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The Peterson’s house at 3630 Jackson St. is currently on sale with an asking price of $36 million.A San Francisco couple seeking the sale of their $36 million home lost a potential buyer due to the noise from a nearby public pickleball court, their real estate agent told The Standard. The home has a pickleball court in its yard.

SLN/CR Panels engages with USA Pickleball on testing next-generation sound absorption technology purpose-built for pickleball.Kansas City-based startup SLN/CR (pronounced "silencer") today participated in an on-site acoustics demonstration, in conjunction with USA Pickleball, of its novel sound absorption panels.

Bob Aaron says justice of the peace found noise caused by pickleball was unreasonable and disturbed inhabitants, and this breached town bylaws.There is only one problem with Pickleball, says Bob Aaron: the impact of a solid racket on a hard plastic ball emits a loud thwacking sound which can be very annoying to residents near courts.

A Chilliwack resident has lodged a human rights complaint due to noise from a pickleball court that he claims dealing with is worse than death.

Pickleball players fill the courts at Pickleball Island on Grand Island last week. A report says 36 million people played the growing sport at least once in the last year.Several years ago, when the owners of the South Towns and Village Glen tennis clubs were looking to fill open court time, they decided to capitalize on the growing trend of playing pickleball.

When discussing the ever-evolving landscape of Florida’s commercial real estate (CRE) market, one trend has begun to stand out — the rise of pickleball. This sport, once a leisurely pastime, has turned into a compelling investment opportunity, transforming the CRE sector and driving significant shifts in property acquisition and development strategies throughout Florida — but not without risk.

Pickleball is the fastest growing – and perhaps the noisiest – sport in the country. As the sport grows, so does demand for places to play. Indoor pickleball courts are popping up all over the country.

The fast-growing sport of pickleball is popular with players — but the persistent “pock-pock” sound of a plastic ball hitting paddles is annoying for neighbors living near Walter Reed Community Center in South Arlington. Next week, Arlington County’s government plans to erect a tall acoustic fence around the combination pickleball/tennis courts at Walter Reed, which is located near South 16th Street and Walter Reed Drive, south of Columbia Pike.

Pickleball players have entered his neighbourhood, and the noise generated from their sessions have been preventing this Serangoon resident from sleeping, he shared in a Facebook post to Complaint Singapore on "I work night shift, [but] cannot sleep past 9am," the user wrote. "All because these people come play this sport every day…"

Courts cannot be used until they are brought into compliance.Residents who live near Greenbriar Hills Country Club in Kirkwood have been proven correct in their concerns that the club’s new pickleball courts are disruptively loud.

Hard plastic pickleballs can generate a lot of noise. Photo by Stephen James Hall courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.As thousands of athletes descend on Pittsburgh for the 2023 National Senior Games, you might want to get your earplugs ready because 1,500 of them will be playing in one of the competition’s feature events, the NSGA National Pickleball Tournament.

he Fairfield County Hunt Club has withdrawn its application to build pickleball courts.

The move came after neighbors’ concerns about noise, a dicey hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission earlier this month, and a recent letter from a club member indicating all are not on board with disrupting the neighborhood.

The pop-pop-pops of pickleball — one of the fastest-growing sports in America — are becoming more prevalent in Colorado as people continue to jump on the bandwagon.Cities like Denver are in a love-hate relationship with the sport, Axios' Jennifer A. Kingson reports.Denver officials are adding six more pickleball courts at Martin Luther King Jr. Park, for a total of 10, which will be the biggest concentration of courts in the city, 9News reports. There are currently more than two dozen courts in operation citywide.

A new development late today in the city’s plan to set up six pickleball courts on what used to be tennis courts in Lincoln Park. Previously, Seattle City Councilmember Lisa Herbold had asked Seattle Parks Superintendent AP Diaz last Friday to host a community meeting about the plan, which has drawn opposition from people worried the noise will harm birds and. other wildlife. Early this afternoon, Councilmember Herbold told us she had not yet heard back from Diaz. Then late this afternoon, Parks sent an email to people who had contacted the department about the plan – sent to both supporters and opponents, judging by those who received it and forwarded it to us.

The Wichita City Council approved a sound study Tuesday to determine how loud the planned South Lakes Pickleball Complex will be and whether measures need to be taken to reduce noise.

Residents living in a neighborhood directly across from Paul Neal Park — where four pickleball courts were recently installed — are calling on the village to do something about the incessant noise.

Pickleball courts will be rolled out at the National Mall for the first time ever.Get ready D.C.Picklers are about to take over the National Mall.The first-ever National Mall of Pickleball tournament will take place in partnership with the Trust for the National Mall and Humana.

Noise from a nearby pickleball court — similar to the one pictured in this stock photo — has become disruptive for some residents in Chilliwack, B.C.

Prairie Village plans to address pickleball noise coming from six courts at Windsor Park. Above, a man plays pickleball at Windsor Park.The national furor over pickleball noise has made its way to Prairie Village

Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in the U.S., but it seems not everyone is happy with its popularity.A meeting was held in Wellesley Friday morning to discuss the growing game being played at Sprague fields. Neighbors say the noise is causing a nuisance and are asking the town to reconsider the position of the courts.