Center Line to open new pickleball courts with ribbon-cutting ceremony
Center Line opened its new pickleball courts at 7070 East Ten Mile Road, adding another public stop as suburban Detroit builds out its court map.
Center Line cut the ribbon on its new pickleball courts at 7070 East Ten Mile Road, Center Line, MI 48015, giving Detroit-area players a fresh public place to play. The ceremony was set for Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM, and the city invited residents to celebrate the courts, meet neighbors and get outside.
That matters because the opening turned a park project into a real itinerary stop. For anyone building a day around multiple suburban courts, Center Line now sits on the map as a municipal option rather than a private-club detour, which keeps the stop more accessible for casual play, mixed groups and budget-minded trips through the Detroit metro area.
The courts did not appear overnight. Center Line council minutes from January 22, 2024 said the city was renovating parks because of a grant that included updating tennis courts, adding pickleball and creating a splashpad. A September 8, 2025 agenda item later referenced “Tennis/Pickleball Courts and Walking Paths” with an amount not to exceed $7,000.00, showing the work had stayed on the city’s park-improvement agenda. A July 2026 archived News Flash page also referenced “Pickleball Courts,” marking the project’s path from planning to public opening.
Center Line Parks & Recreation also promoted the launch as the official opening of the new courts, reinforcing that the ribbon-cutting was more than a ceremonial photo stop. In local recreation, that kind of municipal backing usually signals a facility that is ready for community use and ready to absorb regular play from residents and visitors alike.
The opening arrives as southeast Michigan keeps adding places to play. Troy’s city government approved eight new dedicated pickleball courts at Firefighters Park, while Sterling Heights planned a $10 million indoor pickleball complex set to open in summer 2026. Put together, those projects make suburban Detroit look less like a one-court errand and more like a developing pickleball getaway cluster, with Center Line filling the public, outdoor end of that range.
The timing also worked in its favor. A July opening lands squarely in the heart of outdoor season, when courts can get immediate use before fall weather shifts the calendar. Center Line’s ribbon-cutting did exactly what players need most from a new build: it moved the project from city paperwork to a playable address, and it added one more reliable stop to the region’s growing court map.
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