Pickleball

11/29/2023 |  New Georgia Pickleball Facility Named Rhythm and Rally Sports and Events (SportsTravel) The name of the world’s largest indoor pickleball facility will be Rhythm and Rally Sports and Events, revealed Macon-Bibb County in Georgia, the Urban Development Authority and Visit Macon.

11/20/2023 |  Inside the quest for quieter pickleball (AXIOS Sports) Fearful that noise complaints are putting a damper on the nation's seemingly limitless zeal for pickleball, the sport's governing body has created a "quiet category" for new products and invited manufacturers to start innovating.
Why it matters: Spats over the high decibel level of the nation's pervasive athletic preoccupation have gotten pickleball banned at city parks and homeowners' associations.
Driving the news: USA Pickleball is pouring money into the noise problem.

• It hired acoustic experts to come up with sound barriers and other noise solutions for public pickleball courts, making "considerable investments" in the issue over the last 15 months, per a press release. 

11/13/2023 |  USA Pickleball to Explore Championships Location (SportsTravel) At the close of its national championships, USA Pickleball has announced that it will reassess plans for the future location of the event. The national governing body hosted the 2023 Biofreeze USA Pickleball National Championships powered by Invited and the PPA Tour at the Brookhaven Country Club near Dallas and said it expects to decide on the event’s home in the coming months.

11/10/2023 |  PPA Tour Looks To Ride Momentum Of Pickleball Betting Launch Into 2024 (Sports Handle) This summer, the Carvana PPA Tour made a splash when it became the first pickleball organization to sanction events offered in the U.S. legal sports wagering market.
The debut enabled pickleball enthusiasts to bet on Ben Johns, who has emerged in recent years as the Novak Djokovic of pickleball. Johns, a winner of more than 80 titles on the tour, is ranked first in men’s singles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles. At one point in 2019, Johns maintained a 108-match winning streak in singles and went undefeated in mixed doubles for 22 straight tournaments.

11/6/2023 |  USA Pickleball Announces Move to New Scottsdale Facility (SportsTravel) Pure Pickleball has announced plans to develop a facility near Talking Stick Resort & Casino in Scottsdale, Arizona, that will be the largest pickleball facility in Arizona and one of the largest facilities in the world, becoming the home for USA Pickleball’s permanent headquarters in Scottsdale.