Facilities at a few city parks are slated for improvements.

At a Nov. 12 meeting, Coppell City Council approved material purchases for several recreation projects outlined in the summer.

The Coppell Recreation and Development Corporation, CDRC, board brings each project before council individually before approving contracts. The CRDC is a sales tax special revenue fund for recreation and entertainment in Coppell managed by the CRDC board, a seven member team comprised of residents and City Council members.

The CRDC board drafted a $5.8 million budget and work plan for fiscal year 2024-25, which included renovations at Andrew Brown Park East, Andrew Brown Park West, and Wagon Wheel Park and its accompanying tennis and pickleball courts, according to previous Community Impact reporting.

The board awarded contracts for the projects Nov. 18, per CRDC board documents.


The details

After approving $166,000 to replace shade structures at Wagon Wheel Park Baseball Complex, city staff are gearing up to replace eight batting cages, the artificial turf field and resurface the tennis and pickleball court, according to CRDC documents.

The current batting cage nets and artificial turf have reached the end of their usable life. The nets and artificial turf are showing signs of excessive wear with rips in the nets and thinned out areas in the turf.

Council approved a contract worth almost $55,000 to Pioneer Athletics for the work which will include purchasing all eight new cages and 10,500 square-feet of turf. The CRDC board allocated $63,000 for the project in the FY 2024-25 work plan, per city documents.


According to documents, city officials approved a nearly $57,000 contract with Sports King of Texas for the court resurfacing work that will create eight more dedicated pickleball courts.

The park currently contains seven dedicated tennis courts, four dedicated pickleball courts, and five tennis courts which have hybrid lines, which creates an additional 10 pickleball courts, per CRDC board documents. Due to the growth of pickleball, two of the tennis courts are almost entirely used for pickleball, with the occasional reservation or overflow of league matches.

Since these two tennis courts were slated to be resurfaced due to age and general wear and tear, officials decided to transform them into eight additional dedicated pickleball courts during the resurfacing process, bringing the total number of pickleball only courts to 12. The CRDC board allocated $100,000 for the project in the FY 2024-25 work plan.

Some context


Both Andrew Brown Park East and Andrew Brown Park West are slated for upgrades totaling over $200,000 with the former receiving new tables and chairs for its pavilions and the latter receiving six new basketball goals, per city documents.

The current tables and chairs have reached the end of their usable life with the protective coating on both flaking and revealing visible areas of rust. Officials plan to replace 20 round tables and 80 chairs at the Grand and Boardwalk pavilions. The CRDC board awarded the contract to PlayWell Group, Inc. for $87,000 and allocated $90,000 for the project in the work plan.

Core Construction will handle the basketball goal replacement at the west park after the board awarded the company a nearly $120,000 contract which is on par with the board's work plan allocations for the project. The basketball goals are mounted on large concrete arches that have begun to crack and wear over the years.

Zooming in


Core Construction repurposed four of the basketball goals from Andrew Brown East to Andrew Brown West and built two more in the same style for the park’s reopening in 2017. The CRDC board also contracted the company to perform an inspection on the basketball bases and to discuss how to correct this issue.

After the initial inspection and a follow-up consultation with the basketball goal base manufacturer, Wausau Tile, repairs were made to the affected basketball base.

In Aug. 2023, staff discovered that the same basketball base in addition to the goal base immediately next to it were showing signs of cracking. Due to the propensity for wear and tear, city officials elected to replace all six basketball bases with an alternative option for the bases and backboards complete with rims and chain nets.