What golf, the Raceway, the Tennis Center and each center and pool cost and earn
The FY 2026–27 adopted budget names 29 accounts for golf courses, the Raceway, the Tennis Center, community centers and pools. This page lines up each one’s adopted expense, the receipts it is budgeted to earn, and the General Fund support or carried-in balance that fills the gap. The 5 course accounts budget $18.3M of receipts against $16.0M of expense. The 22 center and pool accounts budget $4.4M of receipts against $25.5M.
FY 2026–27 adopted budget (2026-27 Adopted - V56), City Budget Office dashboard archived 2026-09-16 · program counts from the ActiveNet snapshot of September 15, 2026
What is here
- Adopted expense in each site-named account: personnel, external materials and services, internal City services, capital outlay.
- Budgeted earned revenue in the same account: fees, concessions, rents, sales.
- The General Fund allocation, cash transfers and beginning fund balance that make up the rest.
- Budgeted net: earned revenue minus adopted expense. A budget figure, not an audited result.
What is not here
- Actual spending or actual collections. The dashboard publishes budget authority.
- Attendance is not available in any record used here. Neither are drop-in counts or hours open.
- Utilities and building maintenance, which sit in central accounts without a site.
- Central administration. Aquatics Program Admin ($4,147,354) and Citywide Recreation ($4,287,780) are not allocated to any site.
3 of 5 courses budget more receipts than expense. Rose City and Colwood do not.
The 5 course accounts in the Golf Fund budget $18,252,013 of greens fees, concessions, rents and service charges against $16,016,360 of expense. The fund also starts the year with $5,968,414 in hand, recorded under Golf Admin rather than any course.
| Course | District | Adopted expense | Budgeted earned revenue | Budgeted net | Operator on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heron Lakes Golf Course Heron Lakes Golf Course | District 2 | $5,814,786 | $7,126,562 | +$1,311,776 | Kemper Sports |
| Eastmoreland Golf Course Eastmoreland Golf Course | District 4 | $3,808,100 | $4,173,311 | +$365,211 | Kemper Sports |
| Rose City Golf Course Rose City Golf Course | District 3 | $2,973,071 | $2,582,106 | −$390,965 | Kemper Sports |
| Colwood Property Colwood Golf Course | District 2 | $2,094,966 | $1,980,491 | −$114,475 | Kemper Sports |
| Red Tail Golf Course RedTail Golf Course | Outside district boundaries | $1,325,437 | $2,389,543 | +$1,064,106 | None in the asset list |
Red Tail Golf Course has no operating partner in the asset list. The agreements extract shows a lease with Redtail Inc. (2021 to 2042).
Expense by category for each course
| Course | Personnel | External materials & services | Internal City services | Capital outlay | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heron Lakes Golf Course | $1,691,867 | $3,895,115 | $227,804 | $0 | $5,814,786 |
| Eastmoreland Golf Course | $876,311 | $2,780,720 | $151,069 | $0 | $3,808,100 |
| Rose City Golf Course | $791,587 | $2,028,228 | $153,256 | $0 | $2,973,071 |
| Colwood Property | $465,645 | $1,567,617 | $61,704 | $0 | $2,094,966 |
| Red Tail Golf Course | $793,713 | $398,558 | $133,166 | $0 | $1,325,437 |
Contingency sits outside these four categories and is left out here; each course carries a few thousand dollars of it.
- Kemper Sports is the operator on record at 4 courses. The asset list names it at Heron Lakes, Eastmoreland, Rose City and Colwood. Red Tail has no operating partner in that list; the agreements extract shows a lease with Redtail Inc. (2021 to 2042) instead.
- Budgeted net is a budget figure. It is budgeted earned revenue minus adopted expense in four categories. It leaves out Golf Admin, debt service, contingency and capital. It is not an audited result and says nothing about rounds played.
- Two views, one fund. The fund-level total of $24.4M counts the beginning balance and interest once, under Golf Admin. The course rows do not include them. Adding a course net to the fund total would count greens fees twice.
Summed across the five course accounts.
Summed across the five course accounts.
Summed across the five course accounts.
Summed across the five course accounts.
Recorded under Golf Admin, not any course.
Recorded under Golf Admin, not any course.
- Course accounts, earned revenue
- $18,252,013
- Golf Admin, beginning balance and interest
- $6,168,414
- Golf Fund resources, FY 2026–27
- $24,420,427
Golf Admin also spends. Its adopted expense is $2,458,200 in the four categories, plus $4,363,863 of contingency, $1,248,520 of fund transfers, $325,535 of debt service. None of it is allocated to a course, so the course table above understates what golf costs the fund.
Source: City Budget Office adopted-budget dashboard, FY 2026–27, fund 603 revenue by major object and account.
For youA course with a positive budgeted net is budgeted to earn more than its own account spends. Whether it did is in the year-end actuals, which are not published by course.
The Raceway budgets $2.25M of receipts against $2.66M of expense, before $321,418 of debt service.
Portland International Raceway has its own fund of $4.2M, of which $1,969,906 is balance carried in from last year. Spectator fees are the largest budgeted receipt.
Adopted expense, four categories
Paid from the Raceway Fund. Not in the four categories or the budgeted net.
Also budgeted in the account: contingency $1,057,320, fund transfers $177,544. Total authority $4,218,255.
Budgeted earned revenue, by item
- Budgeted net: earned minus the four categories
- −$413,624
- The same, after debt service
- −$735,042
The whole Raceway Fund budgets $4,218,255 of resources: charges for services $2,170,056, beginning fund balance $1,969,906, miscellaneous $78,293. The earned column above counts interest and donations with the receipts; the fund view files them as miscellaneous.
Source: City Budget Office adopted-budget dashboard, FY 2026–27, fund 604 and the Portland International Raceway account.
- The budgeted net is −$413,624. That is earned receipts minus the four expense categories. Debt service is paid from the same fund and widens the gap. The account's $4,218,255 of total authority is matched by $2,248,349 of receipts plus the $1,969,906 carried in.
- No event-level figures. The budget shows one line for spectator fees and one for rents. Which events earn them, and how many people attend, are not published here. Attendance is not available.
- 3 agreements on record. The directory extract names a license with AT&T CORP, a lease with Nextstar Media Inc and a lease with State of Oregon at the property. It names no operating partner for the track.
Agreements on record at the Raceway
| Partner | Agreement | Term | Directory description |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T CORP | License | 2022 to 2032 | AT&T license to provide telecommunication services at PIR |
| State of Oregon | Lease | 2023 to 2028 | ODOT property leased for Portland Intenational Raceway |
| Nextstar Media Inc | Lease | 2025 to 2028 | Camera for event broadcasting at PIR |
From the department-provided partnership directory (2025-26). Dates are the directory’s own.
The Tennis Center account recovers a budgeted 59% of its cost. The General Fund covers the other $329,000.
The account sits at Buckman Field in the General Fund. On August 14, 2026 the City announced a lease of the center to USTA Pacific Northwest. The adopted budget and the partnership directory used here both predate that lease.
| Adopted expense | Personnel $697,991 · External materials & services $110,032 · Internal City services -$1,799 | $806,224 |
| Budgeted earned revenue | Parks & rec. facilities $404,357 · Rents and reimbursements $64,052 · Sales miscellaneous $8,815 | $477,224 |
| General Fund support | Cash Transfer Revenues $268,854 · General Fund Discretionary Ongoing $60,146 | $329,000 |
| Cost recovery | Budgeted earned revenue as a share of adopted expense | 59% |
| Budgeted net | Earned minus expense; the General Fund support closes it | −$329,000 |
Source: City Budget Office adopted-budget dashboard, FY 2026–27, Portland Tennis Center account (PKPR000043).
Agreements on record at Buckman Field
| Partner | Agreement | Term | Directory description |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Academy & Portland City United Soccer Club | MOU | 2010 to 2099 | Contraction and usage of fields at Buckman Field |
| PCU Buckamn Field Management & Portland City United Soccer Club | Use Agreement | 2018 to 2031 | Define use hours and permitting of premises |
| Portland City United | Lease | 2021 to 2030 | Portland City United Soccer Lease at Buckman Field |
| Kids N' Tennis LLC (KNT) | Agreement | 2023 to 2026 | Support affordable and accessible tennis opportunities for BIPOC youth |
Department-provided partnership directory, 2025-26. The Kids N’ Tennis agreement covers several sites, the Tennis Center among them. The soccer agreements concern the fields, not the center. USTA Pacific Northwest is not in this extract.
The access questions, the Board’s record and the evidence checklist are in the Tennis Center review.
22 center and pool accounts budget $4.4M of receipts against $25.5M of expense. The General Fund covers the rest.
Every property with a named center or pool account is below, largest adopted expense first. Peninsula Park and Montavilla Park carry a center account and a pool account each. Program sections and registrations are counted at the September 15, 2026 ActiveNet snapshot; they are registered sections, not attendance.
| Property | District | Accounts | Adopted expense | Earned | Support | Cost recovery | Sections | Registrations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Park | District 4 | Southwest Community Center | $3,974,423 | $352,535 | $3,621,888 | 9% | 133 | 505 |
| Mt Scott Park | District 3 | Mt. Scott Community Center | $3,772,934 | $376,402 | $3,396,532 | 10% | 216 | 1,144 |
| Floyd Light Park | District 1 | East Portland Community Center | $3,639,336 | $268,913 | $3,370,423 | 7% | 230 | 1,077 |
| Matt Dishman Community Center and Pool | District 2 | Matt Dishman Community Center | $3,190,117 | $257,472 | $2,932,645 | 8% | 100 | 570 |
| Multnomah Arts Center | District 4 | Multnomah Arts Center | $2,617,070 | $1,196,356 | $1,420,714 | 46% | 252 | 1,628 |
| University Park | District 2 | Charles Jordan CC | $1,557,378 | $179,896 | $1,377,482 | 12% | 45 | 136 |
| Peninsula Park | District 2 | Peninsula Park Community Center · Peninsula Pool | $1,305,258 | $252,558 | $1,052,700 | 19% | 66 | 290 |
| St Johns Park | District 2 | St. Johns Community Center | $1,166,399 | $281,298 | $885,101 | 24% | 54 | 151 |
| Montavilla Park | District 3 | Montavilla Community Center · Montavilla Pool | $1,119,841 | $142,578 | $977,263 | 13% | 35 | 171 |
| Community Music Center | District 3 | Community Music Center | $885,534 | $153,016 | $732,518 | 17% | 41 | 238 |
| Grant Park | District 2 | Grant Pool | $525,476 | $230,258 | $295,218 | 44% | No matched venue | |
| Ida B Wells-Barnett Outdoor Pool | District 4 | Ida B Wells Pool | $513,645 | $260,482 | $253,163 | 51% | No matched venue | |
| Sellwood Park | District 4 | Sellwood Pool | $470,419 | $182,790 | $287,629 | 39% | No matched venue | |
| Creston Park | District 3 | Creston Pool | $446,537 | $160,028 | $286,509 | 36% | No matched venue | |
| Pier Park | District 2 | Pier Pool | $193,776 | $53,293 | $140,483 | 28% | No matched venue | |
| Woodstock Community Center | District 3 | Woodstock Community Center | $128,576 | $65,870 | $62,706 | 51% | 95 | 549 |
| Columbia Park Operator on record: Friends of Columbia Cottage in Columbia Park | District 2 | Columbia Pool | $19,308 | $0 | $19,308 | 0% | No matched venue | |
| Fulton Park Operator on record: L’Etoile French Immersion School | District 4 | Fulton CC | $8,399 | $8,198 | $201 | 98% | No matched venue | |
| Hillside Park Operator on record: Lincoln Youth Soccer | District 4 | Hillside Community Center | $4,001 | $0 | $4,001 | 0% | No matched venue | |
| Sellwood Community Center Agreement on record: Friends of Sellwood Community House | District 4 | Sellwood Community Center | $1,423 | $0 | $1,423 | 0% | No matched venue | |
| 20 properties | 22 accounts | $25,539,850 | $4,421,943 | $21,117,907 | 17% | 1,267 | 6,459 | |
Program totals cover the 11 properties with a matched venue. The FY 2026–27 figures are budget authority, not spending or collections.
Source: City Budget Office adopted-budget dashboard, FY 2026–27; ActiveNet program snapshot, September 15, 2026.
- 4 accounts are not a full cost. Columbia Pool ($19,308), Fulton CC ($8,399), Hillside Community Center ($4,001) and Sellwood Community Center ($1,423) are under $25,000. Columbia Pool is closed. Fulton Park (L’Etoile French Immersion School), Hillside Park (Lincoln Youth Soccer) and Sellwood Community Center (Friends of Sellwood Community House) are buildings a partner runs or holds under an agreement, so the City account carries only a residual.
- A low recovery share is not a verdict. Cost recovery compares the account's own receipts with its own expense. It leaves out central aquatics and recreation administration, utilities and building maintenance, and it says nothing about how many people the site serves.
- 3 centers have no matched venue. Fulton CC, Hillside Community Center and Sellwood Community Center had no ActiveNet venue matched to the property at the snapshot, so their program columns are blank, not zero. Outdoor pools had no sections listed on September 15, 2026. Registered sections are not attendance.
For youIf your center shows a low cost-recovery share, the General Fund pays most of its budget. That number says nothing about how busy the building is, because attendance is not published by site. The district pages put each center next to the parks around it.
Nine records would turn these budgets into the cost of a service.
Each figure above is a budget line. None of them says what a site cost to run, who used it, or what a resident got. The records below exist inside the bureau; the records request kit asks for them in the smallest useful sample.
- Attendance and drop-in counts by site. Daily or monthly visits per center, pool and course. Attendance is not available in the budget.
- Hours open by site. Scheduled and actual public hours, including closure days, by month.
- Fee revenue actuals. Collections by site and by fee type against the budgeted earned revenue above.
- Utilities and building maintenance by site. Energy, water and repair costs charged to central accounts, allocated to the building that used them.
- The allocation of aquatics and citywide recreation admin. How the $4,147,354 and $4,287,780 central accounts spread across pools and centers.
- Golf rounds and course-level actuals. Rounds by course and month, and year-end revenue and expense by course against the budgeted net.
- Raceway event revenue. Receipts and attendance by event, so the spectator-fee line can be read.
- The executed USTA lease. The signed lease and outdoor-court license, with the reporting duties they impose.
- The USTA annual report. The first annual report under the lease, with realized savings next to the $779,000 forecast.
Start with the records request kit, which pairs each gap with a small sample to ask for. The district pages show which of these sites each council district has.
Every figure on this page comes from four public records, listed with the date it was taken.
The tables can be downloaded as CSV. Each file keeps the column definitions of the dataset it came from.
Sources
- PortlandMaps park boundaries, assets and CIP layeras of 2026-10-13
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, 2020 PL 94-171 blocksas of 2026-10-13
- City Budget Office adopted-budget dashboard (archived)as of 2026-09-16
- KGW historical project estimates, November 2023as of 2023-11
- PP&R backlog projects map workbook (public download)as of 2026-10-12, downloaded 2026-10-13
- PP&R condition assessment layersas of 2007–2022 by family
- Department-provided partnership directoryas of 2025-26
- ActiveNet program snapshotas of 2026-09-15
- City of Portland FY 2026–27 Adopted Budget, account and fund detaildashboard archived 2026-09-16 (2026-27 Adopted - V56)
Source: The Golf Fund transfer to Small Donor Elections is from the Adopted Budget’s Summary of Budget Decisions. The USTA figures are from the City’s August 14, 2026 announcement.
Downloads
- enterprises.csvGolf courses, the Raceway and the Tennis Center site: expense, earned receipts, budgeted net.
- facilities.csvOne row per ActiveNet venue at the September 15, 2026 snapshot, with its matched property and account.
- account-revenues.csvAdopted revenue by account and line item, every fund.
- fund-revenues.csvAdopted resources by fund and major object, including the Golf and Raceway funds.
Dataset built 2026-10-13 by scripts/build-district-picture.py and scripts/build-annual-service-costs.py.