Palisades Tennis Center

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851 Alma Real Dr (Palisades Recreation Center), Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

Birthplace of the "Live Ball" format and The Tennis Channel; rebuilding after the January 2025 Palisades Fire.

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About

Founded by Steve Bellamy, the Palisades Tennis Center is famed as the birthplace of the "Live Ball" format and the founding site of The Tennis Channel, with a roughly six-decade history and a celebrity clientele. Its pro shop was destroyed in the January 2025 Palisades Fire while the courts survived; a public-private rebuild of the recreation center was announced in April 2025 and remains in progress. The program continues in a transitional state as the community rebuilds. Status: operating in a limited/transitional capacity pending rebuild — confirm current programming before visiting.