Life Time Des Moines Wins Outstanding Facility Award
The USTA announced that Life Time Des Moines is one of 29 winners in the USTA’s annual Outstanding Facility Awards program, which recognizes excellence in the construction and/or renovation of tennis facilities throughout the country.
“Great tennis facilities like Life Time Des Moines help us to grow the game at the grassroots level, and we are proud to recognize them for their ongoing impact on the sport of tennis,” said Craig Morris, Chief Executive, Community Tennis, USTA. “Life Time has embraced many of our tennis initiatives and kept the sport at the forefront of its community each year.”
Facilities were judged on the following criteria: overall layout and adaptation to site; excellence of court surface and lights; ease of maintenance; accommodations for players, spectators and press/officials; aesthetics; graphics (including the use of signs and landscaping); amenities such as casual seating for spectators, food services and social areas; and the facilities’ participation in grassroots tennis programs.
Nominated facilities were voted on in the following categories: Public Courts that are either small tennis centers with 2-11 courts or large tennis centers with 12 or more courts; Private Facilities that offer both USTA and public programming designed to help grow tennis (small: 2-11 courts; large: 12 or more courts); and Educational Institutions such as colleges, universities, public and private grade schools, middle schools, or high schools. All 2023 award winners will receive a wall plaque and an all-weather sign, which can be mounted at the facility.
The 2023 USTA Outstanding Facility Award winners are:
Public Courts: Small Tennis Centers (2 to 11 courts)
Doc Hosbach Tennis Complex (Henderson, Ky.)
Garber Courts (Saginaw, Mich.)
Lorenzi Park (Las Vegas)
Public Courts: Large Tennis Centers (12 or more courts)
Calhoun Tennis Center (Calhoun, Ga.)
El Conquistador Tennis (Oro Valley, Ariz.)
GreatLIFE Cares Foundation Tennis Complex (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
Lisa and Douglas Goldman Tennis Center* (San Francisco)
Phoenix Tennis Center (Phoenix)
Spencer Love Tennis Center (Greensboro, N.C.)
Warren County Tennis and Sports Facility (Bowling Green, Ky.)
*named USTA Featured Facility of the Year
Small Private Facilities (2-11 courts)
Beavercreek Clay Courts Tennis Club (Dayton, Ohio)
Corpus Christi Country Club (Corpus Christi, Texas)
Laurel Springs Racquet Club (Suwanee, Ga.)
Life Time Des Moines (Urbandale, Iowa)
Life Time Galleria Tennis and Athletic (Houston)
Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.)
Red Ledges Club (Heber City, Utah)
Templeton Tennis Ranch (Templeton, Calif.)
Large Private Facilities (12 or more courts)
Athletic Club Alabama (Huntsville, Ala.)
Guilford Racquet & Swim Club (Guilford, Conn.)
Life Time Athletic and Tennis Peachtree Corners (Peachtree Corners, Ga.)
Life Time Tennis Plano (Plano, Texas)
North Hills Club (Raleigh, N.C.)
Stone Creek Club and Spa (Covington, La.)
The Club at Harper’s Point (Cincinnati)
Weston Racquet Club (Weston, Fla.)
Educational Institutions
Byron Center Schools West Athletic Complex (Byron Center, Mich.)
Coach Jim Verdieck Tennis Center (Redlands, Calif.)
Conrad Weiser Tennis Facility (Robesonia, Pa.)
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