Toronto mall to open a huge pickleball club that's completely free to join

Dailyhive.com
Feb. 13, 2024
Phoebe Knight

Toronto pickleball clubs seem to be popping up in droves lately, and it looks like the trend is nowhere near slowing down with the announcement of the city’s latest.

Fairgrounds, the city’s newest racquet club, is set to land at Etobicoke’s Cloverdale Mall this month, with another location set to open at Assembly Park in Vaughan shortly thereafter, and it’ll be home to more than just pickleball.

The new club opens as part of a redevelopment effort for Cloverdale Mall by QuadReal Property Group, which plans to transform the city’s oldest mall into a futuristic new community.

The Cloverdale Club will be home to nine pickleball courts that are open to the public of all ages with free membership.

“The whole idea is to make pickleball more accessible to more people and keep up with the growing demand across the country,” says Fairgrounds co-founder Drummond Munro.

The experience of the club doesn’t end when the game does, though. It’ll also be home to a restaurant and bar where you can squash your rivalry over drinks and food.

In addition to pickleball, the club will be home to a padel court, so you can try your hand at another racquet sport rapidly gaining in popularity worldwide.
Padel, if you’ve never heard of it (which we sure hadn’t), is a combination of tennis and squash, using the tennis scoring system in a smaller, enclosed court where the ball can bounce off the walls.

While no official opening date for the club in Vaughan has been confirmed, the Fairgrounds location at Cloverdale Mall will officially open on February 16, with more locations planned to open in 2024.