Pickleball Central announced Tuesday the opening of Pickleball Station, a public pickleball facility in Kent that provides pickleball courts open to the public, lessons and a pro shop for pickleball enthusiasts.

The business caters to the tens of thousands of pickleball players throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Pickleball Station’s indoor pickleball courts can be reserved hourly for private court time or enjoyed for drop-in play, clinics, lessons with Pickleball Station’s professional instructors, as well as corporate and team building events.

The company hosts a grand opening celebration on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., which will be attended by Barney McCallum, one of pickleball’s founders. The 18,000-square-foot facility, at 22330 68th Ave. S., features four courts, a large pro shop, Pickleball Museum and shares space with its sister company, Pickleball Central.

“It is rather ironic that despite the Puget Sound being the birthplace of Pickleball, there are not any dedicated indoor court facilities in the Seattle area” shared David Johnson, president of Pickleball Station. “We recognized the need for pickleball players in the Puget Sound (area) to have access to a dedicated facility where players of any level can get year-round access to courts, obtain quality instruction and shop for a wide variety of pickleball equipment and apparel. Our solution was to create the Seattle area’s first indoor facility devoted exclusively to pickleball.”

Pickleball Station will have state-of-the-art dedicated indoor courts open every day all year long. Players will be able to reserve courts online for any hour between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.

Pickleball Station was founded by the owners of Pickleball Central, one of the world’s largest independent suppliers of pickleball-related equipment.

The company is a family oriented, privately held company operating in Kent.