Julian B Lane Tennis Courts

We went to the UT Tennis courts to play tennis but unfortunately the courts were locked down for the day at 8PM. Instead of taking 15 minutes to drive to the Cal Dixon courts off watrous, we decided to walk 3 blocks north on north south Blvd to the Julian B Lane Tennis Courts complex since the roads were blocked off. These 6 hard tennis courts are located at Julian B Lane park which is 2 blocks north of University of Tampa and 1 block north of Tampa prep and sadly across from the ghetto. Parking on site? Nope. Currently under construction for months on end. You can park on the street 2 blocks away or by the UT garage. Accessible by car? Nope. The road has been blocked off due to construction for several months. Accessible from the waterfront sidewalk that goes through UT? Nope. That area is under construction too. Your only option of getting here is walking on the sidewalk next to the ghetto public housing for 2 blocks. Water fountains? Nope. On the plus side, these courts are lit and give you a nice view of Downtown on one side but on the other side you see the public housing. On the plus side the government approved a 17 million dollar grant to fix this place up. The tennis court fence and bleachers are all rusted up. A couple of the lights don’t work on the courts. This place is it disrepair and doesn’t feel safe. There is definitely see much needed maintenance that needs to take place here. Not sure how they can make this place feel as safe and as nice as Curtis hixon park when it’s across from the ghetto. This park also features basketball courts, racketball courts, a boat house, and waterfront sidewalk. Hopefully, they fix this place up and add a wall and some bushes so you don’t have to look at the ghetto public housing or maybe they can do urban revitalization and make a mixed use facilities instead of that public housing. This place has a long ways to go. We won’t be coming back here again. We will be going to the Cal Dixon tennis courts off Watrous if the UT courts are closed again.