SALISBURY – Officials this week outlined their plans to build a new pickleball complex in Salisbury.
On Tuesday, Wicomico County Recreation, Parks and Tourism Director Steve Miller presented the Wicomico County Council with a plan to redevelop Harmon Field, an aging park on Church Hill Avenue in Salisbury.
“What we are proposing is a $1 million renovation to the site,” he said.
While the park was once a hub for recreational activities, including softball tournaments and youth programs, Miller told county leaders this week the property now sees very little use other than pickup basketball games.
“Over the last four years, excluding 2020, the field has seen 77 hours per year of organized play …,” he said. “One field at our athletic complex averages 1,100 hours of play.”
Couldn’t that money be used for something that would benefit more people than a few pickleballers?
Pickleball….pickleball…pickleball? Oh yeah, everyone does pickleball. Its been around forever and there is a huge outcry for pickleball fields.
Just like SOCCER, BASEBALL, FOOTBALL.
Pickleball? Bwahahahahahha.
Is this the one that will only be available to members of the YMCA? If that is the case the county shouldn’t be spending ANY money on something that all county tax payers can not use.
Wicomico county is an embarassment – those idiots are worried about a pickle ball court while the infrastructure is crumbling, crime is out of control, and the school system is a complete mess. Seems to me there are a lot of other things that money could be used for.
Never even heard of pickleball.
The taxpayers should never be forced to pay for sportsball venues. Surely this game could be played on existing fields or spaces?
Pickleball is a good sport played myself but it should not replace other things our city and county have enjoyed for years. There is pickleball at the Salvation Army and the Crown Sports Center we can have another one built if necessary but do not take the enjoyment from so many they do not want their fun enjoyed in the process. Their are enough empty businesses and buildings around that a remodel at one would be $ wise. Just a thought.