It remains to be seen what the new million-dollar, handicapped-accessible playground in Schenectady’s Central Park will look like — and whether it will prove as popular as the old Tiny Tot Land. But the design is certainly impressive, as is the fact that the city managed to get most of the money for the project from outside sources.

Now, the city should turn its attention to another area of the park, where a little sprucing up and seed money could pay equally big dividends: the stadium tennis court. For several years until this summer, it was home to a World TeamTennis entry, the New York Buzz. Since the team skipped town for a more bankable indoor home in Albany, the stadium hasn’t been touched.

Earlier reports indicated the court needed resurfacing — to the tune of some $5,000. But Davis Etkin, the man who brought tennis to Central Park nearly three decades ago when he ran Capital OTB and who’s now trying to land a U.S. Tennis Association pro-circuit tournament for the site, said he toured the facility Tuesday and all it needs is some paint. Ditto the grandstands surrounding the court.

The city should get it some, and also consider a commitment to Etkin for part of the money he needs to land a tournament in Central Park next summer — an event he promises would be free.

Etkin says the USTA recently offered him such a tournament for this summer, but he didn’t feel confident he could get the court in shape and raise the $30,000-$35,000 needed for it in time. A wise decision considering what’s at stake and the glacial pace the city has been known to move on such initiatives.

But if Etkin can get a top-quality professional tournament back in Central Park for as little money as he says he can, and if it could become a small but regular part of the region’s summer entertainment scene, it would be a considerable coup. The prestige alone would warrant a small subsidy, and then there’s the economic impact: maybe not as staggering as the New York Giants’ summer training camp in Albany, but better than what’s there now.