Diablo Padel: Six Indoor Courts Coming to Oakland in 2027
Diablo Padel: Six Indoor Courts Coming to Oakland in 2027
The East Bay's first indoor padel club has sold its founding memberships but not yet named a site
Diablo Padel is a six-court indoor padel club planned for Oakland, and it would be the first indoor padel venue in the East Bay. Its own site gives the timing as "Opening 2027" with no month, and the location only as "Oakland. Official location coming soon." Its first round of founding memberships has already sold out, and a free waitlist is open at diablopadel.com.
Everything below comes from the club's own pages, read on 9 November 2026.
What's coming
Diablo Padel
The club describes itself as "a premier indoor padel and social club for the East Bay." The plan is six courts under one roof, indoor and climate-controlled, with a lounge in the middle so the next match over is something to watch. After play there is a sauna and a recovery gym. Leagues, ladders and open nights are part of the pitch, aimed at the player who has two friends and needs a fourth. No street address has been published yet, so don't go looking for a building.
Courts: 6 | Type: indoor
The vision page gives the overhead clearance as 35 ft. That is high for padel, where lobs are a large share of the game and a low roof changes how points are played. Our directory listing currently says 30 ft, and the club's own figure is the one to trust. The site also promises "glass on all four walls" and "pro-grade glass and turf, built to one standard," so the six courts should play the same.
The name, per the site, "nods to Mount Diablo, the peak you can see from almost anywhere in the Bay." It is not a hint that the club is in Walnut Creek or Concord. The FAQ answer to "Where will it be?" is Oakland.
Who's behind it
The founder and CEO is Angel Tramontin. His page on the club site says a family visit to Panama in 2017 put a padel racket in his hand. It also says he is Venezuelan, was raised in Cincinnati and is a member at Bay Area padel clubs who "plays most weeks." Before Diablo he co-founded GoPlai, an AI tool that turns parent-filmed youth sports footage into highlight reels. He spent six years at LinkedIn in San Francisco and finished an MBA at Berkeley Haas in 2026.
His stated reason for the club is the social side of the game: "the long hangs after the match, the friends you make on court four." The waitlist form says sign-ups get a personal email from Angel, which tells you how small the operation is at this stage.
Timing and membership
The site says 2027 and nothing more precise. The FAQ: "In 2027. We will publish the date as soon as it is fixed." Treat any month you see elsewhere as a guess.
The homepage says "50 founding memberships sold out." According to the FAQ, more founding spots are coming "very soon," and the waitlist hears about them first. Prices have not been published. The club says it will post them before opening, that there is "no joining fee, and anyone can book a court," so a membership is not required to play. Intro clinics and open plays will be free for members. Private lessons and other programming are charged at member rates.
New players are explicitly welcome. The FAQ answer to "What if I have never played?" is "You are exactly who we want."
How it fits the Bay Area map
Today, an East Bay player who wants a roof drives across a bridge. Our directory lists no open padel club in Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda or the other East Bay cities. The nearest indoor courts are in San Francisco and on the Peninsula: Bay Padel Treasure Island (6 indoor), Bay Padel Dogpatch (2 indoor) and Park Padel South San Francisco (6 indoor). The full list is in our San Francisco guide, and the South Bay and Silicon Valley guide covers San Jose and Sunnyvale.
Oakland's other project is outdoors, and it will open first.
Oakland Padel
Two lighted outdoor courts at Embarcadero Cove, just off I-880, with a lounge and restrooms across from the courts. In October the club was aiming for a mid-November soft opening. Its homepage now reads "Opening in December." We covered the project in detail in Oakland Padel at Embarcadero Cove.
Courts: 2 | Type: outdoor
Following along
If both projects deliver, Oakland goes from no padel courts to eight within about a year: two outdoor courts from December and six indoor courts in 2027. To hear first, join the waitlist at diablopadel.com or email hello@diablopadel.com. Statewide context is in padel's growth in California, and every club in the state is on the California page. We'll update the Diablo Padel listing once the club names a site.
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