2023

PKL Boston Uses Live Music to Create Unique ‘Pickleball Parlor’

Emma Jane3 years ago3 years ago06 mins

For a pickleball club like PKL Boston, including live music as a staple entertainment feature is paramount to the club’s identity as a whole-of-body social experience. PKL markets itself as a “first-of-its-kind premium pickleball parlor” and boasts daily open pickleball play, clinics, various tournaments and league play, along with a wide-ranging menu including brunch and cocktails. Each of these entertainment elements are enhanced as live music is woven throughout so much of what PKL does as a pickleball club.

Opelika Pickleball Tournaments Draw Multi-State Participants

Riley Watkins3 years ago3 years ago04 mins

Since its inception in 2019, Opelika Pickleball has been a hub for tournaments in the southeast United States. This year, however, the popularity of their facilities has increased even further. The over 600 members of the Opelika Pickleball club show up to each tournament and according to club president Jim Young, they bring their friends…

Q&A With Kevin Richards from RECS

Brady Watkins3 years ago2 years ago010 mins

RECS is one of the most well known clubs in Oregon. Hosting the 2023 Oregon Cup, which this year falls on September 30th, has gained RECS an elite class of their own. From premium cushioned rubber courts to food and drink at the pro shop, RECS makes being a member of a pickleball club hard…

‘Dink for a Cause’ Uses Pickleball to Raise Money for Local Families

Emma Jane3 years ago07 mins

Through her tragedy and grief, Monica Hicks, along with her friend and partner Mitra Sushinsky, founded Dink for a Cause, a non-profit organization located in Southern California dedicated to raising funds and awareness for worthwhile causes through the vehicle of pickleball tournaments. Their first tournament raised money for Be The Match, which helps connect patients…

FLC Fitness Center Uses Pickleball To Increase Membership

Emma Jane3 years ago3 years ago06 mins

Charged with running a well-rounded fitness center centrally located in Phoenix, Arizona, an area that is not lacking in outdoor recreation, Jackie Switzer, the Director of FLC Fitness, knew it would be important to offer pickleball-only membership for local pickleball players only interested in the pickleball aspect of the fitness center. The FLC has a…

Pickleball Tourism With Seidwinder Pickleball At The Phoenician Resort

Emma Jane3 years ago3 years ago010 mins

While your everyday pickleball player may just be looking to play on courts at their local park, there is a growing market for Pickleball tourism, specifically at top tier resorts. Andrew Seidenberg knows this world well as he is the director of Seidwinder Pickleball & The Phoenician Resort’s pickleball program in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Phoenician…

The Nov/Dec Issue of Pickleball Club Mag is Here!

From One Facility to Many: Rethinking How Pickleball Facilities Operate at Scale

How to Turn Summer Membership Changes into Opportunities to Grow

PKL Boston Uses Live Music to Create Unique ‘Pickleball Parlor’

Opelika Pickleball Tournaments Draw Multi-State Participants

Q&A With Kevin Richards from RECS

‘Dink for a Cause’ Uses Pickleball to Raise Money for Local Families

FLC Fitness Center Uses Pickleball To Increase Membership

Pickleball Tourism With Seidwinder Pickleball At The Phoenician Resort