Axios, March 03, 2025
By Jessica Boehm
A group of racquet sport enthusiasts thinks a newly popular international game called padel can draw the same kind of fandom as its American cousin pickleball — and Tempe will be the first place to test the vision.
Why it matters: Padel — like a cross between racquetball and tennis — is played by more than 25 million people globally and is especially popular in Spain and Argentina. But there are fewer than 500 courts in the U.S.
