{"id":2436,"date":"2026-06-02T08:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2026-06-02T08:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:06:09","slug":"park-service-officials-raised-alarms-over-trump-administrations-tennis-center-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=2436","title":{"rendered":"Park Service officials raised alarms over Trump administration\u2019s tennis center plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The documents suggest the government steered a parkland lease through an unusually fast process that favored a businessman with a financial interest in the site.<\/strong><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=2430\">In loss to the Marlins, the Nationals let Cade Cavalli down again<\/a><\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2432\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/affcd565788669ff3a13cc91619e1871-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/affcd565788669ff3a13cc91619e1871-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/affcd565788669ff3a13cc91619e1871-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/affcd565788669ff3a13cc91619e1871-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/affcd565788669ff3a13cc91619e1871-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/affcd565788669ff3a13cc91619e1871-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>The aging Rock Creek Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park hosts the DC Open tournament each summer. (Salwan Georges\/The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>National Park Service officials repeatedly raised legal and environmental concerns over the Trump administration\u2019s plan to lease public parkland, including the site of a professional tennis tournament, to a private operator widely expected to be the tournament\u2019s operator, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>Park Service employees objected to leasing property that stretched well beyond the Rock Creek Tennis Center, where the long-running DC Open is played, and warned that the plan could affect an endangered-species habitat and run afoul of federal rules designed to keep parkland accessible to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe park vehemently disagrees with these lease boundaries,\u201d officials wrote on draft lease documents, adding: \u201cThis lease proposal does not meet these legal requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The documents, obtained through a public-records request by an advocacy group that opposes the project, also suggest the federal government steered a long-term lease of public parkland through an unusually fast process that limited potential bidders and positioned Washington businessman Mark Ein, who has a direct financial interest in the health of the site, to win the contract.<\/p>\n<p>Ein, who owns<b> <\/b>the DC Open, has been widely viewed by neighbors, park advocates and those in D.C. tennis circles as the most likely operator. Ein has pushed for upgrades to the facility for years, saying it needs substantial investment to keep the tournament in Washington. He has not publicly commented on the project, and a spokeswoman declined to comment.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2433\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4f35af08a9938e729d0607aa8a098afd-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4f35af08a9938e729d0607aa8a098afd-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4f35af08a9938e729d0607aa8a098afd-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4f35af08a9938e729d0607aa8a098afd-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4f35af08a9938e729d0607aa8a098afd-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4f35af08a9938e729d0607aa8a098afd-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Courts are available for the public rent for a fee at the Rock Creek Tennis Center. (Salwan Georges\/The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>National Parks Conservation Association, a nonprofit that advocates for the protection and preservation of national parks, obtained the documents through a public records request. Ed Stierli, the group\u2019s Mid-Atlantic senior director, said the Park Service should reject any proposals before signing a lease agreement, complete environmental reviews and ensure the process remains competitive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese documents once again show how the Trump administration continues to bulldoze through Washington, D.C.\u2019s national parks,\u201d Stierli said. \u201cThey are handing public lands to private interests and ignoring the laws designed to protect national parks that belong to all Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Park Service publicly issued a request for proposals on Dec. 17, giving potential operators until Jan. 20 to submit bids to lease and refurbish<b> <\/b>the aging tennis complex in Rock Creek Park. The agency said at the time it hoped to have a lease in place by March 1.<\/p>\n<p>Months later, however, no deal has been announced and federal officials have said little about the process.<\/p>\n<p>Park Service officials did not respond to requests for comment. The Interior Department did not respond to a list of questions, but a spokesperson said in a statement that \u201cwe can guarantee the lease was handled appropriately, followed all laws and regulations and will continue to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Trump administration is working to transform a rusting, decaying, not fit for purpose facility, that was in danger of losing its tournament, into a world class asset to be enjoyed by the community and the only thing the Washington Post is focused on is gossip,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cThe Rock Creek Tennis Center has an opportunity to become an elite tennis facility that will be affordable for DMV residents and also host major tournaments.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2434\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2f8542a27dc0b3fbc0000381bf459ad6-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2f8542a27dc0b3fbc0000381bf459ad6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2f8542a27dc0b3fbc0000381bf459ad6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2f8542a27dc0b3fbc0000381bf459ad6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2f8542a27dc0b3fbc0000381bf459ad6-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2f8542a27dc0b3fbc0000381bf459ad6-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>The National Park Service had said it hoped to have a lease at Rock Creek Tennis Center in place by March 1. (Salwan Georges\/The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The tennis center sits inside one of Washington\u2019s most beloved public parks, but the facility itself has needed major repairs for years. Ein, a Washington-area native who was once a ball kid at the tournament, took over management of the event in 2019 and said then that he wanted to lift \u201ceverything about this event\u201d to \u201ca new level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As recently as last summer, federal officials were engaged with the District about a deal to put the tennis center under city control, and Ein was circulating a proposal for a major overhaul of the facility.<\/p>\n<p>But then, in July 2025, Jessica Bowron, then comptroller at the National Park Service, told officials to \u201cplease pause further action\u201d on the tennis center proposal and said they needed to \u201cfigure out what to tell the city on this pause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The records do not make clear who directed the pause or why, and government officials have not publicly explained why they moved away from the possible transfer. But within months, Interior officials were moving toward a private lease instead.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=2426\">Vancouver Canucks hire Manny Malhotra as head coach<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And they appeared especially interested in supporting Ein\u2019s annual tennis tournament, the records show. In September, as the National Park Service weighed several options for the tennis center, an unnamed Park Service official criticized an internal options memo as overly focused on tournament demands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not our mission to respond to the \u2018sponsor\u2019s expansion requests,\u2019\u201d the official wrote. \u201cOur mission is to protect the park\u2019s natural and cultural resources. Why is this not addressed here? Why is not primacy given to our mission instead of tournament requests? This paper is fundamentally flawed and should be completely rewritten to consider options that are in keeping with the park\u2019s mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Park Service officials were engaged with Ein before the government even sought proposals, the documents show. In one October email, Adam Suess, an Interior official at the time, wrote that he wanted to include in the lease the north and south athletic fields, nearby picnic groves, Carter Barron Amphitheater parking areas and internal park roads around the Brightwood Recreation Area.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, Nick Bartolomeo, Rock Creek Park\u2019s resources manager, appeared to question why the proposed lease area was being expanded beyond what officials understood Ein to be seeking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unclear why, if Mark Ein himself said what he is looking for, that we are being directed to include everything in Brightwood,\u201d Bartolomeo wrote to Brian Joyner, Rock Creek Park\u2019s superintendent, on Oct. 28.<\/p>\n<p>Joyner replied that he had passed along the National Park Service recommendations but had received no explanation for why they were not followed. He added that another Park Service official was \u201csurprised as well,\u201d because he had been drafting his portion \u201cbased upon what we talked with Mark Ein about and what we collectively discussed last week.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2435\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a43df8e1711510f5a583700e537635ef-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a43df8e1711510f5a583700e537635ef-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a43df8e1711510f5a583700e537635ef-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a43df8e1711510f5a583700e537635ef-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a43df8e1711510f5a583700e537635ef-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a43df8e1711510f5a583700e537635ef-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Decaying facilities around the Rock Creek Tennis Center before the 2025 tournament. (Allison Robbert\/For The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Officials also worried about the project\u2019s impact on endangered species and public access. Tammy Stidham, the Park Service\u2019s associate regional director for lands and planning, warned in an email<b> <\/b>that the expanded area included recreational fields in a threatened-and-endangered species habitat, picnic areas and parking lots used for public recreation and Carter Barron Amphitheater access.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not seeing how we can make a determination\u201d that the lease would not interfere with park protection, visitor enjoyment or park administration, Stidham wrote, adding that the proposal could leave the lease vulnerable to legal challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Nersesian, the Park Service\u2019s National Capital Region director, responded: \u201cI assure you I have made people aware multiple times. We will continue our best to inform these decisions, but in this case leadership has decided to go with the larger footprint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The concerns centered on the Hays Spring amphipod, a federally protected crustacean found in springs near the tennis center. Internal park comments noted that the Park Service and the District had already spent more than $1 million on drainage and stormwater protections designed to protect the species and its habitat. Officials warned that redevelopment or disturbance in the Brightwood area could threaten those protections.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Puskar, executive director of Rock Creek Conservancy, a nonprofit focused on protecting and preserving the national park, said the process left many details to be resolved but that a final lease would need to account for the Hays Spring amphipod and the federal protections around its habitat. He said there are only seven known pools where the species exists, all in Rock Creek Park, and three fall within the nearly 40-acre lease boundary included in the RFP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tennis center is part of that \u2018we have to be extra careful\u2019 zone,\u201d Puskar said. \u201cAny management choice, any scope of a future lease \u2014 it\u2019s incredibly important to an organization like the Conservancy that we abide by the decisions that were made decades ago\u201d to protect wildlife in the park.<\/p>\n<p>Other comments from an unnamed Park Service official challenged the premise that the lease was consistent with Rock Creek Park\u2019s General Management Plan. The official wrote that \u201cthe park disputes this contention,\u201d noting that the lease \u201cmay well lead to redevelopment\u201d that is \u201cdirectly opposed\u201d to the park\u2019s management plan.<\/p>\n<p>The internal concerns echo questions raised by neighbors and park advocates, who have warned that the lease process moved too quickly, lacked meaningful public input and could shift parts of Rock Creek Park from public recreational use toward a more commercial, tournament-driven operation.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=2425\">Alcantara rebounds on the mound and the Marlins snap their 5-game skid with a win over the Nats<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The documents suggest the government steered a parkland lease through an unusually fast process that favored a businessman with a financial interest in the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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