courts and ten pickleball courts will allow for a variety of tennis and other racket sport events to happen away from the winter weather.

“In addition to open public play, we are interested in hosting the West Region and State Boys and Girls Tennis Tournaments, college tennis tournaments and local tennis and pickleball leagues and tournaments,” Porter said.

Besides the tennis and pickleball courts, the new Mandan Tennis Center will also allow community members of all ages to play smash tennis, badminton and ping-pong.

“The sports you can participate in at the tennis center are considered lifetime activities and we look forward to hosting people from age 3 to age 93,” Porter said.

Porter hopes that the new Mandan Tennis Center will be a place where everyone can have a good time.

“We consider this facility to be another very nice addition to our community,” Porter said. “We hope people will find the tennis center to be an enjoyable atmosphere and a place where they can participate with family and friends.”

For any more information regarding the Mandan Tennis Center, visit www.mandantenniscenter.com.