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[Edouble]

The Presidential Seal should be at center court. That would be cool.

[flyingdutchdevil]

Where are they playing? Is there a court in the white house? Did obama build one by abusing his powers? If I were president, I would definitely do that...

[dyedwab]

Where are they playing? Is there a court in the white house? Did obama build one by abusing his powers? If I were president, I would definitely do that...

According to an interview on the Today show this week with the head White House Groundskeeper, the turned the White House tennis courts into a basketball court.

[El_Diablo]

According to an interview on the Today show this week with the head White House Groundskeeper, the turned the White House tennis courts into a basketball court.

I thought it had been around longer, and that it had just been a little neglected...

[El_Diablo]

http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/grou...ball-court.htm

Yeah, it was first installed in 1991.

It looks like it was only a half-court at the time though. I guess President Obama had the tennis court removed to expand it to full-court...? Or maybe it's a different court. I can't tell.

[Edouble]

I thought it had been around longer, and that it had just been a little neglected...

Yeah, I heard that in an interview with Obama too... that the court was a little grown over.

[CameronBlue]

I'd like to see K matched up against the O-Man on that court when the Devils accept the standing invitation that goes out to NCAA champs. Restore a little class to the once honored tradition. It's been tarnished recently.

[gep]

Yeah, I heard that in an interview with Obama too... that the court was a little grown over.

I also thought I heard that the basketball court was a place for "storage"... since no one used it...

[Atldukie79]

http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/grou...ball-court.htm

Yeah, it was first installed in 1991.

It looks like it was only a half-court at the time though. I guess President Obama had the tennis court removed to expand it to full-court...? Or maybe it's a different court. I can't tell.

I am thinking that the half court and the horseshoe pit were too close for safety. Imagine going in for a layup and landing on the post (see the last photo image) No doubt government regulations shut them down.