MTPA Provides Pickleball Sessions and Saves Players Money

New (and occasionally old) Pickleball players often wonder why they have to pay MTPA to play at the Nederland Community Center.  The literal bottom line is because MTPA negotiates a lower cost to play at the NCC.  Since Ken Adler brought the game to Nederland and, with the help of Charles Wood and others, painted the lines on the court and bought the nets and other equipment, a goal has been to keep the game affordable.  When Pickleball joined forces with the Nederland Tennis Association a few years ago that goal became formalized when MTPA signed the first rental agreement.  MTPA is a non-profit Colorado corporation with the mission of providing the opportunity to play pickleball and tennis in Nederland because the town doesn't have a recreation department to organize the sports.  We charge membership fees to pay the NCC rent ($1500/year) and liability insurance premiums ($1800/year) which comprise 90% of the expenses.  The rest of the fees go to maintenance for both tennis and pickleball and programming.  All of the board members are volunteers and they pay the fees too.  Other groups like basketball and soccer require the players to pay the NCC fees because they don't have a formal organization.

The following two tables show how much extra it would cost each player per month if they paid NCC for four and eight indidual visits per month for both seniors and adults.  The minimum increase is 20% and goes up to 188% and note the more you play the more you save and the healthier you'll be.

 

Four Individual Visits Per Month

Payment

Cost

% Cost Increase over MTPA Monthly

% Cost Increase over MTPA Annual

MTPA Monthly

$10.00

-

-

MTPA Annual ($100)

$8.33

-

-

NCC Monthly Senior 10 Punch Card ($30)

$12.00

20%

44%

NCC Monthly Adult 10 Punch Card ($35)

$14.00

40%

68%

NCC Senior Drop In ($3)

$12.00

20%

44%

NCC Adult Drop In ($4)

$16.00

60%

92%

 

Eight Individual Visits Per Month

Payment

Cost

% Cost Increase over MTPA Monthly

% Cost Increase over MTPA Annual

MTPA Monthly

$10.00

-

-

MTPA Annual ($100)

$8.33

-

-

NCC Monthly Senior 10 Punch Card ($30)

$18.00

80%

116%

NCC Monthly Adult 10 Punch Card ($35)

$21.00

110%

152%

NCC Senior Drop In ($3)

$18.00

80%

116%

NCC Adult Drop In ($4)

$24.00

140%

188%

 

The bottom line, MTPA wants folks to get out and exercise and be healthy playing pickleball and tennis and it does that by providing the opportunity at an affordable price.