Chaifetz Sports Announcement

[SluSignGuy]

 

[billikenbill]

Still waiting…

[Lord Elrond]

Maybe they are buying up Harris-Stowe and plan to use it to expand parking at Chaifetz?

[Lord Elrond]

It’s team Pickleball!!

[billikenbill]

No longer waiting. Will the Philly team use Tom Gola Arena and Pickleball Courts for their home facility?

[gobillsgo]

Delete thread. Yawnnn

[White Pelican]

I was so sure we were getting an NBA team.

Seriously, I now see why he used the word "shock".

[cheeseman]

Just now, White Pelican said:

I was so sure we were getting an NBA team.

Seriously, I now see why he used the word "shock".

Wait for it Cornhole is coming!

[HoosierPal]

[BC1764]

Pickleball sounds like a younger Millennial/Gen Z game.

[Scoop]

When you google MLP, you get my little pony. 

[NoCoBillsFan]

2 minutes ago, BC1764 said:

Pickleball sounds like a younger Millennial/Gen Z game.

Born in 2000 and I don’t know a single person that plays/played pickleball

[Billiken Rich]

12 minutes ago, NoCoBillsFan said:

Born in 2000 and I don’t know a single person that plays/played pickleball

In my experience it seems to be slow tennis for old people.... 

[juniorbill76]

My wife and I are beginner tennis players and our instructor has had to add pickleball, but he hopes people will tire of it and want to take up tennis.

[laker119]

Of all the things i would have guessed this announcement would involve, team pickleball would never have come up lol

[brianstl]

25 minutes ago, Scoop said:

When you google MLP, you get my little pony. 

The St. Louis Bronies

[dlarry]

30 minutes ago, BC1764 said:

Pickleball sounds like a younger Millennial/Gen Z game.

 

27 minutes ago, NoCoBillsFan said:

Born in 2000 and I don’t know a single person that plays/played pickleball

pickleball is an old person game. 
40+ would be the main demographic. Most parks in the south city area are converting their tennis courts to pickleball courts. If you drive by ona nice weekend they will be jam packed all day.

The game has really turned city parks into hotspots which is awesome.

I really enjoy playing. 

That said this news doesn’t excite me one bit. 

[cheeseman]

9 minutes ago, brianstl said:

The St. Louis Bronies

Sweet midgets

[courtside]

There are 3 similar but different sports that originated in the 1960’s:

Padel  or Paddle Tennis (By far the most popular Internationally, despite the recent dramatic increase in Pickleball in the U.S.)

Paddleball.

Pickleball.

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Some local St. Louis tennis clubs have offered Paddle Tennis for many decades. It’s popular in those circles. 

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Pickleball is a good form of exercise for people of all ages, young and old. (Good for them). Obviously it’s good for very young kids and older adults, but, it is not limited to that. Several former professional tennis players are playing and owning teams too. 

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It’s all good unless/until they try to convert tennis courts into pickleball courts. As long as they have their own courts separate from tennis, it’s fine. I am not in favor of converting tennis courts to pickleball, which has been an issue in a few (non local) geographies. 

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[dlarry]

3 minutes ago, courtside said:

There are 3 similar but different sports that originated in the 1960’s:

Padel  or Paddle Tennis (By far the most popular Internationally, despite the recent dramatic increase in Pickleball in the U.S.)

Paddleball.

Pickleball.

…………………

Some local St. Louis tennis clubs have offered Paddle Tennis for many decades. It’s popular in those circles. 

……………….

Pickleball is a good form of exercise for people of all ages, young and old. (Good for them). Obviously it’s good for very young kids and older adults, but, it is not limited to that. Several former professional tennis players are playing and owning teams too. 

……………….

It’s all good unless/until they try to convert tennis courts into pickleball courts. As long as they have their own courts separate from tennis, it’s fine. I al not in favor of converting tennis courts to pickleball, which has been an issue in a few (non local) geographies. 

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They converted half of the tennis courts at Carondolet park and half at Wilmore to Pickleball courts. 
Before the conversion they were completely empty.

After the conversion they are packed to the brim. People sit on the sideline waiting for a court to open.

I see nothing wrong with converting something that wasn’t  used into something that is. 

[billiken_roy]

i know nothing about pickle ball and have no desire to learn.    two years to retirement and all i know is i get to play a LOT more golf.   focusing on that..  

[dennis_w]

17 minutes ago, billiken_roy said:

i know nothing about pickle ball and have no desire to learn.    two years to retirement and all i know is i get to play a LOT more golf.   focusing on that..  

get retired roy and we will play a round together

 

[Taj79]

@billiken_royRetire and come out to SoCen PA and we'll do my two, 18-hole courses on which I live.  Seeing as I also work there, discounts abound!  Open invitation to all but those on my ignore list.

[MusicCityBilliken]

59 minutes ago, dlarry said:

 

pickleball is an old person game. 
40+ would be the main demographic. Most parks in the south city area are converting their tennis courts to pickleball courts. If you drive by ona nice weekend they will be jam packed all day.

The game has really turned city parks into hotspots which is awesome.

I really enjoy playing. 

That said this news doesn’t excite me one bit. 

I am a boomer and I am addicted on playing pickleball. Fortunately, where I live has 10 courts. They just converted 2 of the 6 tennis courts we have to pickleball courts.

Also, to be good at it is not easy. You have to play it a lot.

[Billikenbooster]

I wonder if the MLP matches will be held at Chaifetz Arena. Would be a win win for SLU and the Shock