Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Parks and Recreation Department

TO:	Tom Markus
FROM:	Tim Laurent
CC:	Ernie Shaw, Mark Hecker, Casey Toomay, Diane Stoddard, Chad Tower
DATE:	July 22, 2106
RE:	Free Play Court – Sports Pavilion Lawrence

An administrative decision was made by the Parks and Recreation Director with approval from the City Manager not to offer free play at Sports Pavilion Lawrence during the Hardwood Classic Basketball Tournament, July 21 - 24. 

With the large numbers of players and spectators that will be present it is extremely challenging to keep one court open for free play.   296 teams from 17 different states are competing in this year’s event.  It has been our experience that even during much smaller tournaments this court quickly gets overrun with tournament participants wanting to warm up and/or their siblings looking for something to do.  With this in mind we have reserved the following free play times at our other recreation centers for Lawrence and Douglass County resident use during the tournament. 

	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Community Building:	1pm-9pm	1pm-5pm	10am-6pm	12pm-6pm
East Lawrence Center:	4m-9pm	4pm-9pm	12pm-6pm	12pm-6pm
Holcom Park Recreation Center:	12:30pm-6:30pm	12pm-9pm	10am-6pm	12pm-6:30pm

The SPL weight and cardio areas as well as the walking track are available to Lawrence and Douglas County residents throughout the tournament.