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Community fights pickleball replacing basketball courts at South Florida beachside park

  • Basketball players at a South Florida park feel displaced by plans to replace their decades-old basketball courts with pickleball facilities as part of a deal for a condominium and hotel project.
  • Ozzie McRea stated that the changes were announced in April and expressed concern that the developers aim to change the area's demographics.
  • McRea is worried that the public park could become exclusive for condo residents, limiting access for working-class and diverse community members.
  • The Beach Ballers are concerned that promises for new basketball courts may not be fulfilled after the existing ones are removed.
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Community fights pickleball replacing basketball courts at South Florida beachside park

Basketball players who frequent a South Florida park feel like they’re being run off in favor of wealthy residents of a new luxury development.

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Associated Press News broke the news in United States on Thursday, October 30, 2025.
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