You literally need a ball and hopefully a lot more courts like this built around our city," he said. "You've seen it already today, you've seen that this is a sport that is uniquely positioned to be accessible for anybody. 9, 2023.The Surge’s chair Usman Tahir Jutt says free inner-city courts spur new interest in the game and will lead to better basketball being played city-wide. Parks Foundation Calgary celebrated the grand opening of the Century Gardens Sport Court on Wednesday, Aug. The $300,000 to build the courts was split between the City of Calgary, the Calgary Parks Foundation and the Calgary Surge – the city's professional basketball team. "Affordability of sport is becoming a huge challenge for families in Calgary, so when you have free opportunities for people to get out and play sports, that's really important." "We need more vibrancy in our downtown core, and the downtown is really underserved when it comes to park and sports spaces, so we were excited to be able to take this corner of downtown and add some activity and a much-needed place for families," said Calgary Parks Foundation CEO Shelia Taylor. That structure is gone, replaced by three colourful three-on-three basketball courts. Previously, it was home to one of the last examples of brutalist architecture in the city, a giant concrete structure, which became a haven for social disorder.
The three-on-three courts, which opened on Wednesday, are located on the corner of Eighth Street and Seventh Avenue S.W. Organizers behind Calgary's new Century Gardens Sport Court say it's hoped the recently-unveiled basketball courts will give Calgarians a new recreation option, while also helping to clean up a notorious downtown location.
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