More than 150 buyers called to ask Michael Marti about the Vancouver Grizzlies hardwood he was selling for $13,000, but since posting the basketball court on Craigslist last December, no deal has been struck. The court will be demolished.
The regulation-size NBA court came to Marti when he purchased a former Golds Gym property in Richmond. Before it was a gym, the building was owned by Basketball B.C. Marti didnt expect any interest and although his unique sale item generated media interest around the continent, it never sold as he initially expected.
I didnt even think Id get one or two requests, he told the Courier in December. I thought it would be a joke, to be honest. Its not of value to me, so I had no conception that it would be of value to somebody.
Inside the large gym, Marti has since opened an indoor trampoline park, Extreme Air Park, with 42,000 square feet of interlocking trampolines walled in with more trampolines. Instead of shooting hoops on hardwood, you can try an air-borne game dodge ball or gravity-free basketball.
