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🌿 Update: Why the ‘Cut Hours’ Rumor Is a Bluff, and PTC Players Aren’t Fooled

Many players are still hearing the message that PTC might close its doors or “cut hours.” But once you look at the actual Budget numbers, the rumor stops sounding scary and starts sounding like a joke — the kind where someone with plenty of money insists they can’t afford lunch.

 
🌱 Where the Budget Numbers Come From

• PTC earned $880,000 directly from players last year. 
  This number comes from PP&R’s official FY24–25 financial report. It includes all court rentals, classes, drills, leagues, youth programs, and ball machine — and it does not include any discount reimbursements yet.
• The levy reimburses PP&R for the discounts players use. 
  On average, players pay about 25% of the full price, and the levy covers the remaining 75%.
  That reimbursement adds up to roughly three times the direct revenue.
• Together, PP&R receives about $3.5 million a year from PTC. 
  That’s the combined total of direct revenue plus levy reimbursement.
• PTC’s operating cost is about $2.2 million. 
  This includes staffing, utilities, maintenance, and the citywide overhead allocation.

So the math is simple:

PTC generates a surplus of about $1.3 million for PP&R annually.

That’s why the “cut hours” rumor doesn’t add up.

 
🎾 Why the Rumor Makes Us Laugh

Cutting hours would mean cutting their own profit.
No business does that.

It would be like a restaurant saying:
“We’re making money… let’s close for lunch!”

The rumor comes from a standard budget exercise where every bureau must list:

5% cuts
10% cuts
and one “visible” option
It’s paperwork — not a real plan, not a crisis, and definitely not based on PTC’s performance.

Once you understand the real numbers, the rumor honestly just feels like a bluff.

So really… let them bluff. We’re totally fine.