Sports company Vida del Padel is bringing padel – the fastest growing sporting pursuit – to Lincolnshire for the first time in formal courts in a dedicated unit after a search for the right premises and county location that has lasted over a year.
The company has chosen a 10,000-foot unit at Bishops Trade Park on Lincoln’s Outer Circle Road, scored well with Vida del padel in fulfilling a number of the operator’s criteria.
Director Ross Carlin said: “In location terms, Lincoln holds a demographic attraction. Not only does it have a vibrant retail and leisure scene in the city centre, boosted by a university cohort, but there is an advantageous reach of population within a 30 to 45 minute drive.
“While Unit C at Bishops Trade Park scored in terms of customer accessibility and parking too, internally, the layout of the unit also offered us carte blanche to have the padel court layouts we want.
“Our unit has a really good eaves height for clearance. Padel is, conventionally a sport played by doubles and so the size of the new premises lends itself to us having two full sized padel courts and, in addition, what will be the UK’s first singles padel court.”
William Wall, Director, Eddisons incorporating Banks Long & Co, said: “In taking its place at Bishops Trade Park alongside high profile trade counter and retail brands such as MKM, Screwfix and Toolstation, Vida del padel certainly brings a different kind of occupier offering.
“As Lincolnshire’s first, dedicated, formal padel courts, it’s an exciting offer and we’ve been pleased to play our part in putting padel on the local map.”
