Park Service officials raised alarms over Trump administration's tennis center plan

Source: Washington Post

Tennis
Park Service officials raised alarms over Trump administration’s tennis center plan

The documents suggest the government steered a parkland lease through an unusually fast process that favored a businessman with a financial interest in the site.

June 1, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. EDT 13 minutes ago
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The aging Rock Creek Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park hosts the DC Open tournament each summer. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post)

By Rick Maese

National Park Service officials repeatedly raised legal and environmental concerns over the Trump Administration’s plan to lease public parkland, including the site of a professional tennis tournament, to a private operator widely expected to be the tournament’s operator, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post.

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