New sports dome opens for year-round tennis and pickleball in Mississauga

A new domed tennis and pickleball facility that offers year-round play officially opens this week in Mississauga’s west end.

Officials with Tennis Canada and the City of Mississauga will be on hand Tuesday afternoon to mark the opening of the $4.3-million Mississauga Premier Racquet Club, located at Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Mattamy Sports Park.

The new four-court facility is a project spearheaded by the city in partnership with Premier Racquet Clubs and Tennis Canada. It’s the first such facility available to all residents of the city and not only those with club memberships.

The sports complex will “operate as a year-round bubbled tennis centre” that also includes space for the relatively new and popular sport of pickleball, city officials said in announcing the project earlier this year.

Mississauga officials say the new air-supported domed facility, located on Ninth Line just north of Erin Centre Boulevard, will:

• create an additional 400 hours of court time per week during winter
• serve the needs of recreational and competitive players in the community
• provide opportunities to host provincial, national and international events
• include drop-in and structured play, lessons and camp programming for children and youth

In an earlier online breakdown of the project, city officials said the year-round tennis/pickleball courts provide Mississauga residents with access they’ve been sorely lacking.

“All covered courts in Mississauga are located in private and membership-based facilities, posing community access challenges,” reads part of the project description provided earlier in 2024.

City officials also said in the project breakdown Mississauga is currently the most underserved Ontario municipality, per capita, when it comes to year-round tennis access.

The city also noted Mississauga’s existing 150 or so outdoor public access and community courts are overcapacity and new facilities are required to meet the growing demand and “showcase Mississauga locally, provincially, nationally and internationally.”

Senior city staff said earlier the new facility addresses a big need.

“As part of the city’s commitment to keeping our community active by providing them with the sports amenities they need, this facility will serve the needs of both recreational and competitive players, and also provide opportunities for hosting provincial, national and international sporting events in Mississauga,” said Jodi Robillos, the city’s commissioner of community services.

Mississauga Ward 10 Coun. Sue McFadden, in whose ward the facility is located, said earlier the complex “is a testament to our commitment to promoting active, healthy lifestyles and will attract many residents year-round.”

Mattamy Sports Park also features amenities that include basketball courts, outdoor fitness equipment, a playground, skateboard area, lit sports field, spray pad and a leash-free dog park.

Several other facilities are currently under construction and expected to open to the public in late 2025 or early the following year.

McFadden said the following will be completed in the next year or so:

• a full-sized, lit and tournament-grade cricket pitch with bleacher seating and batting cages
• a multi-purpose turf field for field hockey and soccer
• a paved trail with benches around the stormwater pond
• infrastructure such as a parking lot and washroom facility

Mattamy Sports Park, named in June 2022, spreads out over 57 acres and first opened in October 2021 as part of the $51-million state-of-the-art Churchill Meadows Community Centre.