CLVB Padel: Columbus, Ohio's First Dedicated Padel Club
CLVB Padel: Columbus, Ohio's First Dedicated Padel Club
Central Ohio's racket scene is about to get a purpose-built home for the world's fastest-growing sport.
Columbus has watched padel explode across the country — Miami, New York, Austin — without a single dedicated court of its own. That is about to change. CLVB Padel is building central Ohio's first club designed around the sport from the ground up, and a second venue in the northern suburbs is adding courts of its own. After years of borrowing converted tennis and pickleball space, the Columbus padel community is finally getting a home base.
Columbus Gets Its First Dedicated Padel Club
Padel — the glass-walled, doubles-only racket sport that plays a bit like tennis crossed with squash — has been one of the fastest-growing sports in the world for a decade. In the U.S. it landed first in the coastal metros, then started spreading inland. Ohio already has courts in the Cincinnati and Cleveland areas, but Columbus, the state's largest city, has been a glaring gap on the map.
CLVB Padel is closing it. The project is purpose-built for padel rather than retrofitted, which matters more than it sounds: a dedicated facility means proper court dimensions, the right glass, climate control, and a layout designed for social play instead of squeezed between tennis lines.
The New Clubs Bringing Padel to Central Ohio
CLVB Padel
CLVB Padel is planning 4–6 premium courts under a 28-foot roof — tall enough to clear the lobs that make padel so addictive — with openable side doors that let the club play half-indoor, half-outdoor when the Ohio summer cooperates, and heating to keep games going through January. The vision goes well beyond the courts: a pro shop, locker rooms, lounges, and a bar are all part of the plan, positioning CLVB as a social hub as much as a place to play.
An exact opening date has not been announced yet. The club is gathering early interest now, so the fastest way to land a court time on day one is to follow its rollout. You can track the latest on its official site at clvbpadel.com.
Type: Indoor | Ceiling: 28ft
NewGen Racquet Club
Just north of the city in Lewis Center, NewGen Racquet Club is a community-built indoor facility already known for pickleball, tennis, and badminton — and padel is next on the list. Folding padel into an established multi-sport club gives central Ohio players a second option close to home and an easy on-ramp for the pickleball crowd curious to try the bigger, glass-walled cousin. The club already holds a 4.5★ rating on Google from its members.
Address: 6853 Green Meadows Dr, Lewis Center, OH 43035 | Phone: (614) 779-0720
Type: Indoor | Rating: 4.5★
Ohio's Padel Momentum
Columbus is not acting in a vacuum. The Buckeye State has quietly become one of the Midwest's more active padel markets. Club Padel is bringing the state's first outdoor courts to Cincinnati — we covered that project in Club Padel Cincinnati: Ohio's First Outdoor Padel Club — while the Cleveland area already has indoor play at Padel Square and Cleveland Premier Padel. With Columbus joining in, all three of Ohio's major metros will have dedicated padel inside the same stretch. For the wider view, see our Growth of Padel in the Midwest: 2026 Update.
What to Expect When the Doors Open
If you have never played, padel is famously easy to pick up: the underhand serve, enclosed walls, and doubles-only format produce long, social rallies that reward placement over power. New clubs like CLVB typically open with a mix of open-play sessions, beginner clinics, equipment rentals, and league nights, so you do not need your own racket or a regular foursome to get started. The pro shop and bar mean a casual evening can turn into a match — and a match can turn into a casual evening.
How to Get Updates and Check Availability
Both clubs are listed as opening soon on Padel Browser, which is the simplest way to keep tabs on them. Save the CLVB Padel and NewGen Racquet Club pages and check back as opening dates firm up — once courts go live, you will be able to check availability right there. To see every new club coming online this year, browse our running New Padel Courts Opening in 2026 tracker.
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