{"id":335951,"date":"2025-10-27T11:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T11:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/335951\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T11:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T11:53:13","slug":"fast-growing-sport-padel-is-coming-to-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/335951\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast-growing sport padel is coming to Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you thought pickleball was the hottest social sport in Dallas right now<\/a>, it\u2019s time to learn about padel.<\/p>\n

Dallas\u2019 first facility dedicated to the fast-growing racket sport padel is set to open in the Design District in 2026. Padel Haus will be a 24,000 square-foot warehouse with six padel courts, a juice bar, an actual bar and locker rooms.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s padel? Santiago Gomez, founder and CEO of Padel Haus, said it\u2019s \u201cthe fastest growing sport in the world,\u201d a claim largely backed up by news stories explaining a surge of interest in the sport. Padel is a doubles game played on a court smaller than tennis. Walls lining each court can be used strategically, meaning players can ricochet the ball off of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cPickleball is like checkers and padel is like chess,\u201d Gomez said. <\/p>\n

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Padel is inherently a social game because it\u2019s only played doubles, Gomez said. It will seem familiar to people who have played tennis, squash or pickleball.<\/p>\n

Texans will likely pronounce the sport\u2019s name like paddle, though some in other parts of the country say it puh-DELL.<\/p>\n

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Padel Haus is a New York based company expanding into the Dallas Design District in 2026. Here’s a look at one of the facilities in New York City.<\/p>\n

Padel Haus<\/p>\n

Although the game is relatively new to Texas, padel has been around since the late 1960s. Gomez started playing it in his native Mexico in the 1990s. He says the first padel club in the United States arrived in the late 2010s. He opened the first Padel Haus in New York City in 2022.<\/p>\n

The Dallas facility, which is expected to open in 2026, will be Padel Haus\u2019 seventh location, following clubs in Nashville, Atlanta, Denver and more.<\/p>\n

He sees the facilities as \u201c360\u2033 entertainment: Members play a game or two, but they can also socialize, eat and drink. <\/p>\n

Customers don\u2019t have to own their own equipment or have padel experience. Rackets are available for rent. Those who want to sharpen their skills can take private lessons or padel clinics.<\/p>\n

Gomez liked the Dallas Design District location because he was able to find a space big enough to install six padel courts \u2014 which can be rare in urban corridors of Dallas. It\u2019s also close to business districts, and Gomez hopes some participants stop in to play padel before or after work, or at lunch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the Design District is the heartbeat of Dallas from a creative and cultural point of view,\u201d Gomez told The Dallas Morning News. He named Carbone and the Virgin Hotel as suitable neighbors to Padel Haus, which considers itself a lifestyle and wellness company.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s aspirational and stylish,\u201d he said of the Design District, \u201cand exactly what we were looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dallasite David Holiner, who brokered the real estate deal, said Padel Haus will bring \u201cdaytime activation\u201d to the Dallas Design District, which is needed in a neighborhood teeming with high-end dinner destinations.<\/p>\n

Gomez has plans to open 15 Padel Hauses in the next three years. He sees a growth opportunity specifically in the United States, which has about 750 padel courts today. Compare that to Spain, which he estimates has 20,000 courts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sport in the U.S. is in its nascent years,\u201d Gomez said. \u201cI\u2019m sure it can achieve tens of thousands of courts in the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Padel Haus will be at 1500 Dragon St., Dallas. It\u2019s expected to open in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you thought pickleball was the hottest social sport in Dallas right now, it\u2019s time to learn about…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":335952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,7712,18465,7710,9733,9063,988,62,222,33852,358,1061,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-335951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-fortworth","11":"tag-design-district","12":"tag-fun-places-and-events","13":"tag-restaurant-news","14":"tag-restaurant-openings","15":"tag-restaurants","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-sports-business","18":"tag-take-the-kids","19":"tag-texas","20":"tag-trends","21":"tag-tx","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115445996646687753","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}