Dodge Ball Players vs Tennis Players!!

City Council Battle over usage of Tennis Courts...



Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive and Dodge!!

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The kids game is about to have an adult conversation.

Dodgeball has been growing in popularity on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. Twice a week, a diverse collection of people gather at the tennis courts for two hours of non-stop throwing at Cal Anderson Park.

“There are so many sorts of people here that I would never meet,” says Hareesh Kapoor. He says he fell in love with the game a couple years ago after dropping by while he was on a date. “I’m a jazz musician and this has become my passion.”

He thinks the sport, and the people who play it, should have a designated right to play the game at the park’s courts. But not everyone agrees.

That’s why the Seattle Parks Department will hold a public hearing Thursday night at 7 p.m. to discuss whether to designate underused tennis courts for new generation sports like dodgeball and bicycle polo.

Right now, Seattle doesn’t officially allow alternative sports to use the tennis courts. But it’s a seldom-enforced rule.