Pickleball is America’s fastest growing sport five years in a row now, according to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association which says pickleball participation nearly doubled last year.
Chicago Sport and Social Club and Big City Pickle run pickleball courts in Lincoln Yards, Fulton Market and the Gold Coast.
“We’ve got over 5,000 players and we see that at least doubling if not tripling in the next couple of years. So we do expect to build more courts to meet that demand throughout the city,” says Hastings.The Association of Pickleball Players Tour will host the“This is going to be the biggest ever pickleball tournament in Chicago history. We have more than 800 players coming to compete,” says Tom Webb, Chief Marketing Officer of APP.
“You can be a good player at any age. I’ve lost to 16 year olds and I lost to 86 year olds. It really just is available to all age groups and all skill levels. So I think it’s just really inviting and inclusive,” says Caruso.
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