The Court Builders · USA 🇺🇸

America learned
to dink.
Now it's learning
to smash.

Pickleball proved that 24 million Americans love social racket sports. Padel is what comes next — and PadelSano designs, ships and installs the courts it's played on.

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01History

Born in a backyard.
Raised by the world.
Arriving in America.

Invented in Acapulco in 1969, perfected in Spain, exploded across Europe — padel is the world's fastest-growing racket sport, played by ~30 million people in 130+ countries. The US is its final frontier, and the acceleration has already begun.

02Why padel, why now

Not pickleball's rival.
Its sequel.

Pickleball built America's racket-sport habit. Padel converts it into a premium business: enclosed, bookable courts, higher hourly rates, spectacular retention — and a global professional sport behind it. The smartest venues aren't choosing; 30% of US pickleball facilities are already adding padel courts.

~800
US padel courts today — up 352 in one year
+17%
Projected annual US court growth
81K
Courts worldwide expected by 2027 (from ~50K)
92%
Of new padel players keep playing
30%
Of US pickleball venues now add padel — up from 12% a year ago
24M
US pickleball players ready to discover the next court over
Padel
Pickleball
US players today
Early — the opportunity
~24 million — the proof
Global standing
30M players · pro tours on 5 continents
Concentrated in North America
Court economics
Premium rates · enclosed bookable asset
Low rates · often free public courts
Player retention
92% keep playing after trying
High churn at casual level
Supply of venues
Scarce — demand outstrips courts
Saturated in many metros

Sources: Playtomic Global Padel Report; Sports Destination Management, "The Next Big Thing: Padel Making Inroads Into U.S. Sports Market" (2026); SFIA pickleball participation 2025; US Padel Association.

03The opportunity

Why the smart money
is pouring concrete.

A padel court is a weatherproof, bookable, revenue-generating asset — and in the US, demand runs ahead of supply in every major metro. Clubs in Miami, Dallas and LA book out weeks in advance.

Entry cost

Accessible capex

Outdoor courts typically run $40-70K installed; indoor or canopy-covered from ~$100K. A mid-sized 3-6 court club: $500K-1.5M all-in — small numbers by US sports-real-estate standards.

$40-70K per outdoor court
Payback

Fast break-even

Operators target 60-70% peak-hour utilization as the profitability threshold. Industry benchmark for recovering court investment: 18-30 months.

18-30 month payback target
Momentum

The wave is here

Franchises are scaling coast to coast, celebrity investors from Beckham to Tom Holland are pulling the culture along, and 2026-27 is projected as the acceleration window.

50+ clubs from a single franchise

The honest part

Padel is not a get-rich-quick scheme — Sweden's boom saw over 100 court businesses fail from overbuilding and poor demand forecasting. That's exactly why you want a court partner who engineers for demand, not hype: right market, right court mix, right phasing. Healthy courts, healthy business — that's the PadelSano way.

04The Science

Sano isn't a slogan.
It's the research.

Racket sports are associated with the largest longevity gains of any form of exercise in major population studies. Building courts means building health infrastructure — a story your members, your city council and your investors all want to hear.

+9.7yrs
Longer life expectancy associated with tennis-type racket sports (Copenhagen City Heart Study, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2018)
−47%
Lower all-cause mortality among racket-sport players — 80,306 adults (BJSM, 2017)
−56%
Lower cardiovascular mortality — best of any sport category studied
70-80%
Of max heart rate during padel — vigorous yet accessible at every age (IJERPH review, 2022)

Schnohr et al., Mayo Clin Proc 2018 · Oja et al., BJSM 2017 · Sánchez-Alcaraz & Courel-Ibáñez, IJERPH 2022. Population-level associations from observational studies.

05The courts

Pick your court.
We build it.

Eleven FIP-standard models — hot-dip galvanized steel, tempered glass, championship turf — shipped and installed anywhere in the United States.

PS-01 Classic padel court
PS-01 · ClassicThe club standard · 66′ × 33′
PS-05 Panoramic 100+ padel court
PS-05 · Panoramic 100+Pillar-free back glass
PS-08 Super Panoramic padel court
PS-08 · Super PanoramicThe showcase court
PS-088 Neon padel court
PS-088 · NeonNight-glow fluorescence
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Get in before
the acceleration.

Whether you're a pickleball venue adding courts, a developer, or an investor building a club from zero — we'll design, manufacture and install it.

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