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Bad Dog Tennis reports $200,000 annual revenue, urges restroom and more courts at Leonard and Helen Johns Park
Summary
Bad Dog Tennis owner Christopher Brown told the Parks Board Bad Dog generated about $200,000 in revenue in 2024 and expressed that lack of restroom facilities at Leonard and Helen Johns Park prevents daytime leagues and reduces potential revenue; staff said a master plan work session will be held next month.
The Flower Mound Parks Board on March 6 heard an annual report from Bad Dog Tennis owner and head coach Christopher Brown, who said the company’s Flower Mound programs generated about $200,000 in total revenue in 2024 and served 743 participants, of whom 585 were Flower Mound residents.
Brown told the board Bad Dog Tennis’s group program revenue was roughly $151,000 and private‑lesson revenue about $50,000; he said the business runs roughly 50 USTA tournaments in the area each year and that many nonresident participants come from nearby homeowner associations, including Lantana, Bridlewood and Wellington.
Brown said limited daytime court availability and the lack of permanent restroom facilities at Leonard and Helen Johns Park constrain league play and local programming. “If we had a bathroom, then all of a sudden, it's a game changer during the day,” Brown said, explaining that several ladies’ leagues and team tennis play elsewhere because the park lacks adequate restroom facilities.
Matt Chutchen, who introduced the presentation as the town’s athletic supervisor, provided context on the contractual relationship: Bad Dog Tennis completed its first year under the town’s contracted services agreement as the parks’ tennis professional and continues to offer classes, camps and private lessons.
A parks staff member told the board the town is master planning Leonard and Helen Johns Park and will present a concept plan and hold a work session with the Parks Board next month; staff encouraged Brown to bring participants or coaches to review the concept, which will consider courts and restroom facilities.
Why it matters: Bad Dog Tennis’s programs supply courts, coaching and local tournaments that bring players to town and generate revenue for the parks system; staff and the company both said modest facility upgrades — especially restrooms — would expand daytime programming and could retain tournament and league activity that currently goes to nearby jurisdictions.
What was not decided: The board did not take a formal vote on improvements tonight; staff said the Leonard and Helen Johns Park master plan will return to the board next month for public review and feedback.
