28 CFR Part 35 Title II Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) - Preamble (published 2008)

Areas of sport activity. (Section-by-Section Analysis)

Sections 206.2.2 and 206.2.12 of the 2004 ADAAG require each area of sport activity (e.g., courts and playing fields, whether indoor or outdoor) to be served by an accessible route.  In court sports, the accessible route would also have to directly connect both sides of the court.  For purposes of the program accessibility requirement, as with play areas and swimming pools, where an existing facility provides multiple areas of sport activity that serve the same purpose (e.g., multiple soccer fields), only a reasonable number but at least one (rather than all) would need to meet accessibility requirements.

Question 36:  Should the Department create an exception to this requirement for existing courts (e.g., tennis courts) that have been constructed back-to-back without any space in between them?