The D.C. Council is budgeting almost $10 million for the Rock Creek Tennis Center renovation project, though the property’s management is unclear going forward.

D.C. leaders aim to fix up the aging venue to help provide a future of professional tennis in the nation’s capital. The council approved $9 million in spending last year, and it added another $600,000 this year.

However, residents are concerned about why the city would allocate money to improve the tennis center without knowledge about the logistics of how that money will be spent or who will spend it, according to WAMU.

The center’s land has been part of the National Park Service in the past. At first, the district planned to redo the 39-acre site and take over management from the federal agency. But negotiations on the plan fell through, causing NPS to search for a private operator to lease the land to make the repairs.

Mark Ein, businessman and owner of the annual pro tournament the D.C. Open, is the clear contender.

He has expressed interest in doing an overhaul of the facility. The center has required extensive temporary work each year for the tournament, and officials in the tennis world have warned that it may lose its ability to host professional events if not renovated.

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