Noise complaints lead to Congress Park pickleball court removal

DENVER — Denver Parks and Recreation will remove pickleball from Congress Park starting next week and is abandoning plans to build a pickleball court at Sloan’s Lake Park over concerns about the game’s noise.

It’s the latest move to deal with noise problems related to the burgeoning sport since the city council in Centennial passed a six-month moratorium on new builds of outdoor courts in that city.

The move comes after neighbors near the Congress Park court complained to the city about violations of the…