{"id":18722,"date":"2025-07-23T20:46:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/18722\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T20:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:46:15","slug":"planet-fitness-veterans-to-launch-first-conquer-padel-franchise-in-us-plan-50-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/18722\/","title":{"rendered":"Planet Fitness Veterans to Launch First Conquer Padel Franchise in US, Plan 50 Clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Planet Fitness alums Alex, Greg and Robert Baker are teaming up with Conquer Padel to launch the first U.S. franchise, kicking off a 50-club expansion <\/p>\n<p>Conquer Padel is officially entering the U.S. franchise arena, awarding its first-ever domestic deal to a trio of industry veterans with big plans to bring the sport to the masses.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/athletechnews.com\/conquer-padel-pioneers-franchise-model\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona-based padel franchise<\/a> has partnered with the Baker family, who previously operated more than 20 Planet Fitness locations across the Midwest. The family intends to open 50 Conquer Padel clubs nationwide, starting with four in the Northeast. Real estate site selection is already underway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a very easy decision for us,\u201d Alex Baker said. \u201cWe truly believe in Conquer\u2019s model and see it becoming the U.S. industry leader. When Greg and I met the team in Tempe, we knew right away that this was a special group of people who aligned with our values, culture and vision. It felt like family, and that\u2019s exactly what we were looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Conquer1-e1740986603630-1024x512.webp.webp\" alt=\"conquer padel headquarters\" class=\"wp-image-122717\" style=\"width:618px;height:auto\"  \/>credit: Conquer Padel<\/p>\n<p>The agreement represents a major milestone for padel\u2019s growth in the U.S., where interest in the f<a href=\"https:\/\/athletechnews.com\/padel-growth-us-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ast-paced racket sport is accelerating<\/a>. In 2024 alone, more than 350 padel courts were built across the country, up 77% from 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe level of sophistication Conquer brought to the table in terms of operations and technology was eye-opening for such a novel franchise,\u201d added Greg Baker. \u201cIt solidified our view that they\u2019re the right partner for long-term growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greg Baker, who previously oversaw financial operations for the family\u2019s Planet Fitness portfolio and recently consulted for Vamos Padel, said Conquer\u2019s infrastructure stood out.<\/p>\n<p>  See Also<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/athletechnews.com\/five-personal-training-certifications-five-unique-personalities\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/personal-trainer-cert-180x180.webp.webp\" class=\"attachment-theissue-thumbnail-x2 size-theissue-thumbnail-x2 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Personal trainer working out with client\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe level of sophistication Conquer brought to the table in terms of operations and technology was eye-opening for such a novel franchise,\u201d he said. \u201cIt solidified our view that they\u2019re the right partner for long-term growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The relationship took shape at RacquetX, where Greg met the <a href=\"https:\/\/conquerpadel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Conquer<\/a> team and began discussions that led to the deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Baker family fit our franchisee profile to a T,\u201d Conquer Franchise Group CEO Barry Falcon said. \u201cThey\u2019re great individuals, savvy businesspeople, have deep fitness industry experience and most importantly, they\u2019re passionate about padel. Franchisee selection is critical to an emerging brand, and this team checks all the boxes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Planet Fitness alums Alex, Greg and Robert Baker are teaming up with Conquer Padel to launch the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[11967,6647,102,11968,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-18722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-conquer-padel","9":"tag-fitness","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-padel","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}