Looking to capitalize on one of the fastest-growing sports games in the country, pickleball enthusiast, billionaire financier, and Major League Pickleball founder Steve Kuhn announced a push to convert the reuse of existing indoor mall and strip mall properties into pickleball facilities.

Called Picklemalls, Kuhn plans to open 50 US locations in 24 months, including the first in Tempe, Ariz., in July.

Other cities in the immediate works are Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Madison, and Bentonville, Ark.

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