Sunny Isles Beach's Newest Courts Face the Bay and Close for Midday
October 22, 2026
October 22, 2026
What does an hour of tennis on the Intracoastal cost at 7 a.m. on a weekday in Sunny Isles Beach? For a resident it costs nothing, as long as the Resident ID card is current and the court was booked within the past seven days. A hotel guest who shows a valid hotel reservation pays $15 for that same hour. Someone driving over from the mainland pays $30, and has to book at the front desk.
The City opened Intracoastal Sports Park at 15800 Collins Avenue with a ribbon cutting on September 3. Eight weeks later, its rules show how the bay side of the city now works. Access runs on a set daily schedule, and the price depends on the card in your wallet. The same card decides what the rest of the fall calendar costs.
The park is open daily from sunrise to sunset. The courts and the staffed facility keep different hours: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., then 5 to 10 p.m. The courts close for four hours in the middle of the day, and the evening session runs past the park's sunset closing time.
The City's announcement lists multi-use courts for tennis and basketball, outdoor exercise equipment and a pedestrian walkway along the water. At the opening, Mayor Larisa Svechin described the range of uses: "Maybe you'll come here for a game of tennis. Maybe basketball. Maybe you'll get in a workout, or just take a walk along the water and enjoy the view."
Basketball has a narrower window inside the evening block. Basketball reservations run daily from 5 to 8 p.m. Parking for park users opens at 6:45 a.m. and ends at 10:15 p.m., so it covers each session with a few minutes to spare at either end.
Reservations are one hour long and always start on the hour. Every reservation has a ten-minute grace period, and after that it is forfeited. Everyone checks in at the office before walking onto the courts, including players who reserved online. Staff confirm the booking, check waivers and assign a court.
The capital projects page described the park as resident-only while it was being planned. The rules it opened with are more graduated. Anyone can play, but the price changes depending on who is booking.
| Who is playing | Court fee | Racket or ball rental | Parking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resident with a valid Resident ID | Free | Free | $3 per hour |
| Guest of a resident | $5 per hour, per guest | Not listed | Not listed |
| Hotel guest with a valid reservation | $15 per hour, per person | $5 per hour | $5 per hour |
| Nonresident, booked in person only | $30 per hour, per person | $5 per hour | $5 per hour |
Online booking through sibfl.gov/activities is open only to residents with a valid Sunny Isles Beach Resident ID Card. Online booking is where the advantage lies. Courts can be reserved up to seven days ahead on a first-come, first-served basis, so residents who book from home get the first pick of the week.
The City also built in limits so a few households can't fill the courts:
If nobody has reserved a court, it is open on a first-come, first-served basis after walk-ins check in with staff. Residents who pay the nonresident rate by mistake can get a refund. They have five business days after the booking to bring proof of residency and apply for a Resident ID, and the refund goes through once the card is approved. The front desk sells tennis balls and bottled drinks, and lost or damaged rental equipment costs $50 to replace.
The new courts also fix a gap in the older parks nearby. The Intracoastal Parks North and South are a linear park made up of four parcels. They have picnic and seating areas, sculptures, a bike rack and a playground at the south end, but no restrooms and no nearby public parking. The City's project description for the sports park says outright that families using the playground at Intracoastal Park South had asked for restrooms. That is why the plan added a small building with restrooms, storage and a staff office, plus a small parking lot, to the 0.63-acre parcel at 158th Street.
The playground at Intracoastal Park South is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, except Thursdays, when it opens at 10 a.m. A morning at the playground can now include parking and a restroom stop a short walk away.
Further north at 17815 North Bay Road, Senator Gwen Margolis Park has a soccer field, a playground, a walking path and a leash-free dog area at its north end. It is open from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday, when it opens at 10 a.m. The bay-side parks open late on different days: Thursday at Intracoastal Park South, Wednesday at Gwen Margolis.
Bella Vista Bay Park is the one bayside park still waiting to reopen. The City's park page says it is under renovation and closed until further notice, and it gives no reopening date. City pages list it under two addresses, 466 NE 163rd Street and 500 Sunny Isles Boulevard.
The finished design plans would make it the bay side's main spot for getting out on the water. They call for public restrooms, a concession area, decking and landscaping meant for ecological education, non-motorized water sports, a walking path and benches. They also mention a possible water taxi someday. The dock has already been repaired after Hurricane Irma damage, with part of the cost reimbursed by FEMA. For now, all of this exists only as plans.
On the same stretch of Sunny Isles Boulevard, the bay is already open to anyone arriving by boat. Mykonos Kitchen & Bar at 400 Sunny Isles Blvd. has a private dock and takes dock-and-dine reservations. It is open Tuesday through Friday from 5 to 11 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 11 p.m. It is closed Mondays. The weekday hours start at 5 p.m., the same time the courts at 15800 Collins reopen, so an evening match and a waterfront dinner fit into the same night.
The Resident ID card that makes the courts free also sets prices across the City's fall calendar. Where the City lists a ticket price, residents pay $10 and nonresidents pay two to five times as much. Full Moon Yoga is free. These are the dates still ahead from October 29:
Winter Fest has the widest gap. Wristbands are $10 per person per day for Resident ID cardholders and $50 for nonresidents. A resident household of four attending both nights would spend $80, and the same group without cards would spend $400. Event parking in the Gateway Park Garage at 151 Sunny Isles Blvd. is free. Wristbands are sold through the City's portal.
Households without a current card can apply at sibfl.gov/residentid and pay the resident rate at the courts and at Winter Fest. For questions about court hours, weather cancellations or rentals, the City's Cultural & Community Services Department is at 305.792.1706 or [email protected].
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