Daly City

Three indoor courts host rotating Open Gym pickleball — Tuesday/Thursday mornings, a Wednesday evening slot co-hosted with the Golden Gate Pickleball Club, and a winter Sunday program — on permanent lines with portable nets. Pricing is genuinely unclear: you'll see it listed as free, the city's fee schedule sets a $6–$7.50 drop-in fee plus a separate $20–$25 court-reservation fee, and the Wednesday session has been quoted at $4 specifically. Confirm the current price and the live schedule through the city's iplay activity calendar before heading over.

Gellert Park is officially two lighted, reservable tennis courts (7-day advance booking, 7am–6pm), and the city doesn't document it as a pickleball venue — yet it's widely listed as a 2-court pickleball spot with dedicated lines and nets. The most likely explanation is informal shared play on the tennis courts that the city simply hasn't formalized as a pickleball amenity, but that's unconfirmed. Worth a call before making a special trip.

Despite the name, Bay Club South San Francisco actually sits in Daly City, near the Cow Palace. Six dedicated indoor courts inside a 90,000+ sq ft tennis-and-pickleball facility, open to members only; pickleball itself carries no extra per-session fee once you're a member, unlike tennis. Membership pricing isn't published — Bay Club directs prospective members to its online membership builder or a call to the club.

This one venue goes by two names — "Pacelli Event Center" and Westlake Park Community Center (officially "WLCC - Pacelli Gym - Westlake Park" in the city's ActiveCommunities system, facility_id=82) — but it's the same gym. The court count is unsettled: one listing claims 5 courts (2 outdoor + 3 indoor, bring-your-own net), while the more reliable picture is 3 indoor courts with nets provided, which is what we go with here. Pickleball hours are Tuesday/Thursday 11am–2pm at $4/session (contact Terry Chew, 650-270-9028) — separate from a Sunday badminton program at the same gym — though the city's fee schedule lists different citywide drop-in and reservation fees, so confirm the actual price before going.

Bayshore Community Center is the least-documented entry in this guide: there's no published court count, surface, or net type anywhere. What we can confirm is that the city's ActiveCommunities system lists a weekday Badminton/Pickleball open-gym schedule here, and a local "Bayshore Pickleball Club" runs an active group describing itself as 5+ years old with 70+ members. Real, but genuinely under-documented — call the center directly (650-991-5701) to confirm court count and current fees before visiting.