{"id":3744,"date":"2026-06-13T16:32:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T07:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/news\/pickle-lodge-aces\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T16:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T07:32:51","slug":"pickle-lodge-aces","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/pickle-lodge-aces\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickleball Facility \"Pickle Lodge\" Acquires ACES -- A Regional Chain of 3 Locations and 51 Total Courts Launches in June"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pickleball facility operator \u201cThe Pickle Lodge<\/strong>\u201d in the Cincinnati area of Ohio, USA, acquired \u201cACES Pickleball Bar & Grill<\/strong>\u201d inside Factory 52 in Norwood.June 1, 2026<\/strong>The handover was as of, and with this the company becomes a regional chain holding3 locations and 51 courts in all<\/strong>. The financial terms of the acquisition are undisclosed. Co-founder Mitch Dunn positions it as \u201cstrategic expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n

A 3-location, 51-court structure through the acquisition<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Pickle Lodge, with its 2024-opened Westchester location as its flagship, acquired the Eastern Hills Indoor Tennis Club in eastern Cincinnati in 2025. This ACES acquisition adds a third location. ACES is a facility with 5 indoor and 6 outdoor courts, and all three locations have an attached bar and restaurant. At the Factory 52 location, Mason-born Two Cities Pizza also continues to operate.<\/p>\n

A move toward industry reorganization by \u201cexperienced operators\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Dunn commented, \u201cCincinnati pickleball has grown rapidly over the past few years, and as demand grows, experienced operators can contribute to the market.\u201d Co-founder Joe Frank said, \u201cWe'll elevate the play experience while keeping the community that already exists at ACES.\u201d It can be called an acquisition that shows a maturing, reorganizing phase of the industry, where an established operator bundles up the individually run facilities that had sprung up.<\/p>\n

Implications for facility operations in Japan<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The approach of acquiring multiple food-attached court facilities to stack up court numbers lets you take regional share faster than a single new opening. In Japan too, new openings of urban indoor facilities and resort-attached courts are coming one after another, and the U.S. \u201cfood \u00d7 pickleball \u00d7 multi-location\u201d model serves as a real-world reference for designing profitability and customer-drawing pathways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Item<\/th>\nDetails<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Acquiring company<\/td>\nThe Pickle Lodge (Ohio)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acquisition target<\/td>\nACES Pickleball Bar & Grill (Factory 52 \/ Norwood)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Handover date<\/td>\nJune 1, 2026 (amount undisclosed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of locations<\/td>\n3 locations and 51 courts in all<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ACES' composition<\/td>\n5 indoor courts, 6 outdoor courts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Attached<\/td>\nA bar and restaurant at all locations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Recommended Reading:
\nandThe world's largest pickleball facility, \u201cPURE\u201d\u2014the full picture of the 48-court complex approved in Scottsdale<\/a>
\nand\"PICKLEBALL ONE GINZA SHIMBASHI,\" Tokyo's first urban-type indoor facility, in Shimbashi<\/a>
\nandSix courts, the most in western Japan, on a Sakai, Osaka hotel rooftop\u2014the lodging that \u201cPickleball Base Osaka\u201d points to<\/a><\/p>\n

Source:FOX19<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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