The Stade Roland Garros. The All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
What do all of these legendary venues now have in common with the U’s Eccles Tennis Center? They all offer indoor, as well as outdoor courts. Until July 2015, the Eccles Tennis Center only provided the U’s women’s and men’s tennis teams with the opportunity to host home matches in an indoor site.
Whenever weather permitted it, the men’s and women’s teams would drive to other Salt Lake City venues for outdoor playing, leaving fans frustrated and forced to leave campus to support their team.