Pickleball

9/13/2024 |  Association of Pickleball Players to Double Schedule in 2025 (SportsTravel) The Association of Pickleball Players has announced an expansion of its 2025 tournament calendar, featuring nearly 50 competitions throughout the year highlighted by 14 nationally televised APP Tour events with increased prize purses.
The APP’s seventh season will also be the first year at its new headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The APP Tour is doubling competitions in 2025 and will include four APP Tour Majors, eight USA Pickleball “Golden Ticket” tournaments, the APP Women’s Open and the APP U.S. Collegiate Championships. Overall, there will be more than 20 new APP Tour competitions at the pro and amateur level.

9/13/2024 |  Sports Facilities Companies to Manage Burlington Pickleball Complex (SportsTravel) The Sports Facilities Companies has announced a partnership with the city of Burlington, North Carolina, to operate the new Burlington Pickleball Complex and Pickleball courts at Fairchild Park.
SFC will manage all aspects of daily operations, including marketing and booking events, staffing and training, patron services and maintenance. Construction is underway on the complex which will feature 16 pickleball courts and one championship court.

9/10/2024 |  PickleRage Entering Alabama with New Mobile Location in Early 2025 (SGB UPDATE) PickleRage is entering Alabama with a franchise location for the first time when it opens its new location in Mobile in early 2025. The new franchisee owned and operated club will be located in the Regency Square Shopping Center off Airport Blvd, bringing the ultimate pickleball experience to enthusiasts across the region.

9/10/2024 |  Pickleball Kingdom to Open Club in Georgia (SGB UPDATE) Pickleball Kingdom is expanding into Georgia, at Hog Mountain Road and Macon Highway in Watkinsville, GA. Franchisees Dave Moran and Eric Middleton, co-owners of Wreak Havoc Sports, are leading the expansion.
Targeting a late summer 2025 debut, the facility will feature 16 indoor courts within the 45,000-square-foot building.

8/27/2024 |  Does American tennis have a pickleball problem? Upstart’s boom looms out of view at the US Open (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — Does American tennis have a pickleball problem?
Even as the U.S. Open opened this week with more than a million fans expected for the sport’s biggest showcase, the game’s leaders are being forced to confront a devastating fact — the nation’s fastest-growing racket sport (or sport of any kind) is not tennis but pickleball, which has seen participation boom 223% in the past three years.