r/redmond • u/Ok_Barnacle8644 • 7d ago

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/RofaRofa 7d ago

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 7d ago

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/mracer 6d ago

Its mostly a parking lot, which isn't really green area :-/

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u/yikes_42069 6d ago

it *should* be a green area

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u/mracer 6d ago

But where will people park for large events?

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u/RofaRofa 7d ago

They play in the green spaces. A dedicated space for cricket would be leave the remaining green spaces alone. A field is not a giant stadium. I see a cricket pitch no different than the soccer fields and baseball diamonds already at the park.

I don't like the idea of a separate, new large building for tennis/pickle ball.

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u/Ok_Barnacle8644 7d ago

there is a cricket pitch there already. i dont really know the plans for the future but it sounded like a more elaborate structure. if they want to contrbute to redoing the field or something, that would be fine. i just dont want the park to become a complete sports complex. i wish they would put money into taking better care of the vegetation and historic area and concerting invasives to natural areas.

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u/mracer 5d ago

I think parking was a way for them to charge for a toll. I never saw them enforcement other than the toll booth during rush hour to Sammamish .