Padeland: Indoor Padel & Brewery Coming to Chandler AZ
Padeland: Indoor Padel & Brewery Coming to Chandler AZ
Arizona's first all-in-one padel and pickleball social club is taking over a former downtown Chandler movie theater.
The former LOOK Dine-In Cinemas in downtown Chandler sat dark for the better part of two years. Now the 35,000-square-foot building is being rebuilt into something the Valley hasn't seen before: Padeland, an indoor padel club wrapped around a craft brewery, a restaurant, a coffee shop, a coworking floor, and a full wellness lounge — all under one roof.
It is being billed as Arizona's first all-in-one padel and pickleball social club, and it is one of the more ambitious adaptive-reuse projects in the state's fast-growing padel scene.
Padeland
Padeland is taking over the old movie-theater anchor at the corner of Arizona Avenue and Chandler Boulevard, steps from the bars and restaurants of the downtown Chandler core. Co-founded by Daniel Maldonado and Alejandro Serna, it is designed less like a sports facility and more like a neighborhood hangout that happens to have glass-walled padel courts at its center. Expect an after-work crowd splitting time between the taproom and the courts.
Courts: 4 | Type: Indoor | Ceiling: 30ft
Inside the 35,000 Sq Ft Converted Cinema
The LOOK Dine-In Cinemas that once occupied the space had nine theaters along with a restaurant, bar, and in-house brewery — infrastructure Padeland's founders are reusing rather than razing. Tall theater ceilings translate naturally into the roughly 30-foot clearance padel needs, and the existing kitchen and brewing setup gave the team a head start on the food-and-beverage side.
Converting a cinema into a racquet club is a pointed bet on where downtown Chandler is heading: away from passive entertainment and toward active, social gathering spaces.
Four Padel Courts, a Brewery, and a Wellness Lounge
Padeland's floor plan reads like a small village. Plans call for four indoor padel courts and five pickleball courts, a craft brewery and taproom, a restaurant, a coffee shop, a coworking space, and a wellness area with cold plunge, sauna, and recovery tools.
The pitch is that you could book a court, grab a beer brewed on-site, take a recovery session, and answer a few emails without leaving the building. For a sport that is as much about the social hang as the match itself, the format fits.
Why Chandler, and Why a Hybrid Model
Indoor matters in Arizona. Summer afternoons routinely top 110°F, and outdoor courts go unused for months — so a climate-controlled venue can run leagues and clinics year-round while outdoor clubs sit idle in the heat.
Chandler also anchors the East Valley, one of metro Phoenix's fastest-growing and most affluent submarkets, with a walkable downtown that has been actively courting destination concepts. A padel-plus-brewery hub is exactly the kind of tenant that turns a former theater into a reason to come downtown.
Where Padeland Fits on Arizona's Padel Map
Padel has spread quickly across Arizona, and Padeland is joining a field that already includes indoor courts. Conquer Padel Club in Tempe and Padel Pals Club in Mesa are both open and indoors, while Tucson has The Pad Tucson and Padel AZ. PURE Pickleball & Padel is also planning a large Scottsdale complex.
What sets Padeland apart is not simply being indoors — it is pairing the courts with a brewery, a wellness lounge, and a coworking floor in a single converted landmark. If you are mapping out where to play across the region, our guides to Mesa and the East Valley, Phoenix, Tempe, and Scottsdale, and Tucson cover the current options, and our look at the upcoming PURE Pickleball & Padel megaclub tracks another big project in the pipeline.
How to Get Updates
Padeland is still listed as opening soon. The project was first floated for a late-2025 debut and later pushed to spring 2026, so the timeline has moved more than once. Court reservations will run through PlayByPoint, the booking platform the club has set up at padeland.playbypoint.com.
Once Padeland opens, you will be able to check court availability and find the latest details on its Padel Browser club page. Until then, keep an eye on the downtown Chandler corner where the theater marquee used to glow.
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