March 10, 2021
Pickleball is fast becoming one of the most popular sports around. That has created a growing need for new courts and facilities to accommodate pickleball enthusiasts. In the five years before the end of 2019, pickleball participation grew by more than 7%, while Americans’ overall activity level stayed flat, according to the Sport & Fitness Industry Association.
With that in mind, the Fairfax County Park Authority is proposing conversion of the existing platform tennis courts at Wakefield Park to pickleball. Wakefield Park is located at 8100 Braddock Road in Annandale, Virginia. The project would convert two platform tennis courts to pickleball. There are 11 tennis courts at Wakefield Park, two of the courts also include lines for pickleball. The project would run from late spring through early fall. Total construction time is estimated to be three months and the cost is approximately $140,000, paid for by dedicated funding from Fairfax County for renovations of pa
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The sport, which has been growing in popularity among both Baby Boomers and younger players, is the star of a new sports and entertainment complex planned for Southeast Austin.
The Austin Pickle Ranch will be built at 9110 Bluff Springs Road, north of Slaughter Lane in Travis County. While pickleball will take center court, the project will also feature a range of other activities, said Tim Klitch, former Austin market president for Comerica Bank and co-founder of the Austin Pickle Ranch.
Klitch and co-founder Daniel Keelan, an Austin tech industry veteran, purchased the 13-acre property in June and expect to open the Pickle Ranch in mid 2021.