Pickleball, the fastest growing sport in the country, is moving indoors If you head to the mall, you might expect to find the usual suspects: Macy's, Foot Locker, Claire's, Bath & Body Works, and maybe Sbarro for lunch. What you might not expect? Indoor pickleball courts. Pickleball is the fastest growing – and perhaps the noisiest – sport in the country. As the sport grows, so does demand for places to play. Indoor pickleball courts are popping up all over the country. But these aren't your standard, parks and recreation-managed, courts. They're privately-owned and generating lots of foot traffic, while also solving some of the sport's problems. From casual players to business owners Denise and Will Richards of Maryland opened their first indoor pickleball...

SFIA Topline Report Tabs Pickleball as America’s Fastest-Growing Sport for Third Consecutive Year PHOENIX, Ariz. — The 2023 Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s (SFIA) Topline Participation Report was released today, announcing that pickleball continued to be America’s fastest-growing sport for the third year in a row.  According to the report, pickleball participation almost doubled in 2022, increasing by 85.7 percent year-over-year and by an astonishing 158.6 percent over three years. “After anticipating the 2023 SFIA report and its insightful findings, we were thrilled to see further evidence-based research that confirms pickleball’s momentum and exponential growth continued last year,” said Stu Upson, USA Pickleball Chief Executive Officer. “This data from the Sports & Fitness Industry Association is valuable for our team’s efforts to build...

  Spotted on Zillow: 6 Home Features Set to Be Hot in 2024 We know we’re biased, but there are few things we love more than finding home design marvels on Zillow (and we’re not alone). Sure, not every home can claim a moat or a ’50s style diner as an amenity, but we have noticed a number of features arguably just as cool (if not more practical) that have been rising in popularity.  Our research team analyzed more than 300 design styles and home feature keywords mentioned in for-sale listing descriptions, then identified which of them were showing up far more frequently compared to a year ago. Combined with expert analysis, Zillow picked six big trends we’re expecting you’ll see a lot more of in 2024,...