Outdoor Padel Courts in the US: Every State in 2026
Outdoor Padel Courts in the US: Every State in 2026
515 outdoor courts, 31 states, and the eight states that built all their padel under a roof
Search for "outdoor padel courts near me" and you get almost nothing useful — the directories that rank either predate the current US build-out or do not record whether a court has a roof over it. So we counted. Across every open padel club we track in the United States and Puerto Rico, here is where the outdoor courts actually are, which states have none, and what changes when the glass has sky above it.
Outdoor padel is the US default — just barely
Of 337 open padel clubs we track, outdoor venues are the largest single group — but the court-count race is close enough to be a coin flip.
| Facility type | Clubs | Courts |
|---|---|---|
| Outdoor | 159 | 515 |
| Indoor | 117 | 497 |
| Mixed (indoor and outdoor) | 34 | 214 |
| Not recorded | 27 | 85 |
Outdoor clubs outnumber indoor clubs by 42, but outdoor courts lead indoor courts by only 18 — out of more than 1,300. Indoor venues are simply bigger on average, because a building that justifies its own roof tends to justify six or eight courts underneath it.
Two caveats worth stating up front, because they change how you should read every number below. Mixed means a venue has both indoor and outdoor padel courts, so its court total is not all outdoor. And 27 open clubs have no facility type recorded at all, which means 515 is a floor, not a final figure. The true outdoor count is somewhere north of it.
The outdoor-heavy states
Thirty-one states and territories have at least one venue with outdoor padel. Every tracked state missing from this table is indoor-only or has no padel at all.
| State | Outdoor clubs | Outdoor courts | Mixed venues | Mixed-venue courts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 38 | 137 | 12 | 108 |
| Texas | 31 | 126 | 12 | 59 |
| California | 21 | 67 | 2 | 10 |
| New York | 12 | 29 | — | — |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| Arizona | 4 | 15 | — | — |
| North Carolina | 3 | 14 | — | — |
| New Jersey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Colorado | 6 | 13 | — | — |
| Georgia | 4 | 13 | — | — |
| South Carolina | 6 | 12 | — | — |
| Maryland | 4 | 12 | — | — |
| Connecticut | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 8 | — | — |
| Nevada | 1 | 8 | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | 1 | 7 |
| Ohio | 2 | 6 | — | — |
| Virginia | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| New Mexico | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Kentucky | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Washington | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Vermont | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Kansas | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Idaho | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Indiana | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Florida — 50 clubs, 245 courts
Florida is not just the biggest outdoor padel state, it is the biggest padel state, period — and roughly half its court capacity sits under open sky. The Set in Doral runs 12 outdoor courts with cold-plunge recovery and a gym attached. Padel X puts 10 panoramic courts in downtown Miami with the skyline as a backdrop, and Wynwood Padel Club and Ultra Padel Club - Aventura each run eight.
Miami alone has 15 open clubs, 10 of them outdoor, totalling 44 outdoor courts — the densest concentration of outdoor padel anywhere in the country. The trade-off is season-inverted: it is the summer afternoons, not the winters, that drive players indoors or under a canopy.
Texas — 43 clubs, 185 courts
Texas has the single largest outdoor facility we track. Padel39 East Austin opened in June 2026 with 12 outdoor courts — four of them covered — a five-minute drive from downtown Austin. Out west, El Paso has quietly become an outdoor padel town, with Padel 9 (nine courts) and Padel Paso (eight) between them accounting for most of the city's 19 outdoor courts.
California — 23 clubs, 77 courts
California's outdoor padel skews smaller and more urban than Florida's, often literally stacked above retail. Padel N9NE in San Diego is the state's largest at eight courts and doubles as an adidas flagship centre. Padel Up sits on the Westfield Century City Skydeck in Los Angeles, PURA PADEL LA (SHERMAN OAKS) on a mall roof in the Valley, and Park Padel on San Francisco's Embarcadero with free community hours. Bay Padel - San Jose runs six courts inside Google's Creekside village.
Outdoor padel in cold-winter states
The interesting entries in that table are not Florida and Texas — they are the states where someone built glass courts outdoors anyway.
Vermont is the purest case: both of its padel courts are outdoor, at Stowe Racquets in Stowe and at Brook Bound Inn in Wilmington. Colorado has six clubs and not one indoor court among them, including Snowmass Club at 8,000 feet and Aspen Padel Club at the base of Smuggler Mountain. Ohio got its first courts outdoors too — two glass-walled courts at Cincinnati Open Sporting Club in Mason, followed by four at Club Padel Newtown in Cincinnati. Ballers Boston Seaport gave Boston its first padel in an outdoor complex on Pier 4.
Some northern clubs hedge instead. Centercourt Morristown in New Jersey splits six courts three indoor and three outdoor and calls itself the state's first full-time year-round padel facility. PUDL Padel in Des Moines is Iowa's only club and runs exactly one of each. Serve and Smash Padel and Pickleball Club in Branford, Connecticut does the same at two and two.
Where the season actually ends
It depends entirely on the club, and a few have made the answer unusually literal. Westerly Municipal Padel Courts — the only town-owned padel courts in America — are painted onto Westerly's Main Street rink slab, so the padel season ends precisely when the ice goes back in. Triangle Tennis Club in Southampton went the other way and installed heated turf to keep its single court playable year-round. Jam Padel in Bellevue, Greater Seattle's only padel club, is an outdoor pop-up that has already extended its run into the fall while it chases a permanent site.
The practical rule: in any state north of the Mason-Dixon line, confirm the club is open for the month you are booking rather than assuming. Our cold weather padel guide covers what actually happens to the ball and your grip once the temperature drops.
The all-outdoor metros
Seven states have padel where every single open club is outdoor: Vermont, Kentucky, West Virginia, Nevada, Washington, Kansas and Idaho. In those states, outdoor is not a preference — it is the whole market.
Laredo is the standout city. Both its clubs are outdoor and together they hold 14 courts: Deuces Padel Club with nine and Laredo Padel Club with five. That is more outdoor capacity than most states. San Diego is the largest metro with no fully indoor club at all, and Las Vegas has exactly one club — P1 Padel Las Vegas, eight outdoor courts 20 minutes off the Strip.
States with no outdoor padel at all
Eight states have padel but no confirmed outdoor court:
- Utah — 6 clubs, 31 courts
- Wisconsin — 2 clubs, 11 courts
- Michigan — 1 club, 8 courts
- Missouri — 1 club, 6 courts
- Oregon — 1 club, 4 courts
- Arkansas — 1 club, 3 courts
- Minnesota — 1 club, 3 courts
- Louisiana — 1 club, 2 courts
Utah is the notable one: it is a top-10 padel state by court count and has built all of it under a roof. Minnesota and Wisconsin need no explanation. Louisiana is the counterexample that proves roofs are not only about snow — in a Gulf summer, air conditioning is the amenity.
What changes when you play outdoors
"Outdoor" often means covered
This is the single biggest thing the labels hide. Plenty of US venues filed under "outdoor" have a roof but no walls, which gets you rain cover and shade without the acoustics or still air of a true indoor court. Charlotte Padel Club in Matthews runs three covered and three open courts specifically so play survives summer storms. Padel39 East Austin covers four of its 12. Point Padel Club in Mission, Texas pairs three climate-controlled indoor courts with two covered outdoor ones. If weather cover matters to your booking, ask the club which specific court you are getting.
Wind, sun angle and the 6pm glare problem
A padel ball weighs under 60 grams, and the shot that suffers outdoors is the lob — a crosswind turns a well-judged defensive lob into a free smash for the other team. Glare is the underrated one. Because padel's back wall is glass, low evening sun comes through the court as well as over it, so the player at the sunny end gets hit twice. If you have a choice of slot, the hour either side of sunset is the one to avoid; if you do not, padel sunglasses earn their money there. Sustained sun and UV also age your gear faster, which is why outdoor-specific rackets exist.
Wet courts and when a club closes
Outdoor padel turf drains, but it stays slick long after the rain stops, and the sand that gives the surface its grip shifts when it is saturated. Most clubs will close rather than risk it — our guide on playing padel in the rain covers where the actual safety line sits. Outdoor surfaces also wear and play differently from indoor ones over time; see padel court surfaces explained and choosing shoes by court surface. In Florida and Texas, the more common cancellation is heat, not rain — playing padel in the heat has the mid-summer version of this problem.
For the full side-by-side, our indoor vs outdoor padel comparison goes deeper on how the two surfaces change tactics.
Finding an outdoor court near you
Start with the club directory, which filters by state, or go straight to a state page — Florida, Texas and California hold about two-thirds of all US outdoor courts between them. Every club page lists facility type, court count and access model, and you can check availability where the club's booking platform supports it.
Two closing notes. Outdoor does not mean free: even America's only municipal courts charge for a reservation, and our guide to public padel courts with no membership is the better starting point if cost is the constraint. And because 27 open clubs still have no facility type recorded, treat the outdoor totals here as a conservative floor. We update them as clubs get verified.
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