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Playkout, the ‘First-Ever’ Pickleball-Inspired Fitness Studio, Is Coming to Dallas
by David Seeley | Jul 15, 2024
Coming to Uptown Dallas this summer, Playkout blends physical group workouts with pickleball-based digital gamification. The company's lab in Plano has found that its simulators increase calorie burn "by 15%"—while taking the "work" out of "workout." Here's a look at what guests will find inside.
by David Seeley |
Jul 12, 2024
A new Pickleball Kingdom just north of Galleria Dallas will offer 11 indoor pickleball courts. But the biggest "dink" you'll hear is when the even bigger North Fort Worth faciity opens in Q1 2025, serving up the largest dedicated pickleball facility in North Texas with 17 indoor courts.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 12, 2024
The Picklr, North America’s fastest-growing indoor pickleball franchise according to the company, has officially launched its newest location at Eldorado Plaza in McKinney. Whitestone REIT, the property’s owner, announced the opening, which brings the rapidly growing racket sport to the city’s residents and visitors....
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by Lance Murray |
May 30, 2024
Dill Dinkers' local business partners have committed to open "at least 50 locations" in the North Texas area—including in Euless, Southlake, Keller, Frisco, Little Elm, McKinney, and Mansfield. They join an ongoing gold rush of pickleball facility brands aiming to tap passionate players' pickle-y preferences.
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Dude Perfect Instagram post announcing Dak Prescott as an owner of the Major League Pickleball team Frisco Pandas. [Image: Dude Perfect/Instagram]
Dak Prescott Partners with Dude Perfect as an Owner of Major League Pickleball’s Frisco Pandas
by David Seeley | Jun 2, 2023
When Dak Prescott is in a pickle, usually it's because an Eagles defensive lineman is chasing him around the backfield. But now the Dallas Cowboys QB has found a new pickle-related pursuit: He's become one of the owners of the Frisco Pandas, a Major League Pickleball franchise. The move comes just months after Frisco-based Dude Perfect became investors in the franchise, valuing the team at $5 million.
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by David Seeley |
May 24, 2023
Picklemall is led by Dallas-based CEO West Shaw and backed by billionaire Austin financier Steve Kuhn, who founded Major League Pickleball in 2021. "The future of pickleball is indoors," Kuhn says—and it will be high-tech too, with in-court cameras capturing gameplay in real time.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 10, 2023
The tournament is moving from Indian Wells Tennis Club in California to Invited's Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch. To be held November 4-12, it will an increased capacity, with more than 3,500 amateur players and all of pickleball’s top pros set to compete on up to 65 courts.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 9, 2023
If the future of sports has one home, it’s right here in North Texas.
A big brag, we know. But consider this: From high-tech advances to the
hottest sports trends to startups on the edge of fitness science,
it’s all kicking off in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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[Photo: Joseph Haubert/Venture Dallas]
Mark Cuban Talks About Pickleball, Pharmaceuticals, and His ‘Addiction to Helping Entrepreneurs’
by Kevin Cummings | Nov 10, 2022
Whether he's buying a pro pickleball team or disrupting big pharma with his cost-plus drug company, Mark Cuban says he's a "ready, fire, aim" businessman. So he surrounds himself with "ready, aim, fire" perfectionists to keep him from "screwing everything up."
That's just one insight the billionaire shared in a fireside chat with Backstage Capital founder Arlan Hamilton at the Venture Dallas conference last week. “There's always going to be somebody smarter, there's always going to be somebody faster, better," Cuban added. "I just try to work a little harder.”
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