How It All Started
Pickleball arrived in San Miguel de Allende in 2010 with a few avid players and quickly took off. Initially, players used a run-down tennis court at the Real De Minas hotel and chalked the lines. A couple of years later, they began the same routine on a tennis court at La Unidad Deportiva… all good fun with 6 to 8 people.
In 2015, La Unidad Deportiva allowed the club to paint permanent court lines on the basketball courts. When one of the players became a PB ambassador it pushed the awareness factor with visitors and put our club on the map. Recently the Deportiva built 6 permanent Pickleball courts.
Locals play year-round and those who come to San Miguel for the winter months swell the numbers considerably. Comprised of Mexicans and foreigners from all over the globe — Australia, Canada, France, USA, and Venezuela to name a few — players are friendly and enjoy meeting socially on and off the courts.
