CityPickle pop-up in Central Park
- What: CityPickle pop-up bringing pick-up pickleball sessions and social play to the park. - When: Scheduled this week with drop-in and organized sessions across April 20–26. - Where: Central Park courts — details: timeout.com
CityPickle’s spring pickleball season is back at Central Park’s Wollman Rink, where 14 courts reopened on Tuesday, April 21, and run daily this week. (timeout.com) The setup operates from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and includes open play, clinics and private lessons through early fall, according to Time Out and CityPickle. (timeout.com, city-pickle.com) CityPickle says its daily open-play sessions cost $5, and the company is offering first-time players 50% off a single clinic or open-play session at the Central Park location. (city-pickle.com) Private court rentals cost $80 an hour during off-peak hours and $120 an hour during peak hours at Wollman Rink, with peak pricing in effect mornings, evenings and all day Friday through Sunday. (centralpark.com) The pop-up has become a recurring warm-weather use for the rink, which flips from ice skating in winter to pickleball in spring and summer. Time Out called this the fourth CityPickle season at the site. (timeout.com) That seasonal switch now sits inside a longer plan. CityPickle said in November that it had secured a 20-year license with New York City Parks, through a partnership with Related Companies, to keep pickleball at Wollman Rink and invest $10.9 million in the site. (city-pickle.com, insider.fitt.co) CityPickle has said more than 180,000 players have tried pickleball at Wollman Rink over the past three years, a figure it used to argue that the sport has moved from novelty to a regular Central Park draw. (city-pickle.com, sgbonline.com) For this week, the pitch is simple: show up at a famous rink with a paddle instead of skates, and Central Park becomes a pickup court until 9 p.m. each night. (timeout.com, centralpark.com)
