Evidence
What do we actually know?
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Council direction · October 14, 2026
Council voted to retain the tennis bubble.
The City publicly announced on October 20 that Council had directed staff to work with a non-profit operator on a Licence of Use Agreement for continued operation of the facility.
Confirmed conditions
Retention
Council supports retaining the bubble.
Operating model
Staff are to work with a non-profit operator.
City cost
The agreement is to be cost-neutral to the City.
Public access
A portion of court time is to be available for public booking.
City correspondence · October 16, 2026
The City is working with NAITS on the operating agreement.
Formal correspondence from the City to the Nanaimo Area Indoor Tennis Society states that the City wants to work with NAITS to develop the draft one-year Licence of Use Agreement and operating model for the facility.
City recreation records · 2023–2025
Registrations rose 63% from 2023 to 2025.
City records show tennis-program registrations increasing from 410 to 669 while listed offerings also expanded.
Listed offerings: 56 → 100
Programmed spaces: 628 → 1,105
Registrations by year
410
2023
564
2024
669
2025
Bars show the actual annual registration counts on a zero baseline.
Context: Across 2023–2025, the records show 1,643 registrations against 2,597 programmed spaces, a 63.3% aggregate fill rate.
Beban Park planning record · 2025
No indoor-tennis opening date is established.
A City staff report identifies a possible indoor activity pavilion at Beban Park that could accommodate tennis and other sports. Its 2027–2032 dates are a potential borrowing window for the broader Beban Park Master Plan, not a construction or opening schedule for indoor tennis.
Council subsequently deferred consideration of Beban Park improvements while priority projects undergo further design and costing.
Potential borrowing window
Beban Park Master Plan
Broader master plan · low confidence in cost estimate
20272032
Not an indoor-tennis completion date. The report does not establish when a replacement indoor tennis facility would be built or opened.
City of Nanaimo, “Nanaimo Builds for the Future” staff report, page 11.
Verified in the public record
City source reviewed: October 20, 2026