Before You Build It, Know If It Works.
A pickleball facility can look great on paper and still fail financially.
Too many courts. Poor court spacing. Structural columns in the wrong locations. Excessive rent. Weak off-peak demand. The wrong membership model. Underpriced prime time. Too much debt. Insufficient working capital.
One wrong assumption can change the economics of the entire project.
Pickleball Partners has developed a proprietary feasibility system that brings the physical facility, operating model and financial model together to answer the question that matters:
Does this facility actually work?
Most Feasibility Models Start With Revenue. Ours Starts With the Building.
Before projecting revenue, we determine how many quality, operational courts the space can actually support.
Building dimensions, structural columns, court spacing, circulation, ceiling height and other physical constraints affect capacity. Capacity affects programming. Programming affects utilization. And utilization ultimately drives the economics.
That's why facility feasibility can't be analyzed properly with a financial spreadsheet alone.
PICKLEBALL PARTNERS FACILITY FEASIBILITY ANALYZER
The Details That Can Make or Break a Facility
Some of the most important questions are often overlooked.
Can 10 proposed courts really operate as 10 quality courts?
Are structural columns reducing usable court capacity?
Is there enough circulation space between courts?
Are memberships consuming more prime-time capacity than the revenue they generate?
Is an unlimited-play model creating a future booking problem?
Is strong evening demand hiding empty courts during the afternoon?
Can leagues, open play, lessons and private reservations physically coexist during high-demand periods?
How much revenue must each available court hour generate to support the facility?
What happens to investor returns if the facility opens six months slower than expected?
These are the questions that determine whether a facility is merely busy — or economically sustainable.
REVENUE & PROGRAMMING
Court rentals, memberships, open play, leagues, lessons, clinics, tournaments, ancillary revenue and RevPACH.
More Than a Financial Spreadsheet
A complete analysis of how the facility will actually operate — physically, operationally and financially.
FACILITY & COURT DESIGN
Building size, usable space, proposed vs. operational courts, court spacing, circulation, structural columns, ceiling height and parking.
DEMAND & UTILIZATION
Daypart utilization, peak vs. off-peak demand, occupied court hours, prime-time capacity, membership capacity and programming constraints.
RISK & SENSITIVITY
Break-even requirements, utilization risk, rent sensitivity, development-cost risk, financing risk and court-capacity stress.
FINANCING & INVESTMENT
Debt, equity, debt service, DSCR, pre-tax equity cash flow, cash-on-cash return and simple payback.
FACILITY ECONOMICS
Rent, TMI, occupancy costs, payroll, utilities, operating expenses, development costs, working capital and EBITDA.
What Happens When Things Don't Go as Planned?
A feasibility study shouldn't only tell you what happens when everything goes right. The Analyzer tests what happens when it doesn't.
DEVELOPMENT-COST RISK
What happens when construction costs increase?
DOWNSIDE RESILIENCE
What happens if utilization or revenue falls below expectations?
RENT SENSITIVITY
How much occupancy cost can the business support?
COURT-CAPACITY STRESS
Can memberships and programming actually fit on the available courts during prime time?
FINANCING RISK
What happens when interest rates, debt levels or financing terms change?
BREAK-EVEN REVENUE
How much revenue does the facility actually need?
Don't Find the Problems After You Open.
Have a Facility You're Considering?
Whether you're evaluating a building, negotiating a lease, planning a new facility or considering an investment, we can help determine whether the concept works before you commit the capital.
FROM CONCEPT TO INVESTMENT DECISION
Facility → Capacity → Utilization → Programming → Revenue → Operating Costs → EBITDA → Capital → Financing → Investor Returns
The Output Isn't Another Spreadsheet. It's a Decision Framework.
The Analyzer brings the numbers together with Pickleball Partners' facility experience to identify what works, what doesn't, what still needs to be proven and what must change before capital is committed.
Conditions Required for Success
What must be true for the project economics to work.
Key Strengths
What is working in the proposed concept.
Pickleball Partners Assessment
A professional assessment based on the complete facility—not one isolated financial assumption.
Critical Risks
What could materially affect feasibility.
Outstanding Due Diligence
What still needs to be confirmed before committing capital.
Improvement Opportunities
Where the facility concept or economics may be strengthened.