Convenience Big Store: 9 of the best places to find a pickleball game in League City

League City reopens pavilion following $180K renovation.

Pickleball anyone?

League City recently completed an overhaul of the pavilion at Gripon Park that included updated lighting and new recreational amenities. The $180,000 project also included expanding the pavilion's pickleball court amenities.

While the basketball courts are still popular, according to city spokesperson Sarah Osborne, it's the pickleball enthusiasts who are omnipresent at the pavilion during business hours.

They're either on the court playing, waiting on the sidelines for their turn, or watching a match, and the city even added bleacher-style benches to the pavilion to make the seating more accommodating.

Obviously, the new seating options are for all the pavilion's visitors, not just pickleball fans, but for right now, it seems like the pickleball court rules.

Pickleball was invented in the 1960s, but for an old sport, it seems like a modern pastime.

Read here about all the other improvements to the pavilion at Gripon Park at Countryside and here to find out where you can find a pickleball court in League City.

Yvette Orozco, Suburban reporter producer

yvette.orozco@houstonchronicle.com

Need to Know

Greater Houston Pickleball members Norman Gilbert, Ron Burton, Alex Valdez and Shay Alhalaby participate in a match during Friday morning play at Frankie Carter Randolph Park, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023 in Friendswood.

Photo by: Kirk Sides, Staff Photographer

Where to play pickleball in League City: Here are 9 public courts.

The growing popularity of pickleball has made courts increasingly ubiquitous in community parks, recreational facilities, and fitness gyms.

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Shout out

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Abby Fuller, Sr., Clear Springs HS, surpassed 1,000 career digs in a District 24-6A win over Clear Creek.

Olivia Jones, of Clear Creek HS, recorded 359 kills

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