Opening Padel court on an island

With the limited amount of info you’ve provided, you (and your friends) can probably answer this better than anyone on here. What’s the demographic? 6,000 young people, or largely old folk? Is there a tennis scene already established? Etc

Which island? 

Do you have any data on where people spend most of their time and how many of them would be interested in playing padel? Tourists that play once would bring less revenue than recurrent bookings from locals. What competition from other clubs do you have (tennis, pickleball, etc)?

It will be hard to justify financially. Any club with less than 3-5 courts is challenging to make money off of, and with your population numbers that’s not a realistic amount to fill day in and day out. Operating just one court is more of a hassle than anything else. I’d scratch the idea unless it’s money you’re willing to lose. What about trying to get the local government to pay for a court? That’s how most get built in smaller localities here. Edit: for reference in Spain there’s about 1 court for every 3000 people.

Pozdrav… I’m from pula and I’ve setup some padel courts here… and my opinion for you and your location it can be done but it’s very tricky. The micro location must be very good so that in summer it’s very visible, accessible and appealing to tourists. Ideally within or very close to a hotel chain or apartment village so that there is a flux of ppl and that you could setup padel camps in spring and early autumn. And then you and your friends need to work on it and make community for the locals to get something also outside of the season period which is much shorter then you think. You need to have some facilities a small bar or at least something where ppl can sit, socialize etc. and to add to what someone said on the topic of money talks… I’m telling you upfront you’re not going to make a lot of money there, there isn’t enough ppl. You’ll have to work and above conditions must be met and you might be profitable. But this will never be a life changing thing in terms of money. So if you want to become a millionaire this is not the way. But if you love padel and you have the time , it could be something you do for a living and you could make a decent living out of and I think it’s a pretty nice thing to do in life. Run a club and play lots of padel, it can seriously improve your life. I’m not doing it, I have a guy that works for me, as I have other businesses and tbh sometimes when I come there seeing him interacting with ppl and playing so much padel, I’m thinking wow that’s amazing and so healthy and so much fun. But I also personally had bad luck and so many problems with my elbow and other injuries that I basically didn’t play last 2 years which is kinda depressing having made the courts. But it is what it is. It’s getting better now. Anyway if you need anything feel free to reach to me. I now know a lot about court construction and purchase. Zivio Ps, jel to mali Losinj Btw?

6000 locals plus summer tourists? Could work if you play it smart. Tourists will use it June-August, locals keep it ticking over rest of the year. Only one tennis court means there's demand for racket sports. Maybe start with one court, see how it goes, add another if it takes off. Worst case you've got a cool thing for you and your mates.

Using my own town as a benchmark, it would work (12,000 inhabitants, with 10 courts), but I don't think it's the best benchmark since pádel is very popular here in my country (Argentina). Anyway, with some business experience, I'd say you should look at what competition your court faces. What other sports and activities are offered on the island? Padel is a very friendly sport for all ages. But if there isn't a padel culture, you have to build it, and for that, it's important to offer lessons to children and have at least a group of experienced players who play regularly and are willing to play with less experienced players. A coach who gives lessons is also essential. Organizing local tournaments it's also important, and you probably have to sell rackets and balls too... Being cheap at first could be good for lowering the entry barrier... Good luck

That'd be tough to make money - like how many tennis or other racket clubs are on the island? A padel court is pretty inflexible for usage. You'd almost do better by having a tennis court that can also be used as 2 pickle courts.

Mali Lošinj?

Money talks. If you were to open a club and it went really well, would this improve your quality of life dramatically? If you were to open and not generate enough to sustain the business would this drastically make your quality of life worse? 6k people is enough assuming a small island and if you create a good community around the sport. You’d basically have to make your facility a hot spot for athletes. If that tennis court is busy all the time that’s another good sign. IMO. You’ll need at least three courts so you have a chance at generating community. I love padel and will always encourage more clubs haha.

U Beogradu ih imamo na svakom ćošku i često je sve puno ako ne rezervišeš par dana unapred. Ultra je popularno.