Largest outdoor pickleball complex in Kentucky unveiled at Tom Sawyer Park Share Updated: 10:49 PM EDT Jul 17, 2021 WLKY Digital Team Share Updated: 10:49 PM EDT Jul 17, 2021
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Show Transcript DREW: YOU CAN STILL APPLY FOR UPS AT THE LINK ON YOUR SCRE.EN THE LARGEST OUTDOOR PICKLE BALL COMPLEX AND KENTUY CKWAS UNVEILED AT ON SAWYER PARK TODAY. THEY WERE CONVERTED TO 16 PICKLE BALL COURTS. THE $100,000 CONVEIONRS WAS ALLOWED LOCATED NEW FUNDS ALLOCATED THROUGH FUNDS. IT IS SUPPOSED TO ATTRTAC NEW LEAGUES TO THE PARK. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TOURNAMENTS, ONE IS ALREADY BOOKED ON OCTOBER 10, SO THAT WILL BE A SIZAE BLLOCAL TOURNAMENT. WE HOPE TO DO A LOT OFEA LGUES, LESSS,ON CLINICS, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND DRAW IN NATIONAL SIZED PPA STYLE PICKLE BALL TOURNAMENTS. DREW: ACCORDING TO THE SPORTS AND FITNESS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, C
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The complex, which opened in 2019, is reportedly the largest in South Florida and includes a championship court, event lawn, covered pavilion and lighted courts for nighttime play, according to a news release. It also hosted the inaugural World Pickleball Open in December 2019.
The American Sports Builders Association a nonprofit that says it promotes the highest standards of design, construction and maintenance of sports facilities presented a plaque to members of the complex s Pickleball Club.
Pickleball has gained quite a following recently. Participation has increased 9.7% over the past three years, the Sports & Fitness Industry Association reported in 2020.
Similar to tennis, pickleball players instead use solid paddles to hit a whiffle-type ball over a net on a court about the size of a badminton court. Players volley a ball back and forth with the goal of staying within the court lines but outside the zone in front of the net, called the “kitche
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Kolter Homes Announces that PGA Village Verano is Honored as Outdoor Pickleball Facility of the Year
The American Sports Builders Association has selected PGA Village Verano s 27-court Pickleball Complex in Port St. Lucie, Florida, as the Outdoor Pickleball Facility of the Year.
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PORT SAINT LUCIE, Fla., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ PGA Village Verano, a resort-style, new home community, was honored by the American Sports Builders Association when the 500-member, non-profit association named the community s resident-only Pickleball Center the 2020 Outdoor Pickleball Facility of the Year. Welch Tennis Courts, Inc., the builder of the facility, entered the 27-court complex for award consideration. Kolter Homes, a leader in developing next-generation, highly amenitized, master-planned communities in the Southeastern U.S., is PGA Village Verano s developer and home builder.
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