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The Lone Pioneers of U.S. Padel (Part One)
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The Lone Pioneers of U.S. Padel (Part One)

These states still only have a single padel club — for now, anyway...

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How They Became Obsessed With Padel: Matthew Jenkins and Antonio Goes
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Culture

How They Became Obsessed With Padel: Matthew Jenkins and Antonio Goes

A conversation with the American Collegiate Padel League co-founders...

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The (Slowly) Emerging Empires of U.S. Padel — Part Two
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The (Slowly) Emerging Empires of U.S. Padel — Part Two

Four operators, five states, 13 locations, 67 courts, and counting...

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The Changeover: Your September 2026 U.S. Padel Recap
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The Changeover: Your September 2026 U.S. Padel Recap

Here’s (almost) everything you need to know...

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Pro-Am Travel Series Miami Announcement
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Pro-Am Travel Series Miami Announcement

The GLDN PNT Pro-Am Travel Series returns to Miami December 11–13, 2026. Watch the announcement video.

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Is There Such a Thing as Padel Clothing?
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Is There Such a Thing as Padel Clothing?

And if so, are yellow shoes a part of it?

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The Great U.S. Padel Club Expansion
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The Great U.S. Padel Club Expansion

Exploring U.S. padel’s other, far-less-talked-about growth lever...

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How I Became Obsessed With Padel: Andi Neugarten-Maio
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How I Became Obsessed With Padel: Andi Neugarten-Maio

A conversation with the 6LoveSports founder...

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The Unlikely Patroness of U.S. Padel
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The Unlikely Patroness of U.S. Padel

How — and why — Carolyn Hamlet is helping to power the sport with ōku Conscious Energy®...

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An Inside Look at the (Slowly) Emerging Empires of U.S. Padel — Part One
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An Inside Look at the (Slowly) Emerging Empires of U.S. Padel — Part One

Yes, a select few operators are actually delivering as much as they promise...

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How I Became Obsessed With Padel: Will Boyce
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How I Became Obsessed With Padel: Will Boyce

A conversation with the Padel39 founder...

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Is the Tide Finally Turning on How to Properly Pronounce “Padel” in the U.S.?
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Is the Tide Finally Turning on How to Properly Pronounce “Padel” in the U.S.?

These recent developments will hopefully help...

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The Changeover: Your August 2026 U.S. Padel Recap
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The Changeover: Your August 2026 U.S. Padel Recap

Here’s (almost) everything you need to know...

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How Will Persson Became Obsessed With Padel
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Culture

How Will Persson Became Obsessed With Padel

From playing college tennis to working for the Pro Padel League -- and everything in between...

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Everything You Should Know About U.S. Padel Tournaments and Competitions
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Everything You Should Know About U.S. Padel Tournaments and Competitions

An in-depth conversation with USA Padel's Scott Colebourne...

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12 Perfect Pictures to Sum Up the Pro Padel League's L.A. Debut
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12 Perfect Pictures to Sum Up the Pro Padel League's L.A. Debut

A photo essay from Ben Blair...

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Stunning Proof That Multi-Sport Padel Clubs May Be the Way to Go in the U.S.
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Culture

Stunning Proof That Multi-Sport Padel Clubs May Be the Way to Go in the U.S.

And how Playbypoint is helping to power this growing trend...

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How I Became Obsessed With Padel: Hollye Shepherd
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Culture

How I Became Obsessed With Padel: Hollye Shepherd

And why The Hive Padel Club co-founder says the sport is "medicine for the soul"...

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Southern California Set to be Epicenter of U.S. Padel This Month
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Southern California Set to be Epicenter of U.S. Padel This Month

Here comes the Pro Padel League, The Padel School, and more...

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The Changeover: Your July 2026 U.S. Padel Recap
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Culture

The Changeover: Your July 2026 U.S. Padel Recap

Here's (almost) everything you need to know...

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How Scott London Became Obsessed With Padel
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Culture

How Scott London Became Obsessed With Padel

And why padel may be the new Burning Man...

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Padel Relations Set to Host First-Ever U.S. Event in New York City
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Padel Relations Set to Host First-Ever U.S. Event in New York City

Why you may want to be in the Big Apple this September 21 - 22...

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LA's Padel Up Hosting "Rally For Venezuela" Relief Event This Week
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LA's Padel Up Hosting "Rally For Venezuela" Relief Event This Week

Here's how we can all help...

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How I Became Obsessed With Padel: Rene Lewicki
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How I Became Obsessed With Padel: Rene Lewicki

We sit down with the Wilson Padel Biz Dev Manager to learn more...

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New Pro Padel League Season Kicks Off in Style in New York City
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New Pro Padel League Season Kicks Off in Style in New York City

It may be hard to top this...

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Even More U.S. Padel Club Openings To Get Excited About
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Even More U.S. Padel Club Openings To Get Excited About

AZ, CA, CO, UT, and VA will soon have 20+ new padel courts...

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Meet the U.S. Tech Duo Set to Totally Reshape the Way We Play Padel
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Meet the U.S. Tech Duo Set to Totally Reshape the Way We Play Padel

Will it be for the better? Here's my take...

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The Changeover: Your June 2026 U.S. Padel Recap
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Culture

The Changeover: Your June 2026 U.S. Padel Recap

Here's (almost) everything you need to know...

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How I Became Obsessed With Padel: David Eisen
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How I Became Obsessed With Padel: David Eisen

We sit down with the new owner of the LA Beat...

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U.S. Padel Set to Soon Reestablish Its Roots in Eastern Tennessee
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U.S. Padel Set to Soon Reestablish Its Roots in Eastern Tennessee

The Volunteer State just lost one of the U.S.'s oldest courts, but it's also getting four new ones...

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How I Became Obsessed With Padel: Aaron Hasnain
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How I Became Obsessed With Padel: Aaron Hasnain

We sit down with the Padel N9NE founder...

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The Largest U.S. Metro Areas That Still Don't Have Padel (Yet)
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The Largest U.S. Metro Areas That Still Don't Have Padel (Yet)

There’s only a few left at this point...

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Five More U.S. Padel Club Openings You Can Look Forward To
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Culture

Five More U.S. Padel Club Openings You Can Look Forward To

CA, FL, MD, TX, and UT are about to get 24 more padel courts...

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An Inside Look at the L.A. Padel Scene From a True OG
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An Inside Look at the L.A. Padel Scene From a True OG

Jon Guerra talks padel in the City of Angels

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The Changeover: Your May 2026 U.S. Padel Recap
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The Changeover: Your May 2026 U.S. Padel Recap

Here's (almost) everything you need to know...

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What Will Be the U.S. Padel Market's Saturation Point?
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What Will Be the U.S. Padel Market's Saturation Point?

A wordsmith tries his hand at numbers...

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Yes, U.S. Tennis Clubs Are Slowly Starting to Embrace Padel
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Yes, U.S. Tennis Clubs Are Slowly Starting to Embrace Padel

And this may be the biggest (small) sign yet...

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Is Puerto Rico the Least Talked About U.S. Padel Paradise?
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Is Puerto Rico the Least Talked About U.S. Padel Paradise?

The sport is definitely alive and well in the "51st state"...

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Community Day — Sunset Padel Miami
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Community Day — Sunset Padel Miami

Photos from our Community Day at Sunset Padel, Miami on May 15, 2026.

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U.S. Padel Moves One Step Closer to Taking Center Stage
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U.S. Padel Moves One Step Closer to Taking Center Stage

Why two blue pop-up padel courts at Coachella is only the beginning...

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Padel Haus Expands Its U.S. Empire Yet Again
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Padel Haus Expands Its U.S. Empire Yet Again

Here's what to know about their two newest clubs...

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Community Day — Urban Padel Miami
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Community Day — Urban Padel Miami

Photos from our Community Day at Urban Padel, Miami on May 7, 2026.

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The Changeover: Your April 2026 U.S. Padel Recap
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The Changeover: Your April 2026 U.S. Padel Recap

Here's (almost) everything you need to know...

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Is Vinny Di Francesco the Future of U.S. Padel?
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Is Vinny Di Francesco the Future of U.S. Padel?

I spent this past weekend at the Las Vegas Open to find out...

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The Quiet Rise of Padel at U.S. Country Clubs
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The Quiet Rise of Padel at U.S. Country Clubs

And what it may mean for the sport going forward...

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What U.S. Padel Could (and Should) Learn From Squash
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What U.S. Padel Could (and Should) Learn From Squash

Thoughts from a legendary racquet-sports historian...

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Privé Padel Delivers the U.S. Its 1,000th Court in Style
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Privé Padel Delivers the U.S. Its 1,000th Court in Style

Only 29,000 left to go...

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Utah Is About to Experience an All-Out Padel Avalanche
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Utah Is About to Experience an All-Out Padel Avalanche

From one club with three courts to four clubs with 22 courts in just about a month -- plus more coming...

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The Changeover: Your March 2026 U.S. Padel Recap
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Culture

The Changeover: Your March 2026 U.S. Padel Recap

Here's (almost) everything you need to know...

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How the Latino Community Is Helping to Drive the Growth of Padel in the U.S.
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How the Latino Community Is Helping to Drive the Growth of Padel in the U.S.

Thoughts from a leading Dallas-based padel club operator...

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Reebok and GLDN PNT Announce Strategic Collaboration to Launch Exclusive Padel Apparel Collection
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Reebok and GLDN PNT Announce Strategic Collaboration to Launch Exclusive Padel Apparel Collection

Reebok and GLDN PNT are joining forces to launch a performance-driven apparel collection designed for athletes and enthusiasts.

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The Changeover: Your February 2026 U.S. Padel Recap
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The Changeover: Your February 2026 U.S. Padel Recap

Here's (almost) everything you need to know...

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It's Been Quite the Week For U.S. Collegiate Padel
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It's Been Quite the Week For U.S. Collegiate Padel

One bird, two stones...

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Dallas-Fort Worth Padel Scene Starts to Heat Up
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Dallas-Fort Worth Padel Scene Starts to Heat Up

Everything Is (About to Get) Bigger in Texas...

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At Long Last, Padel Is Making Its Way to the Pacific Northwest
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At Long Last, Padel Is Making Its Way to the Pacific Northwest

Pacific Padel will finally bring the sport to Seattle...

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What Americans May Find Shocking About Playing Padel Abroad
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Culture

What Americans May Find Shocking About Playing Padel Abroad

A true padel globetrotter weighs in...

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Where to Play Padel on Your Next Trip to Napa or Sonoma
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Culture

Where to Play Padel on Your Next Trip to Napa or Sonoma

Meet Marin County's new must-stop for viboras before vineyards...

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Yes, Chicago Is Most Definitely Starting to Have a Padel Moment
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Yes, Chicago Is Most Definitely Starting to Have a Padel Moment

And I just got to experience it first-hand...

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The Changeover: Your January 2026 U.S. Padel Recap
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The Changeover: Your January 2026 U.S. Padel Recap

Here's (almost) everything you need to know...

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Two Factors That Could Make or Break U.S. Padel
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Culture

Two Factors That Could Make or Break U.S. Padel

This is the ultimate paradox for American padel...

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Boston Seaport Is New U.S. Padel Mini-Mecca
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Culture

Boston Seaport Is New U.S. Padel Mini-Mecca

And it's all thanks to these two pioneering padel clubs...

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Privé Padel Looks to Take U.S. Luxury Padel Market to New Heights
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Culture

Privé Padel Looks to Take U.S. Luxury Padel Market to New Heights

First Montauk, then the world...

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Indiana Becomes Latest State to Join the U.S. Padel Movement
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Indiana Becomes Latest State to Join the U.S. Padel Movement

NorthPoint Padel is set to introduce the Hoosier State to the sport January 24...

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Should U.S. Padel Clubs Have Pickleball Courts (and Vice-Versa)?
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Should U.S. Padel Clubs Have Pickleball Courts (and Vice-Versa)?

Weighing the pros and cons of having a club with both padel and pickleball courts...

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After Miami, What Will Be the "Second City" of U.S. Padel?
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After Miami, What Will Be the "Second City" of U.S. Padel?

Here are a few top contenders...

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Suddenly, South Carolina Looks to Be New U.S. Padel Hotbed
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Suddenly, South Carolina Looks to Be New U.S. Padel Hotbed

We may be late to the party, but we're catching up quick!

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Where Can You Play Padel in the U.S. Right Now?
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Where Can You Play Padel in the U.S. Right Now?

Here's (almost) everywhere you can play padel in the U.S. right now...

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Yes, We Just Saw a Big Year for U.S. Padel
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Yes, We Just Saw a Big Year for U.S. Padel

But not for the reasons you might think...

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Finally! Ohio Is Getting Its First Dedicated Padel Club(s)
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Finally! Ohio Is Getting Its First Dedicated Padel Club(s)

At long last, two venues in Cincinnati and Cleveland are preparing to put Ohio on the U.S. padel map in 2026

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Abigail McCulloch Helps Elevate Padel to Whole New Level in U.S.
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Abigail McCulloch Helps Elevate Padel to Whole New Level in U.S.

The Alma Padel founder was just honored alongside superstar athletes and entrepreneurs by Forbes...

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33 States Now Have Publicly Accessible Padel Courts. Soon It'll Be 34.
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33 States Now Have Publicly Accessible Padel Courts. Soon It'll Be 34.

Welcome to the U.S. padel party Rhode Island, Ohio, Utah, and (soon) Montana!

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The Most Anticipated U.S. Padel Club Opening of Early 2025
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The Most Anticipated U.S. Padel Club Opening of Early 2025

In our recent poll, there was not just one, but two clear winners...

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Padel Finally Starts to Bloom in the Arizona Desert
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Padel Finally Starts to Bloom in the Arizona Desert

The number of publicly accessible padel courts in Arizona just tripled overnight and is set to double again soon.

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Exploring Padel’s Big Potential in the U.S. — and Beyond
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Exploring Padel’s Big Potential in the U.S. — and Beyond

A guest commentary from a well-traveled aspiring padel entrepreneur

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The Most Exciting U.S. Padel Trend of Early 2025?
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The Most Exciting U.S. Padel Trend of Early 2025?

Apparently everything old really is new again...

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World’s #1 Padel Player Announces Surprise Move to Miami
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World’s #1 Padel Player Announces Surprise Move to Miami

Over the past year or two, Miami has quickly catapulted from the most important padel city in the U.S.

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Padel Alley Paves Way for Big Padel Growth in Arizona
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Padel Alley Paves Way for Big Padel Growth in Arizona

How two brothers and one "padel for all" club in Tucson are helping to finally bring the U.S. padel revolution to Arizona.

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Friends and Partners
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Friends and Partners

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The Race Is Now On to Open Chicago’s First Padel Club
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The Race Is Now On to Open Chicago’s First Padel Club

As we initially reported back in early October — and everyone from The Chicago Business Journal to The Chicago Tribune has also taken note of — the padel bug is about to hit Chicago in a major way as several new padel clubs are set to open all around the Windy City in the new year.

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Surprise: El Paso Soon Will Have More Padel Clubs Than Most States
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Surprise: El Paso Soon Will Have More Padel Clubs Than Most States

Just this past week, we published an article about how surprising the lack of padel clubs in the Phoenix area is. Perhaps equally surprising, though, is the fact that El Paso, Texas will soon have more padel clubs than states like Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington, or Virginia currently do.

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New High-End Concept Looks to Conquer Phoenix Padel Market
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New High-End Concept Looks to Conquer Phoenix Padel Market

As I’ve watched one padel club after another pop up in cities around the U.S., I’ve kept wondering when a large-scale club would finally open in the Phoenix area, which until now has only been home to the one-court Camelback Padel Club (pictured below).

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Free Advice to Padel Club Owners From a Potential Member
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Free Advice to Padel Club Owners From a Potential Member

While I’m certainly no expert on building, opening, or running padel clubs, I do get a fair number of people asking me for my advice on how they should go about building, opening, and running theirs.

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All These New U.S. Padel Clubs Are Opening Soon
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All These New U.S. Padel Clubs Are Opening Soon

If 2024 was padel’s “breakthrough” year here in the U.S., then from the looks of it, 2025 may well be its breakout year.

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Finally! Padel Up Brings First Club to the D.C. Area
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Finally! Padel Up Brings First Club to the D.C. Area

After countless months of rumors, speculation, and frustration from racket-sports lovers of all kinds about if and when padel would ever come to the greater D.C.

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U-Padel Set to Open New Five-Court Club in San Antonio
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U-Padel Set to Open New Five-Court Club in San Antonio

When I first spoke with Ruben Gonzales, the ever-affable, extremely experienced racket-sports pioneer behind U-Padel, he had just opened the first indoor padel club in Texas — a seven-court, air-conditioned facility about 45 minutes outside of Houston.

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Squash Legend Adding Padel to Unique New Jersey Racket Club
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Squash Legend Adding Padel to Unique New Jersey Racket Club

Several years before the pandemic, I had the distinct pleasure of taking a group squash lesson from Peter Nicol MBE as part of a charity event here in Charleston, SC.

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Five Exciting New U.S. Padel Clubs You Should Know About
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Five Exciting New U.S. Padel Clubs You Should Know About

With each passing day, new padel courts and clubs are opening across the U.S.

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Park Padel Readies Two New Northern California Clubs
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Park Padel Readies Two New Northern California Clubs

Park Padel first made its mark on the U.S.

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Meet the Rapidly Emerging Empires of the U.S. Padel World
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Meet the Rapidly Emerging Empires of the U.S. Padel World

If you watched the immensely popular drama series Shōgun that premiered on FX and Hulu earlier this year, then you’ll probably agree that while it was a fascinating narrative, it was also pretty darn challenging to follow at times.

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Chicago’s North Shore Looks to Be New U.S. Padel Riviera
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Chicago’s North Shore Looks to Be New U.S. Padel Riviera

At least according to these two Chicagoland padel insiders...

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The Ever-Growing List of Celebrities Now Hopelessly Addicted to… Padel
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The Ever-Growing List of Celebrities Now Hopelessly Addicted to… Padel

Sure, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s ongoing whirlwind romance might be getting slightly more media attention than the exploding number of new celebrities falling in love with padel week after week…

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Ultra Set to Open FIVE New Padel Clubs in Miami
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Ultra Set to Open FIVE New Padel Clubs in Miami

When Julian Wortleboer, the Chief Padel Officer at Ultra Club in Miami, reaches out and says he’s got something “big” to tell me, I’ve learned to listen…

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Is the Most Unique Padel Club in the U.S. in… Minnesota?
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Is the Most Unique Padel Club in the U.S. in… Minnesota?

You might be surprised...

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Street-Wear Fashion Legend Bets Big on Padel in the U.S.
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Street-Wear Fashion Legend Bets Big on Padel in the U.S.

When Scott London first came onto my radar a few weeks back, his name wasn’t immediately familiar to me.

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The Surprising New Epicenter of Padel in the U.S.: Malls
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The Surprising New Epicenter of Padel in the U.S.: Malls

Growing up, there was one place everyone I knew wanted to go as often as they could to just wander aimlessly, socialize, see, and be seen: our local shopping mall.

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Sensa Is Excited to Bring First Padel Club to Nashville
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Sensa Is Excited to Bring First Padel Club to Nashville

Earlier this summer, Sensa Padel surprised many of us in the U.S.

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Wait, Are TWO New Padel Clubs Opening at LA Malls?!
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Culture

Wait, Are TWO New Padel Clubs Opening at LA Malls?!

Do you remember the old joke in the late 90’s about how Starbucks was growing so fast that a new Starbucks just opened in the bathroom of a Starbucks?

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More and More Pro Athletes Are Opening New U.S. Padel Clubs
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More and More Pro Athletes Are Opening New U.S. Padel Clubs

It has been well documented that superstar pro athletes like Dwayne Wade, David Beckham, and Lionel Messi are falling hard for padel along with so many other celebrities.

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PADELphia Paves Way for Equal Pay at U.S. Padel Tournaments
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PADELphia Paves Way for Equal Pay at U.S. Padel Tournaments

Which is yet another first for this pioneering Philadelphia padel club

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Five More U.S. Padel Club Openings You Need to Know About
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Five More U.S. Padel Club Openings You Need to Know About

No sooner did we publish our recent articles about new padel clubs coming to New Orleans and Branford, CT than we got a whole slew of people reaching out with information about other new U.S.

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