alt Hacker News5+ years ago, perhaps? Almost all the places have closed down now here in Sweden. The bubble popped and now it's a joke and you see repurposed ex-padel buildings around every city. It's been years since I heard anyone talk about it other than to comment on how weird it was that it was so popular for a short time and then disappeared.
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Wow, it's really surprising to hear that about Sweden. According to the FIP report there are 14,355 courts built in 2025 worldwide (39 courts per day!).
And Sweden seem to be way ahead than any other country in this padel mania and who knows, many same future is prepared for other countries soon.
But now in Portugal we see a different situation, a lot of clubs are 90% to 100% booked and new padel clubs still appear.
My question was based on seeing courts springing up all over London recently.
Do you play padel in Sweden? There was a big oversupply of courts, powered by bad expectations and venture capital. Things have scaled down, but I heard it is still very popular. Am I wrong?