Portland pickleball court painted over for tennis

• Then pickleball fans set up shop, spending more than $20,000 to turn them into bona fide pickleball courts in 2021.

But pickleballers soon got locked out by Portland Parks and Recreation, who said the PDX Pickleball Club needed a permit. After PP&R issued a retroactive permit, play started full bore.

• Neighbor noise complaints are behind this new shutdown and repainting.

PP&R has now also restriped a nearby tennis court — farther from homes — for pickleball, but it's half the size of the old setup, leaving some pickleheads still unhappy.