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Where Tennis Center Courts are Left Unlocked (Gasp!)

When Southlake (Texas) Tennis Center expanded a few years ago, the courts were configured in such a way that a bank of three tennis courts could remain open to the public when the tennis center is closed. In fact, during the COVID shutdown we played on those courts on a regular basis. Once the rest of the tennis players in our area discovered (or remembered) that those courts were left open, they were always packed. I am not aware of vandalism ever occurring on those courts.