"Pickleball continues to be the fastest-growing U.S. sport, according to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association, and local entrepreneur Kady Pooler hopes to capitalize on this trend with her newly opened Pickle Athletics - Oakland's first indoor pickleball and social club. The city's Temescal district facility is in its second month of selling memberships and hosting players on its four, state-of-the-art indoor courts with dedicated recovery zones, a lounge and a coffee and wine bar."
"The former auto shop where Pickle Athletics is now had been closed for seven years and was covered with graffiti but had the high ceilings and wide-open spaces necessary for pickleball. In addition to the pickleball courts and fitness and recovery areas, Pooler has high hopes for being a neighborhood café and social center. "You don't even need to play pickleball," says Pooler. "My goal and hope is that someone wakes up and says 'I want a good breakfast sandwich and coffee.'""
Pickle Athletics launched in Oakland's Temescal district as the city's first indoor pickleball and social club, offering four state-of-the-art courts, dedicated recovery zones, a lounge, and a coffee and wine bar. The venue repurposed a former auto shop that had been closed for seven years and preserved the high ceilings and open space required for courts. The club opens daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., serves breakfast sandwiches, coffee, wine, snacks, and provides free board games to attract both players and neighborhood patrons. Separately, a Caltrans-initiated study proposes lifting an 8.7-mile truck ban on I-580, prompting petitions to retain the ban.
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