🎾 PBM Weekly Newsletter - Issue 13

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the 13th issue of Padel Business Magazine – a publication and vetted community dedicated to helping padel industry decision-makers capitalise on the explosive growth and development of the sport.

Coming up this week:

• Alessandro Bennett, Pura Padel co-founder and CEO, shares the story behind its Westfield rooftop location in LA and outlines plans to expand across the West Coast and to Miami.

• The United States Padel Association (USPA)’s first annual report reveals new figures showing the spectacular expansion of the sport across the country.

• Our round-up of other major headlines in the global padel business, including the reopening of Valencia club Family Sport Center with a new centre court, and Advantage Padel’s plans to create a new ten-court indoor facility in Nottingham.

Enjoy the latest issue!

The PBM Team

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The weekly serving

Essential news highlights to keep your padel business game sharp

• 🇪🇸 Valencia’s Family Sport Center reopens after floods with new centre court 

  The Valencia padel club Family Sport Center has completed a renovation after recovering from damage caused by the devastating floods that hit the region in October. The facility, which has ten indoor and four outdoor courts, is open once again with a newly installed centre court featuring advanced perimeter lighting.

• 🇺🇸 DAZN acquires global media rights for 2025 Reserve Cup Series 
  UK-based streaming platform DAZN has acquired the global media rights for the 2025 Reserve Cup Series, which began this week in Miami. The competition has this year expanded to a three-tournament structure, also taking in Los Angeles and New York, with a record prize money pool of over $1.7 million.

• 🇬🇧 Nottingham could get its first indoor padel facility with ten-court proposal
  UK operator Advantage Padel has submitted plans for the conversion of a former warehouse in Nottingham into the city’s first indoor padel facility. The proposal is for ten indoor courts – six double and four single. The 4,200 sq metre site would also have a lounge area, changing room and other key facilities.

• 🇳🇱 Four padel courts set to open at sports park near Amsterdam
  Plans are underway to build four covered padel courts at a sports park in the Dutch town of Zwanenburg, around 11km west of Amsterdam, in the third quarter of 2025. To help finance the €700,000 project, Padel Zwanenburg has launched a bond scheme offering yields of between 2% and 5% for bonds of at least €500.

• 🇩🇪 Plans for new facility near Munich feature three padel courts 
  A local investor is planning to build three padel courts at a new facility in the German municipality of Hallbergmoos, around 32km north of Munich. Two of the courts would be covered. Plans for the 4,000 sq metre site also include an 18-hole adventure golf course and football billiards table.

Net news

Diving deep into a major news story shaping the padel industry

USPA report highlights growth: Membership up 10% to 1,917 in 2024 

In the latest sign of the continued strong growth of padel in the US, the United States Padel Association (USPA) has revealed that its membership grew by 10% to 1,917 in 2024. The data has been made available in the USPA’s first annual report, which provides a detailed breakdown of its membership growth and assesses future prospects for the sport across the US. Read on for analysis of the key findings.

The big hit

Exclusive interviews and in-depth analysis breaking down the business of padel

Alessandro Bennett interview: Pura Padel co-founder on shopping mall partnership and expansion plans

Since opening its first facility last August on the rooftop at Westfield Fashion Square, Pura Padel has become a key player in the Los Angeles padel scene, and its early success has led to a long-term extension with Westfield and plans to expand to other locations in the US. In this in-depth interview with Padel Business Magazine, Alessandro Bennett, Pura Padel co-founder and CEO, explains how padel complements the shopping mall experience and why working with local businesses and other padel clubs will help the sport thrive across the States.