Meadow Creek Tennis and Fitness Club rebrands as Denver Racquets Club after sale

A Lakewood sports club has a new name and new courts Denver Racquets Club is in full swing after over years as Meadow Creek Tennis and Fitness Club at W th Ave For a great number of years it was tennis only at the club but in the fall of and summer of we added pickleball and padel owner Ian Hintz reported So now we have four racquet sports and are fairly centrally located in the Denver metro and we felt that it made sense Hintz bought the club a year ago and has since upgraded the inside of the -square-foot facility That includes new lighting and fans for DRC s seven indoor tennis courts and other tweaks around the edges of the fitness center Those changes fit in nicely with the club s two platform tennis courts which are also on the main property and two indoor pickleball courts in a satellite facility a meager minutes down the road at Sheridan Blvd Hintz who is the boy s tennis coach at Kent Denver School also opened four padel courts this past weekend to capitalize on what he dubbed the world s fastest growing sport It combines elements of tennis and squash in an enclosed area where the walls are part of the tournament The padel society is growing fast and we re really excited to be on the front end of that Hintz stated In the future Hintz wants to continue giving the indoor spaces a facelift with things like new locker rooms food and beverage offerings and possibly day care He also wants to add sports like squash badminton and table tennis That ll ideally be alongside outdoor pickleball courts which he mentioned could come via another satellite setup like DRC s indoor ones Related Articles Douglas County s Zebulon sports megacomplex could break ground this fall Will it be iconic or a money pit Is there room for a new racket sport in Colorado Here s where to play padel Keeler Denver cancer survivors have message for CU Buffs Deion Sanders Thank you Louisville pickleball center owners hope to create district Monfort Companies signs -year lease at Lawrence We have a lot of things in the works but a lot of it is conjecture at this point he stated Hintz bought the business from Adam Kahn who owned it for two decades but sold it to focus on a separate pickleball-only business Hintz announced he s increased the number of members from around to about Before members paid fees for specific features like tennis or the gym Now adults pay or a month depending on age for all the club s offerings plus an initiation fee of or The courts are still open to non-members who pay a daily fee of or depending on age We ve seen large upsurge in membership and still have a lot of maximum Hintz explained Individuals that are wanting to play multiple racquet sports we re a good home for them Read more from our partner BusinessDen