Cincinnati Sports Club Adds Covered Padel Courts
The club built two outdoor covered padel courts and two pickleball courts while expanding its indoor workout space.
Updated on Nov. 1, 2026 in Health and Wellness
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Cincinnati Sports Club has added two outdoor covered padel courts, which it says are the first covered courts of their kind in Greater Cincinnati. The club also added two pickleball courts, bringing its total to six, and doubled the size of its outdoor Community Racquet Hut.
Why it matters
The additions give Cincinnati-area players more covered racquet sport options as padel grows in popularity. Members can use the padel courts without paying an additional court fee.
The club's 16-acre campus now includes two covered padel courts and six pickleball courts, and the indoor expansion adds 3,600 square feet. The source does not state the expansion's cost or confirm when the outdoor courts opened.
The players
Cincinnati Sports Club
A multi-sport athletic club in Cincinnati offering racquet sports, fitness and recovery facilities for its members.
U.S. Padel Association
The national governing body that promotes the growth of padel, a racquet sport played in doubles on an enclosed court, across the United States.
The details
The indoor expansion adds a second-floor mezzanine for functional training with more than 20 workout zones equipped with resistance bands, balls, dumbbells, kettlebells, barbells and jump boxes. The club expects the indoor work to be completed before the 2026 holiday season.
Timeline
The club expects the indoor expansion to be completed before the 2026 holiday season.
The U.S. Padel Association projects the sport could reach 15 million players and 20,000 courts nationwide by 2030.
Health Landscape
The U.S. Padel Association projects the sport could reach 15 million players and 20,000 courts nationwide by 2030. Cincinnati Sports Club's covered courts are an early local example of that growth, which is being driven in part by the sport's appeal to players seeking low-impact, social exercise.
Members of Cincinnati Sports Club can play padel on the covered courts without paying an extra court fee. The indoor workout expansion gives members more space for resistance and functional training once the work is finished.
The takeaway
Adding covered outdoor courts and indoor training space lets a club offer year-round options for racquet sports and strength work. Members looking to try padel can use the new courts at no added court fee.
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Source note: This article includes information reported by WKRC.
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