8th Ave. & Josephine St. , N. Downing St., Denver, CO, 80224 View on Map. Copyright 2023 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Congress Park is located in the heart of downtown Denver, CO. Congress Park 2700 E 9th Ave, Denver, CO 80206, USA (303) 839-4809 www.denvergov.org Come play pickleball at Congress Park in Denver, CO! But the paddle sport a cross between tennis, badminton and table tennis is now America's fastest-growing sport and is attracting major interest and financial investments. Denver Parks and Recreation boots pickleball from Congress Park, Sloans We've seen pickleballers fighting back against noise complaints with lobbying and humorous mockeries of their opponents' often-ridiculous campaigns; but sometimes, they just can't win. Okotoks man is ready to take his fight against pickleball to court At the center of the controversy is the noise level from the plastic ball hitting the paddles and court top. It's the end of the road for pickleball at Congress Park. There are 4 courts available at Congress Park. But recently, there was another pathetic example of NIMBYism: The folks who live near Congress Park got pickleball banned. According to them, a basketball being dribbled clocks in at 115 decibels, yet no neighbors seem to complain about noise coming from the nearby basketball court. This is an anonymous survey and closes March 31, 2022. Pickleball boasted 4.8 million players last year in the U.S., a participation growth rate of 39.3% since 2019, according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association's 2022 Topline Participation Report. The point of a public park is to foster community and give residents a place to gather and have fun. We're lucky to live in a city that has public spaces. Congress Park Pickleball Club Denver - Facebook It brings people together, and there's really no reason for people not to be able to do it.". Data scraping, web crawling, screen scraping or any action that would cause storage or retrieval of the data contained on Between the issues with pickleballers and others just parking in the neighborhood. In the market for some new Pickleball.