{"id":4324,"date":"2026-06-29T18:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/?post_type=news&p=4324"},"modified":"2026-09-28T19:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:48:52","slug":"matsuyama-pickleball-court","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/matsuyama-pickleball-court\/","title":{"rendered":"\u677e\u5c71\u306e24\u6642\u9593\u30b8\u30e0\u304c\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u5c02\u7528\u30b3\u30fc\u30c8\u3092\u958b\u8a2d\u3001\u56db\u56fd\u306b\u65b0\u62e0\u70b9\u304c\u8a95\u751f"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A 24-hour gym in Matsuyama turned empty space into a court<\/h2>\n

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Because there are no figures confirmable in the official announcement regarding the number of courts or usage fees, we won\u2019t touch on them here. If you\u2019re considering using it, please check directly at the location\u2019s reservation desk, as described later.<\/p>\n

The form of entry of \u201crenovating an existing facility\u201d<\/h2>\n

What\u2019s worth noting in this case is that they didn\u2019t secure new court-dedicated land or a building, but reorganized the floor of an already-operating gym to turn it into a court. Pickleball needs about a quarter of the width of tennis for one court, and you can start operating with a net, lines, and a flat floor. Compared with a gymnasium or tennis court, the space required is small, and it pairs well with indoor free space. Being able to make use of the \u201cfloor that\u2019s already there\u201d at a 24-hour gym greatly lowers the entry hurdle for regional operators.<\/p>\n

The Higashiishii location is also a suburban roadside store with free parking for 17 cars. Unlike downtown facilities that tend to presume travel by train, you can picture a usage pattern unique to regional cities: driving up, playing for a short time, and heading home. This is a way of capturing demand different from Tokyo-area-type dedicated facilities.<\/p>\n

A contrast with the urban dedicated-facility rush<\/h2>\n

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Facility \/ operator<\/th>\nLocation<\/th>\nCharacter<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Sansan Pickleball Court Ikebukuro<\/td>\nIkebukuro, Tokyo<\/td>\nA downtown all-weather large facility by a major IT company<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Mitsui Fudosan\u2013affiliated effort (events, facilities)<\/td>\nCentered on urban areas<\/td>\nA playing-population-expansion measure linking real estate and media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MEGA P\u30fbSPO24 Higashiishii<\/td>\nMatsuyama, Ehime (suburban)<\/td>\nA practical type where a local gym renovated an existing floor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Whereas urban areas mainly see large investments to \u201cbuild or rent for dedicated use,\u201d the Matsuyama case is an idea of \u201cusing what\u2019s there.\u201d Because the scale of investment and the tier they reach differ, it\u2019s not a matter of which is superior. Rather, the two meshing creates a structure in which the entrances to experience the sport spread to both cities and regions.<\/p>\n

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From the industry side, the big point is that fitness operators have begun positioning pickleball as a \u201cnew menu for drawing customers.\u201d For a gym, it becomes both a pathway to raise the usage frequency of existing members and a talking point to draw in the inexperienced. The entry of regional gyms also means that new places for transactions and instruction are born in the regions for equipment makers and instructors.<\/p>\n

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What Matsuyama\u2019s move shows is the possibility that pickleball\u2019s spread will be decided not only by \u201chow many dedicated facilities you build\u201d but by \u201chow much existing idle space you can convert into courts.\u201d In the regions, operators with the strength to newly build courts are limited. That\u2019s exactly why the idea of reorganizing \u201cindoor spaces that are already there\u201d\u2014the empty floor of a 24-hour gym, an idle section of a commercial facility, a former indoor parking lot\u2014easily becomes the practical solution for spread.<\/p>\n

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Ripple effects on the play environment in Shikoku and the Chugoku region<\/h2>\n

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