The July/August 2024 issue of Pickleball Club Mag is here! Click here for the issue. Welcome to this exciting issue of Pickleball Club Magazine! We are thrilled to have you join us as we celebrate the vibrant and ever-growing business of pickleball clubs. In this edition, we are proud to present our cover story on…
Tucked away in southeastern Texas, Pickleball Hideout provides a great place to take a moment to get away from the stresses of life and enjoy a game of pickleball. Pickleball Hideout was established in December of 2023, has 6 premier indoor courts, and offers a variety of standard pickleball events like clinics, open play, and private parties. The folks at Pickleball Hideout have also hosted a bi-monthly event that may be less commonplace in the pickleball world—namely, glow nights.
The owners at Pala Pickleball, located just outside of Houston, are offering consultations to pickleball club owners from around the country as a means to help other clubs succeed and ultimately spread the sport of pickleball. Guillermo Ordorica, Lindsey Myers, and their wives Gaby and Kaitlyn are the owners of Pala Pickleball. While starting their club in 2022, multiple interested club owners came up to the folks at Pala Pickleball and asked for help with starting their own club. The owners at Pala saw the demand for pickleball club advice and decided to meet that need by offering consultations for a reasonable fee. Since then, they have helped several clubs around the country in places like Michigan, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Weymouth Club offers cardio pickleball clinics every week at their club in Weymouth, MA. Cardio pickleball is a fast-paced style of play involving constant movement, high repetition, and minimal coaching. Jacob Zapatka, the director of pickleball at Weymouth, says that cardio pickleball clinics are a great way for the club “to make money and keep players moving and happy.”
Diversifying revenue streams has been a strategic goal for Smash Park, driven by a desire to ensure long-term sustainability. Not only is it a vibrant hub for sports and entertainment, it is an establishment that mitigates risks associated with overreliance on memberships and offers new avenues for customer engagement. Monty Lockyear, Founder and CEO of Smash Park says, “By offering a variety of services and experiences, we can appeal to a broader audience and create multiple touchpoints for customer engagement.”
The Happy Trails Pickleball Club, located in Surprise, Arizona, is not only a largely successful club sporting over 500 members, but the club is also integral to the history of pickleball. In 2001, pickleball was introduced to the Arizona Senior Olympics for the first time, and Happy Trails got the honor of hosting the event which boasted over 100 participants. Now, this historical club contributes to the sport by hosting the annual Happy Trails Classic Pickleball Tournament. The Classic is played on 10 lighted, outdoor courts and invites players 50 and older between the 3.0 and 5.0 skill level to come play in possibly the most long-enduring tournament in the area. The tournament has been around for 18 years and has recently hosted over 400 participants.
