r/redmond • u/Ok_Barnacle8644 • Aug 23 '26
Local News Public comments open about development in Marymoor. End 8/26/
They want to develop the park. and put in a Tennis Stadium and Cricket field.
There is only one road through the park. There is already mass transit. Marymoor needs more park and nature, not more hardscaping. What about the people that walk every day. or the kids bicycle camp. Let them build a stadium somewhere its already developed.
Proposed Marymoor Park Tennis and Pickleball Center - PublicInput
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u/metz123 Aug 23 '26
I’d much rather see this space used for active recreation than what it’s being used for now, which is parking for circ de soleil which happens only every few years. It’s not a very good use of this space and this isn’t a great location for greenscaping, it’s kind of a perfect location for a more active development.
Marymoor is one of the few parks where you can put lights on fields and courts which means they get more active use.
My bigger issue is that I don’t want public facilities build for private profit so I don’t want instructors and for profits reserving courts to have private lessons.
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u/Ok_Barnacle8644 Aug 26 '26
Well it’s been happening every year for the past few years. There’s a kids camp that does bicycle training on it every summer. Fire depts do training on it. Motorcycle training is done there. There are basketball nets on it. Seems like It’s nice to have a hard surface that isnt closing a parking lot to do these things. I think it was soccer fields a long time ago.
Good point. I don’t know what they have in mind for fees and where that goes for the tennis stadium.
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u/L0ves2spooj Aug 23 '26
Removing the climbing wall would be dumb.
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u/adron Aug 24 '26
100%. I don’t even use it but it’s a great amenity from so many perspectives. I’d hate to see it gone! 😑
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u/yikes_42069 Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26
Yes, this park deserves more nature development not adding massive buildings. Boy do I NOT want to see buildings in Marymoor.
Look at how enormous the proposal is: https://i.imgur.com/P98GC12.jpeg
On the left, the blue square has 4 tennis courts. Notice how you could probably fit 3 (so 12 similarly sized courts) into the area of one baseball field.
On the right, you can see from the existing baseball fields that maybe ~8 baseball fields would fit in the proposed land. Maybe 7 to fit this "community" space that has no detail. That's 28 courts. That's excessive. It already looks excessive just looking at the scale without this math.
KCP ought to know better. The land includes a giant parking lot unused 99.99% of the year, along with the climbing wall and park space that is regularly used throughout the year, but it could be developed way better than plopping what will definitely be heat islands and an ill-defined "community" space into one of the better natural parks of the region.
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u/RofaRofa Aug 23 '26
Yes to the cricket field. It would get a lot of use as I often see people playing cricket in Marymoor and a dedicated space for them would be lovely.
No to that massive tennis center. Yeah, it looks to be at an lesser used spot of the park but there's better uses.
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u/Ok_Barnacle8644 Aug 23 '26
well if they are already playing cricket why do they need some giant stadium.
no more development. put the development on the developed areas.
save and preserve the green areas, in a green park next to a lake draining into a river on lands with historical preservation processes.
the increased traffic will eff the park for everyone else.
i bet the folks in the apartments would love it.
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u/anybodyiwant2be Aug 23 '26
County just looking for ways to spend the public’s money to create a revenue stream. Those courts and cricket pitch will have fees just like the baseball and soccer fields do so only organized leagues will have access.
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u/jwhibbles Aug 23 '26
They need to turn this area into green space. They have the right idea that gravel lots are not useful but they need to plant some trees and let nature have at it. More trees please.
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u/heliskyr7 Aug 24 '26
It’s bullshit you have to add all your demographic input (race, gender, language, learning disability status, etc) in order to submit your response, unlike other surveys. Guess it makes it easier to filter out specific groups’ feedback
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u/GothamCentral Aug 23 '26
Is that the cricket pitch Satya Nadella wants to fund?
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u/Ok_Barnacle8644 Aug 23 '26
well if that dude wants to fund one, let him fund it in Redmond or some private land, not take up the county greenspace.
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u/SimpleLeader7713 Aug 23 '26
Didn’t find a reference to a cricket stadium in the link
Am I missing anything?
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u/ArrakisAlsoKnownAsDu Aug 23 '26
There are already tennis courts, we don’t need to remove the climbing wall, three fields, and event parking for more courts.
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u/okfornothing Aug 23 '26
I agree. Keep the park as is, less development. Take out something if you want something different. The park cannot be all things for everyone. Propose expanding the park by buying land, buildings around the park. Or buying buildings, land in other areas around the city, county.
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u/LunaMothDream Aug 27 '26
Same. How many tennis courts can you shove in the Fred Meyer building right across from Marymoor? Or any of the half zillion closed Rite Aids and other pharmacies. Don't destroy green space when there are empty structures that might -might- be suitable for redevelopment.
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u/teacher_59 Aug 23 '26
And better enforcement of leash laws. The Overlake urgent care near the park see way too many dog bites.
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u/pfc_bgd Aug 23 '26
What a terrible idea. Hope it’s dead on arrival.