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325 Pickleball Is the Past. The Tech Elite Is Obsessed With Padel

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Jemima McEvoy @ The Information 2 place · 07/04/2026 09:00 EDT

Back in 2023, Matias Gandulfo and Lucas Tepman set out to build the first club in San Francisco devoted to padel, a racket sport that combines elements of tennis and squash. It originated in Mexico and is popular in their native Argentina, attracting millions of players. But potential California landlords for the club thought they were nuts: No way would padel take off in America, too. The two eventually found a space to conduct their experiment: a former airplane hangar on Treasure Island.

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