Pickleball : America’s fastest growing sport

New York— Pickleball is coming to your local mall, replacing shuttered Bed Bath & Beyond, Old Navy, and Saks Off 5th stores.

Pickleball was invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game

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The number of people playing pickleball grew by 159% over three years to 8.9 million in 2022, according to the Sports

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The Meadows at Lake Saint Louis, an outdoor mall, plans to fill the space once occupied by Bed Bath & Beyond with a pickleball club.

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Pickleball facility recently opened in a former Burlington store space at Shore Mall in New Jersey

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Pickleball club took over an Old Navy space at a New Hampshire mall

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Leo Chun, an 11-year-old pickleball player, has "traveled across the country to play all types of tournaments,

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New York— Pickleball is coming to your local mall, replacing shuttered Bed Bath & Beyond, Old Navy, and Saks Off 5th stores.

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Pickleball was invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game

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The number of people playing pickleball grew by 159% over three years to 8.9 million in 2022, according to the Sports

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The Meadows at Lake Saint Louis, an outdoor mall, plans to fill the space once occupied by Bed Bath & Beyond with a pickleball club.

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Pickleball facility recently opened in a former Burlington store space at Shore Mall in New Jersey

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Pickleball club took over an Old Navy space at a New Hampshire mall

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Leo Chun, an 11-year-old pickleball player, has "traveled across the country to play all types of tournaments,

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