Tel Aviv Residents Build 15 Community Sports Courts From Ground Up

The Tel Aviv municipality opened three new multi-use sports courts on July 10 in the Florentin neighbourhood after two years of resident petitions and volunteer labour.

These courts sit at the centre of a wider push for accessible facilities that began gaining traction in early 2025 when city planners released updated land-use maps showing under-served pockets south of Allenby Street. Local groups argued that existing venues such as Bloomfield Stadium and the Yarkon Park athletic fields remained too distant or too costly for daily use by working families.

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One court stands on the corner of Florentin Street and HaHashmal Street, built on a former parking lot donated by the Levinsky Market Traders Association. A second facility occupies a corner of Levinsky Park near the old railway station, where the grassroots outfit called the Florentin Youth Sports Collective runs free evening sessions. The third court sits inside the fenced grounds of the Beit Dani community centre on Herzl Street, operated jointly with the municipal sports department.

Volunteers from the Collective cleared rubble and laid the synthetic surface themselves on weekends, drawing materials from a municipal grant that covered 60 percent of the 1.8 million shekel total cost.

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City records show that organised community sports participation in southern Tel Aviv districts rose 28 percent between January 2024 and March 2026, according to registration figures kept by the municipal leisure office. Average monthly fees at these new sites stand at 35 shekels per adult and 15 shekels per child, compared with 120 shekels at private gyms in the same area.

Residents who want to use the courts can register through the Florentin Youth Sports Collective website or appear in person at the Beit Dani centre desk before 7 p.m. on weekdays. Schedules and court availability are posted daily on notice boards at each location.