Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago's XS Tennis have announced a new $9.8-million, 112,000-square-foot tennis facility in the Washington Park neighborhood.
The state-of-the-art facility will house eight indoor and 19 outdoor courts, a fitness center, running track, training space and classrooms.
Chicago's XS Tennis is the largest, most successful minority-owned tennis organization in the nation, serving more than 2,000 Chicago Public School ( CPS ) students through its free in-school Tennis XSpress program, and more than 2,300 Chicago youth and residents annually.
XS Tennis expects to break ground in September. The $9.8-million investment will be made with $2.9 million in TIF ( tax-increment financing ) support.