Key Articles & National News

ABC News: “As pickleball grows in popularity, noise complaints are also on the rise”

Business Insider: “Pickleball Noise is Driving Everyone Crazy. Scientists are trying to come up with a solution.”

NY Times: Shattered Nerves, Sleepless Nights: Pickleball Noise Is Driving Everyone Nuts

CNN: Pickleball is America’s fastest-growing sport. These people hate it

Facebook page: Pickleball Noise Relief including map of 200+ locations reporting issues

Facebook page: Pickleball Sound Mitigation by Bob Unitech (pickleball enthusiast) including sample of pickleball lawsuits

HBO – Real Sports w/ Bryant Gumbel: “Pickleball has exploded across the US, but is driving some people up a wall”

LA Times: “Pickleball noise is fueling neighborhood drama from coast to coast”

Pickleball BC / Tennis BC: Pickleball and Tennis – a Solution That Meets the Needs of Both Sports

S&W Acoustics and Noise Control: Why Are Your Pickleball Courts Receiving Complaints from Neighbors?

Wall Street Journal: “Thwack. Pop. Whack. Pickleball Noises Turn Neighbors Into Activists.

Wall Street Journal: “‘It’s Been Awkward.’ Pickleball Is Pitting Neighbor Against Neighbor in Noise-Conscious Communities.”

Washington Post: Pickleball banned at NYC park as players, parents tussle for turf

Town of Danville News & Updates

Danville Town Talks: Pickleball project history and updates

Local Headlines (across the U.S. and Canada)

9news.com: “Raising a racket: Pickleball noise divides neighbors and players”

Berkleyside: “‘It’s like gunshots’: North Berkeley neighbors protest noisy pickleball games”

Cape Cod Times: Pickleball fatigue: Fun for players, stressful for neighbors”

CTV News Vancouver:Popular pickleball a neighbourhood nuisance in South Surrey”

East Greenwich Rhode Island News: Hill Neighbors Oppose New Pickleball Court Plan”

Fox 5 New York: “Noise complaints prompt closures at [Ridgewood, NJ] pickleball courts”

Franklin Park Borough: “Pickleball is no longer permitted at Old Orchard Park Courts”

Easthampton Star: “Pickleball, a Racket of a Sport in Sagaponack” 

KATU: “Pickleball frenzy comes with noise complaints and lawsuits”

Kansas: “Pickleball noise has become nuisance at this Prairie Village park.”

KOIN 6: “Lake Oswego [Oregon] shuts down city pickleball courts indefinitely due to noise complaints”

KTVU News: “Pickleball is America’s fastest-growing sport since 2019. But the outdoors, court-based paddle game is garnering a fair amount of critics too [in Walnut Creek, CA]”

KTVU News: “Battle lines are drawn in Berkeley as neighborhood sours on pickleball”

Mercer Me: “Neighbors prevail over players in pickleball dispute

Monterey County NOW: “Pickleball…fastest-growing sport in the U.S., is both loved and hated in Monterey County.”

Mercury News/Pacific Grove: “Pickleball noise fight goes before city leaders

NBC 2: “New pickleball court divides neighbors in Estero community

News Channel 3: “Maine neighborhood complains noise from pickleball club is hurting quality of life”

Realty Biz News: “Noisy pickleball courts cause upset with homeowners”

San Diego: “More homeowners are taking legal action over pickleball noise”

San Francisco: “Presidio Wall pickleball hypocrisy heats up in San Francisco”

Toronto Star: “Neighbour claims pickleball noise is ‘torture,’ takes town and club to court”

Tri City News: “Coquitlam park neighbours fed up with ‘annoying’ pickleball noise Chestnut Hill neighbors in a pickle over noisy pickleball courts”

Vancouver Sun: “Pickleballers face off with residents over noise in Metro Vancouver

Walnut Creek: “A Clash of Recreation: Pickleball vs. Tennis in Walnut Creek”

Westport News: “Neighbors, country club face off over pickleball courts

WTOP News: “Vienna [Virginia] limits pickleball play because of noise”