Racket Sports Briefing No. 32
WORTH A READ
How Cincy's $260M Facelift Overhauled The "Worst" Stop In Tennis
The Cincinnati Open, a once-dreaded tournament stop, got a nine-figure makeover. and it's paying off… read more.
What It Really Costs To Watch The US Open This Year
From grounds passes to courtside seats, the Open's pricing tiers show where a Grand Slam actually makes its money… read more.
Goodland Pickleball Is Leasing 30,000 Square Feet Across Brooklyn And Queens
Two new indoor clubs mark one of the biggest real estate bets yet on New York's pickleball boom… read more.
World Team Tennis Reveals Its Reboot Rosters And Team Names
The league's December relaunch just got a lot more real, with marquee players attached to new city franchises… read more.
Raquel Joseph Is Bringing "An Operator's Mindset" To Her New Jersey MLP Team
The new owner explains how she's approaching pro pickleball team ownership differently… read more.
Padel Haus Signs A Marketing Deal With PPL's NY Atlantics
The club operator and the pro league are betting a local partnership pays off bigger than a national one… read more.
Selkirk And Tesla Just Released A Limited-Edition Paddle
The "Aurum" paddle is the latest sign brand collabs are becoming pickleball's favorite marketing move… read more.
Conquer Padel Is Bringing Jacksonville Its First Indoor Padel Club
Florida's padel expansion keeps rolling, one new market at a time, and now it’s the time for the north of the state… read more.
Rafa Nadal Academy's Padel Tour Just Wrapped Its US Debut
The Miami-to-New York tour, run with Playtomic, is a bet that Nadal's brand can pull padel into new US markets… read more.
Heineken 0.0 Put Serena Williams's US Open Ticket On A Can
A limited-run design turns a piece of tennis nostalgia into a beer marketing moment… read more.
WORTH A LISTEN
Nothing Small About Business
What Is Padel? Inside the Business of America’s Fastest-Growing Sport with Ben Nichols… listen.