Indoor Tennis: Dates, Hours & Costs

Contact: Gregory Parfianowicz, Indoor Tennis Coordinator
Email: getatennis4all@gmail.com

Through a partnership between Elmira College and GETA, indoor tennis is available at the Murray Athletic Center (the MAC, also known as the Domes) on Route 14 in the town of Veteran. There are four hard courts with LED lights. Court 1 is to the far left as you enter.

Monday, September 28, 2026 through Sunday, May 2, 2027. Elmira College sets the opening and closing dates and every date the domes are closed.

Court time for GETA is as follows. Mornings and the Tuesday and Thursday evenings are court time that groups and individuals book; the evenings marked as mixers or lessons are GETA programs.

The Monday and Wednesday evening time ends with December. The College may add practice time for its own teams and local high schools during the season.

From the Elmira College calendar. More closed dates may be added for hockey postseason, cheerleading clinics and the like; we post them on this page and the home page as they arrive.

• November 25 – 29, 2026: Thanksgiving
• December 3 – 8, 2026: Under the Dome Craft Fair
• December 21, 2026 – January 3, 2027: Winter Break
• January 24, 2027: Cheer
• March 21, 2027: Cheer
• March 28, 2027: Easter

Indoor tennis has two parts: a membership, and the court time you use.

Everyone who plays indoors is a GETA member. The annual membership is $20 for an individual, $30 for a family, $10 for youth, and runs January to December. It is what keeps GETA running; the indoor fees below go to Elmira College for the courts.

Buying them, in order. First the GETA membership, on the Membership Levels page. The liability waiver is signed there as part of checkout — the domes are unstaffed, so GETA needs a signed waiver on file for everyone who plays. Then, logged in, add the indoor membership from your account page, under Available Add-Ons; it is not listed on Membership Levels. If your captain is collecting the indoor fees for your group, use the group code from your invitation email at that checkout.

Mixers are the exception: they are open to everyone and need no membership. See Mixers.

A seasonal group pays for the sessions in its slot across the whole season. The number of sessions depends on the day of the week, because the closed dates fall unevenly:

If the College cancels a paid session during the season, the group can make it up on another date or with extended time.

Returning groups. Every group from last season has first refusal on its day, time and court. Captains receive an email offering their slot, and answer it — accept, decline, or ask to switch — on the Your Court Time page. Nothing is decided until you answer.

New groups, or a different slot. Email the Indoor Tennis Coordinator with the day, time and length you would like (90 minutes is typical; anything in half-hour steps), how many courts, and your phone number. What is open is listed on Open Court Time.

Paying for court time. Once a group’s slot is confirmed, the captain lists the players on the Manage Your Group page, the site works out the season’s court fee, and the captain collects it from the group and sends it to GETA by check — one check or individual ones. Details are on Captains’ Responsibilities. Court time is not paid for online.

A single session — a court for one morning or evening rather than the season — is arranged with the Coordinator for now. Online single-session booking is coming later in the season.

The College will tell the GETA representative as soon as possible about any closing of the MAC or delay in its opening, and GETA will post it on the home page. Please use your judgment about traveling when road conditions are potentially dangerous.

The College provides two chairs in each bathroom for changing. The locker rooms, where student-athletes leave belongings, are not open to us.