We usually receive the question about what are the aspects to review before buying a padel court or creating a Sports club. For this reason, at MejorSet we decided to summarize it in four elements that simplify the buying process:
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The sales process will depend on each supplier, due to possible intermediaries, times, etc. At MejorSet, as installers and manufacturers, we work directly with the customer throughout the process, from design to installation. You will be able to decide the best way to transport and install the courts, either with our workers, but it is also possible only with supervision and installation equipment. All our logistics are managed from Alicante and sent to the desired destination.
Let's start this reading with a summary and then we'll have more detailed information about each item on our checklist.
A good location for a padel destination is an important factor when you want to get more than just a hobby from padel. It is interesting to find a well-known location with organic visibility, but above all, we must prioritize creating easy access for customers in private cars.
The waste of time to park or not find parking easily can be a source of frustration and of not arriving in time to play, so it will cause delays in reserved times.
What size should the parking area be?
Normally you can calculate the required parking capacity based on the maximum number of padel players multiplied by 0.8. This may vary depending on the market, but usually padel players prefer their private vehicles. The maximum number of padel players can be easily calculated by multiplying the number of courts by eight (8). Why multiplied by eight? Since padel is played in doubles, there are four people playing at the same time and when the reservation cycle changes you have twice as many people in your padel club.
This is one of the most important criteria for installing a successful padel court. You must build the base and pour the concrete floor horizontally and check the level with a bubble level tool. The thickness of the concrete must be at least 18-20 centimeters to meet the minimum measurements for the installation of the padel court firmly.
Building an outdoor padel court can be a real headache if you haven't been to professionals, since you have to work the terrain and in specific phases to avoid unnecessary risks of subsidence due to rain in winter or other ground movements.
How to create an attractive first impression for new customers and a smooth business journey in your padel club?
The goal is to create a fluid customer journey, combining it with attractive sales opportunities that can generate between 10 and 20% of additional revenue. If you design carefully, you can increase the average purchase per customer and improve profitability. You can create solid sources of income by selling equipment, such as balls and shovels, as well as other supplementation products and hydrating drinks during and after the game.
In our experience, the best entrance is always located in the center. This way, you create a powerful first impression when people enter your sports club. Customers can immediately feel the energy that surrounds them as they see people moving from 180 to 360 degrees.
The quality of steel profiles is something that new buyers very often underestimate. It is important to understand that substandard steel profiles cannot withstand high temperatures and possible changing humidity. In the long term, it doesn't make a big difference if we're talking about a padel court for €25,000 or €30,000, it's much more important to focus on building a growing and loyal clientele.
We have seen in multiple interior and exterior projects that the buyer chooses the cheapest option and later regrets his previous cost-oriented decision.
Even if you sometimes consider buying a court with a lower price initially, in a short time the materials if they are not of quality begin to show wear that is exponential over time. This can make you lose the clientele that starts going in the first moments precisely because of an image that the court is new and is in good condition.
Sports or artificial grass, whatever we want to call it, it is very important to select it well from the start.
A good quality lawn on a padel court, like the one we installed in Best Set in our projects - Mondo - helps its customers to suffer fewer injuries and avoid risks to the club's reputation, in addition to having high durability and lower maintenance costs.
Also, as an interesting fact, is that high-quality lawns do not need as much sand and therefore another cost is reduced.
How do I know if my sports grass is of good quality? The best performing sports lawns have 27 stitches per 10 cm. All other artificial grass options are ultimately a waste of money and time.
The official color of sports grass is blue, which is the most popular option seen on padel tennis courts around the world, although we At MejorSet we have the 4 official colors approved by the International Padel Federation.
Especially in covered areas it is crucial to have enough height and free space above the padel courts. This is one of the key points that new entrants to the market underestimate or market pioneers are clear about right from the start.
We have already seen that many padel clubs, especially in Sweden and Finland, have lost customers to other padel operators with higher free ceilings and some of them have been forced to close their businesses or have even gone bankrupt.
A free ceiling of at least 8-10 meters is absolutely the critical factor for a sustainable Padel Club business. Some investors don't even enter premises less than 10 meters high, as they understand the importance of free space for shooting by advanced players.
Last but not least, we have to think about the scalability of the padel club we want to build.
From MejorSet, analyzing the world of padel tennis for more than 20 years, we know that in mature markets it has been demonstrated that there is a limited possibility of doing business and of being truly profitable in the long term with less than 8 courts. Especially this should be taken into account when buying interior spaces that are going to be renovated as a private sports club.
Therefore, let's remember that you have to have eight meters of free space above the courts, and that you have to be able to grow to eight padel courts. What we mean by this is that you don't need to have eight courts from the start and not even in the same location, but in the long term, you need to be able to provide capacity to customers so that you can find cost scalability.
There are multiple common mistakes you can make when you found a padel club or buy a padel court for your existing sports club. The most common mistake is to think that a low price is a primary criterion for decision-making and not to take into account that saving on quality ultimately does not cause what is usually sought when creating a padel club: profitability.
From MejorSet we know, after having installed hundreds of padel tennis courts (replacing old ones in many cases), that the main risk in the cheapest padel courts is that when problems arrive, the suppliers are disregarded or properly maintained. The problem can be anything from lighting to corrosion on steel profiles. On the highest quality padel courts you have a long-term guarantee, and you can sleep peacefully at night.
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A few months ago, we started organizing webinars (you can watch them in full on our YouTube channel). And we drew very interesting conclusions with our guests.
On the part of our commercial team, Mario Scade serves as Country Manager of the United States of MejorSet and previously one of the first pioneers installing padel courts in San Diego; Hernán Auguste, as world champion of padel and acting as Chief Padel Officer of LeDAP as well as directing part of the international expansion of MejorSet, and we have had as guests Ana, CEO of PadelBox, a company that distributes MejorSet padel courts in the United States and Patricio Misitrano, co-founder of Sport Haus, a club recently opened in Connecticut. The objective is clear: to know what works and why.
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The fact is that the forecasts for the United States, according to many, are that they will exceed 20,000 runways by .
To understand the answer, which can sometimes seem ambiguous - since the importance of the factors will vary depending on the region and country - we will start with the essential ones:
The biggest point to consider when setting up a padel club are the costs, but although often what worries the most is the installation and the accumulation of courts, permits (read hither about the permits you need), etc., the monthly cost is often taken for granted, and it is the one that drops by drop ends up taking hold and weighs the most.
This is the secret of clubs that are doing especially well in the United States, such as Sport Haus. From MejorSet, we recommend having a business plan where this is one of the main aspects to review: Invest in the quality of your court, equipment and facilities to ensure that it is a success, while maintaining a clear low rental or mortgage cost.
In the United States there are many clubs that are starting to be in unusual places or not so central but that work very well. Connecticut, Texas, San Diego... These are just a few of the cities that are starting to invest.
There are many clubs in the United States that are opening every time with a variety of sports: pickleball, squash, tennis along with padel tennis. A mix of racquet sports in the same space, which instead of competing, live together healthily.
But it is true that the sound of racket or shovel blows can be very loud depending on the material of the racket, and can be very annoying after a while playing, so a very important aspect is the distribution of the courts.
Those who know the origins of padel (Mexico), and understand the functioning of the countries in which it has triumphed (Argentina, Spain...), will be able to see a clear pattern: countries where people socialize a lot and enjoy going out.
In this way, we must be clear that padel is one of the sports where the famous fourth set is to have a drink after playing.
Therefore, as a cross-sell and especially to make people feel connected to the place where they are going to play, we recommend having an area to eat or simply to have a drink.
As Ana, CEO of PadelBox, commented in our webinar, “when you've made friends it's no longer just about the party itself, but about spending a good time with friends. The location ceases to matter, and practically the price since it is a leisure activity.”
Clubs where the padel has a purely court reservation business have the least benefit.
Patricio Misitrano, co-founder of the racquet sports club, Sport Haus in Connecticut, United States, told us that the best technique to expand the voice was to give a discount to those who had played other racquet sports and who were federated.
The fact is that padel is a very easy sport to learn, but it also has that magnet that makes those who enjoy the sport want to go on a recurring basis. This is clearly a good source of extra income, but it also requires the club to have good coaches so that the level of the club can be from basic to advanced, and that you want to pay more for more advanced classes.
An interesting fact presented by Playtomic, in Europe, is that 1 in 3 people take padel classes.
The aspect that is most valued by the gaming community, according to the Deloitte Monitor report for , is that 43% of the interviewees placed the availability of courts as their main priority.
This can be summarized as: the more hours your club is available, the better.
Making a clear schedule of when classes are held, what courts are available for booking, and clearly defining the pricing strategy, is the main step so that your club can be a success story.
We hope to have provided some clarity on the most important aspects when building a padel club, if you are looking to know how much it costs to build a padel court in the United States, what type of court to buy for your project or you have more technical questions, do not hesitate to contact the MejorSet sales team.
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