KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A large pickleball convention is coming to Kansas City, Mo., next year.
As reported by The Kansas City Star, Triple Crown Sports, a producer of youth and collegiate sports events, will bring its PickleCon to the Kansas City Convention Center in August 2024. It is expected the convention will include more than 60 vendors and representatives from more than 100 pickleball courts. It will also feature tournaments, panel discussions, and interactions with professional pickleball players.
The event’s website describes it as an “all-inclusive, all-encompassing pickleball experience designed to intrigue people new to the sport as well as everyday amateur players and tournament-seasoned competitors.”
“Triple Crown will dig into what drives the national passion for the sport with tournament play; camps/clinics; wheelchair/adaptive play; pro interactions; open play; panel discussions; breakout educational sessions; and a variety of community-based activities, charity events, and networking opportunities–something for everyone,” the description continues.
As stated in the article, Kathy Nelson, president/CEO of the Kansas City Sports Commission, says the event will have a huge impact. It is estimated PickleCon will create $39 million in economic spinoff for the city.
Triple Crown Sports director Alyssa Morrison says Kansas City’s central location and love for pickleball make it the “perfect setting” for PickleCon.
Morrison stated in the article that plans began for the event in 2018, but the COVID-19 pandemic put things on the back burner but things then picked back up in 2022.
