Pickleball: Winnipeg getting indoor facility [Video]

Pickleball enthusiasts in Winnipeg will have a new facility to call their own in the new year.

The Pickleball Club of Winnipeg is opening an indoor facility dedicated solely to the fast-growing sport at 500 Caron Road in Headingley.

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Nicholas Rush, club president, said the facility is a long-time coming for the city.

“There has been a demand for this for a while,” he said.

Pickleball, a mix of tennis and ping pong using paddles and a wiffleball, has seen explosive growth in recent years. According to Pickleball Canada, an estimated 1.3 million Canadians are playing pickleball at least once a month.

“Just the way the game is developed, the rules that are in place, it makes it really easy to learn and really easy to get good enough that you can actually play and …