Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media / The City of Chilliwack has notified the public about its intent to extend a design award to Vernon-based MQN Architects for a new pickleball facility.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Chilliwack pickleball facility

Update: City of Chilliwack says award design for new pickleball facility requires council approval

Sep 19, 2024 | 10:10 AM

UPDATE FRIDAY AT 10:45 A.M.: City of Chilliwack spokesperson Jamie Leggatt says the city’s purchasing department appears to have made an error and then issued a cancellation immediately following; the status of the intent to extend a design award should say “reviewing” on the city’s bids and tenders website. Leggatt, the director of communications and legislative services for the City of Chilliwack, says the city’s plan to award a design requires approval from Chilliwack City Council. This design for approval is what will likely come before council at one of their meetings in October.

To satisfy the growing demand for a facility given the city’s rapid population growth and surging interest in the sport, the City of Chilliwack has had a pickleball facility in its sights for quite some time now.

The new pickleball facility will be located between the Landing Sports Centre and Exhibition Field. A staff report will be coming to an October council meeting with full details about the multi-use facility.

Image: City of Chilliwack / Renderings depicting the proposed 10-court pickleball facility in Chilliwack. At one point, the City had hoped to have the facility substantially completed by July 2025.

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The Chilliwack Pickleball Club (CPC) stands to benefit from the proposed facility. The club was established in April 2017 and has grown to over 375 members who play multiple days a week on several pickleball courts. According to its website, group members are “delighted to have the largest indoor pickleball facility in the Fraser Valley of BC.” Their current indoor venue is the Landing facility at 45530 Spadina Avenue. Other pickleball locations include Portage Park, G.W. Graham, Rosedale Community School, and Promontory School. Rosedale and Promontory School locations feature evening play.