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Indoor pickleball courts could soon be coming to a Tysons industrial park off Leesburg Pike and the Dulles Toll Road.
The Pickleball Club of Tysons has applied to Fairfax County for permits to build out space at 8520 A Tyco Road, about a half-mile from the Silver Line’s Spring Hill Metro station, for the new athletic facility. Pickleball is one of the nation's fastest-growing sports and representatives for the Pickleball Club say the region needs more indoor courts to keep pace with its popularity.
“There is a growing demand for high quality dedicated indoor pickleball courts in Fairfax County,” Marc Greenberg, the Pickleball Club’s acting manager, wrote in a mid-March submission to the county. “The Pickleball Club of Tysons will meet the growing demand as one of the only dedicated indoor pickleball facilities in Fairfax County.”
The 12,638-square-foot space the group says it needs for the courts is part of a larger, roughly 90,000-square-foot industrial building managed by Cambridge Holdings.
If the application is approved, the venue would be the latest in a growing network of pickleball facilities cropping up across Greater Washington, including one planned for a former trampoline park in North Bethesda and another in the former Forman Mills department store in Northeast D.C. that opened in May.
As proposed, the facility would feature six pickleball courts, each measuring 20 feet by 44 feet, along with a reception area, lounge, bathrooms, and a management office. The space would be set up for drop-in play, leagues, private and semi-private lessons, and tournament play, per the submission.
The proposed use would be a streamlined operation, with one full-time employee and one part-timer on duty at any given time. As many as two-dozen players could be on the courts at a time, and with up to a dozen players waiting for court time, according to the application.
Representatives for the Pickleball Club and Cambridge could not be reached for comment.
