Posts by Thom Hordijk

Padel is booming and as a result, about 100 new padel courts are opened every week in the European countries where padel is most popular. If you are keen to learn more about the popularity of padel,...

According to the International Padel Federation (FIP), padel is played in more than 90 countries around the world. This naturally means that there are also padel courts in more than 90 countries. I...

While padel courts are constructed all over the world, I wondered whether there is an economic rationale for it. Based on research I came to some promising results, covered in this...

If you are reading this you are probably already convinced that building padel courts on tennis courts is an option worth investigating. Seeing many tennis clubs converting some of their tennis...

While padel is gaining popularity in many countries over tennis, club owners are looking to convert tennis courts to padel courts. But how many padel courts can fit on a tennis court? On average...

The number of padel courts is growing massively and the sport is embraced by many people. However, noise is a downside, especially to neighbors that live close to a padel court. Therefore I decided...