Indoor and Outdoor Sports Court Usage Survey
Consultation has concluded
Project Update, June 2022: The Summer 2022 indoor courts schedule is now available! See below.
Parks & Recreation staff will continue to review and incorporate the survey input as they develop the fall indoor courts schedule. As well, staff are planning some changes at the City's outdoor courts, including a pilot for dedicated outdoor court use times. Look for changes on the outdoor courts this summer!
Project Update, April 19: Many thanks to all who took the time to share their input through our survey. We heard from over 250 community members on how they use these City facilities. Scroll down to view a visual summary of results from this engagement, or click here to view the full survey report.
What is happening?
The City of New Westminster is reviewing current usage of City-operated sports courts, both indoors and outdoors.
An indoor sports court is a designated, flexible gymnasium space within a City recreation centre or facility that’s used for multi-sport play. These spaces include opportunities for a variety of sports, including tennis, pickleball, basketball, ball hockey, lacrosse, volleyball, badminton, and soccer.
There has been a growing demand for sports court space from different user groups. To support sports groups and respond to these competing requests previously, additional indoor court drop-in timeslots have been added. Additional lines on outdoor court spaces have also been added to accommodate multi-sport uses.
However, there remains a limited number of courts and hours available. In an effort to continue to support all user groups and offer a range of sport court programming within New Westminster, we are reviewing existing drop-ins days, times and courts with the intent to better match community needs.
How can I engage?
Complete our survey and have your say on how you think sports courts should be used. Your answers will help us in understanding the needs of our community and guide our planning processes. Survey input will be used to support building a schedule that can work towards satisfying users’ needs, better utilize and maximize available court space, and improve court experiences and enjoyment of sports play for all user groups.
We need the community’s input to guide our planning processes to prepare the indoor court facilities, staff and program schedules for summer 2022. The survey was open through March 22, 2022 - and here is What We Heard!
How can I book a sports court?
For information on booking a court, contact 604-527-4567 between the hours of 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, or complete the Sports Fields, Courts and Track Request form.
