The Pickle Video games, billed as the most important pickleball pageant on the planet, is a go for Miami Marine Stadium January 13-14, 2024. The occasion is the brainchild of Steve Suarez, the founding father of BlackStage Productions and the health pageant Wodapalooza.

“In January, I began taking part in pickleball and fell in love with the game,” Suarez tells New Instances. “I researched the game, tournaments, and get-togethers and realized there was a niche in our market for a large-scale, palooza-type occasion. So, now we’re doing it.”

As for the most important pickleball pageant on the planet declare, Suarez plans to have 100 courts put in on the Miami Marine Stadium grounds for the occasion. Amongst them, there will probably be a stadium court docket with seating for 1,000, smoke machines, LED lights, and different results. One other court docket is deliberate to the positioned on an anchored barge.

VIP lounges, reside performances, culinary distributors, seminars on the game, and boutiques with tourney garb, all set towards the panoramic vistas of Biscayne Bay, will add to the pageant ambiance. The 2-day occasion plans to host 800 skilled and newbie groups and hopes to draw upward of 5,000 attendees every day. For rivals, there will probably be a 5,000-square-foot athlete village with bodily therapists, hydration stations, and Instagram ops. There can even be tournaments for doubles and mixed-doubles groups throughout age divisions. In keeping with Suarez, there will probably be a professional division, and the video games could associate with knowledgeable group down the road to attract worldwide expertise.

Early-bird registration is now open and priced at $400 per staff. That features entry to the match, commemorative merchandise, and entry to the athlete village and grounds all weekend. Tickets for the general public will probably be unveiled at a later date.

“That is going to be a really distinctive expertise, and we’re ecstatic it’s taking place,” Suarez says. “It is going to be in an iconic and excellent place, and it will likely be targeted on the oldsters on the market which can be taking part in pickleball day by day. I hope they get pleasure from it.”

The Pickle Video games. Saturday, January 13, and Sunday, January 14, 2024, at Miami Marine Stadium, 3501 Rickenbacker Cswy., Miami; thepicklegames.com. Registration prices $400 per staff.