Issue 41 · Padel / Construction 9 min
The Retail Box, Reborn
Why vacant big-box stores are becoming the most persuasive canvas for urban padel clubs.
By Elena Marín
Development advisor, former multi-site club operator
Recent dispatches
The archive
Pickleball · Operations
Quiet Courts, Good Neighbours
A practical operating framework for pickleball acoustics before complaints become constraints.
Tennis · Software
The Booking Stack Is the Club
What operators should compare when court management platforms all promise the same calendar.
Padel · Construction
The Winter Canopy Calculation
A disciplined way to model weather protection without betting the club on perfect utilisation.
Tennis · Member Experience
The Ninety-Day Member
Retention is won in the first twelve weeks, long before an annual renewal email.
Padel · Operations
Padel After the Boom
The next generation of clubs will be judged less by court count and more by operating character.
Pickleball · Operations
Growth Without Chaos
How fast-growing pickleball clubs can add programmes without exhausting staff or confusing members.
Squash · Member Experience
The Squash Club’s Second Life
How legacy venues can modernise the member experience without abandoning the game that built them.