Magic City Pickleball Club, located in Homewood, Alabama, just outside of Birmingham, recently invested in an all new lighting system to light their modern indoor facility. With six courts and 15,000 sq. feet of indoor real estate to cover, Sandy Thompson, the Club Director, and the team at Magic City Pickleball knew having a high quality lighting system was foundational to a successful club.
As the winter season approaches, being able to promote your pickleball club as a year-round facility is something no club owner should take for granted. In certain parts of the country, the weather limits outdoor play to about half of the year, forcing players to look to indoor facilities. However, at Wintergreen Resort in Wintergreen, Virginia, their Racquet Sports Facility is able to host pickleball year-round at the resort.
In an effort to facilitate evenly matched pickleball play, clubs across the country often turn to ladder leagues to accomplish this goal. While many ladder leagues focus on competition and advancement within the league, Bellingham Pickleball Club’s ladder leagues, located in Bellingham Washington, emphasize having fun while building solid pickleball skills. Their Google Form sign-up…
The National Pickleball Expo is a multi-city expo in many different cities every years. George Domaceti is the President of the Expo and a innovative event manager. He shares some expertise about events and insights to making your club ready for the future of pickleball.
While many outside the pickleball world may not have heard of Macon, Georgia, this city is quickly rising to be one of the top pickleball destinations in the state. Tattnall Pickleball Center, which boasts 26 courts and hosts large tournaments, is already one of the best pickleball facilities in the country. However, the Macon-Bibb County Urban Development Authority has set into motion plans for Macon to increase its capacity to host even more pickleball tourists with the conversion of the Macon Mall into a large indoor pickleball facility.
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…
