For many Kelowna , B.C. residents, the game of tennis is a big hit.

“I love it,” said Kelowna resident Deb McEachern. “It’s a great game.”

However, tennis enthusiasts will have to wait longer for the ability to play the sport year-round at what will be the first city-owned indoor facility announced earlier in the year.

It was June when a groundbreaking ceremony took place at the Mission Sports Fields, the site of a future indoor and outdoor facility.

The Rogers Tennis Dome, which will provide five tennis courts, was supposed to open this November.

The project, however, has now been pushed back.

“I was fully looking forward to it opening up in November,” said Doug Nicholas, sport and event services manager with the City of Kelowna. “So, unfortunately, it didn’t happen.”

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