Tennis in Chamonix: Renovation Project

The CCC (Communauté de Communes de la Vallée de Chamonix Mont-Blanc) launches a renovation project for the Tennis courts at the Richard Bozon Chamonix Sports Centre.

The main Tennis courts in Chamonix are of the benefit of both, visitors and chamoniards. All red clay courts are been scarified with a deep cut, this process needs to be done to help keep the courts algae free, promotes water penetration so courts dry faster after a rain and keeps the courts from being too hard (also getting rid of hard pan).

In addition to the renovation of the clay courts, the current restaurant is going to be demolished soon and then a new building will be built including:

a new restaurant with terrace;
a shop offering tennis equipment;
reception of the tennis and squash users;
the office of the tennis association;
a technical area.

Now the community is looking up for an operator to invest in the whole project and manage the restaurant. A service concession is launched for this purpose in May 2017. The project is expected to become operational in the fall of 2017.

In addition, the community will finance the construction of a rigid cover for courts 5 and 6, adjacent to the two existing covered courts that will be also renovated. These courts will be heated and a connecting link will allow traffic between them. It will be possible to play tennis all year round in 4 out of 15 courts.

This new equipment will serve to the 150 members of the club who currently use the tennis of the Centre Sportif d'Argentière. The Argentière Tennis courts will be transformed latter into a craft zone.

The cost of the works is half financed by subsidies.

The total cost of the works is expected to come in at around : € 1,5 million

The completion of the works is scheduled for the spring 2018.