Ferry Bocce League Worries an Embarcadero Plaza Rebuild Could Displace the City's Only Full-Length Courts
Rec and Park has said play next to a planned 5-acre rebuild may be disrupted temporarily. Players fear the interruption could become permanent, especially if nearby padel courts are moved onto bocce space.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
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Members of the Ferry Bocce League, in the midst of a fall championship, are worried that a planned 5-acre rebuild of Embarcadero Plaza could push them off the city's only full-length bocce courts, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The courts sit adjacent to Embarcadero Plaza. The Recreation and Park Department has said play may be disrupted temporarily while the plaza work proceeds. Players fear the disruption could become permanent. Three nearby padel courts are inside the park footprint and may be moved onto bocce space, the Chronicle reported. The bocce courts are 90 feet long, the only full-length courts in San Francisco.
"We're being big-footed," said Nancy Bertossa, a league player, the newspaper reported.
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