{"id":183025,"date":"2026-04-02T02:16:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/183025\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T02:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:16:22","slug":"pickleball-comes-to-downtown-new-rochelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/183025\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickleball comes to downtown New Rochelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-208333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PickleRage-group-photo-400x286.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"362\"  \/>From left, Michael Cirocco, senior project manager, LRC Construction; PickleRage Franchisee Henry Sztul; Bruce Berg, CEO, Cappelli Development; PickleRage franchisee Brian Snyder; Kathie Mullin, project manager, LRC Construction and Michael Hargis, senior associate, Investment &amp; Asset Management, Cappelli Development. Photo courtesy of PickleRage<\/p>\n<p>PickleRage, a new 42,000-square-foot indoor pickleball facility in the heart of downtown New Rochelle, debuted with a VIP preview event on March 25 and a special weekend promotion on March 28- 29 where nearly 1,000 people played pickleball for free.<\/p>\n<p>The venue, located at 173 Huguenot St., is the first PickleRage facility in Westchester County and in New York State. It is owned and operated by franchisees Brian Snyder and Henry Sztul and was developed by the Cappelli Organization.<\/p>\n<p>PickleRage features\u00a013 regulation-size courts with CushionX surfaces,\u00a0LED lighting, locker rooms with showers, and video recording and livestreaming capabilities. Additional amenities include a player\u2019s lounge, and a pro shop with retail displays, a gear fitting area, and demo equipment. In addition to pickleball, the facility also offers three Full Swing golf simulators, the same used by TGL as seen on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were several pickleball companies that were interested in occupying this space,\u201d said Bruce Berg, CEO of Cappelli Development. \u201cAfter meeting with several different operators, we chose PickleRage because of their expertise and local market knowledge and presence. They are fantastic and we\u2019re very excited to have them here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sztul is happy for his business to be a part of downtown New Rochelle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be a part of New Rochelle\u2019s continued downtown growth and bring our passion for pickleball to Westchester,\u201d Sztul said. \u201cPickleball provides a really great way to stay active and meet people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2023, PickleRage was founded by a group of pickleball enthusiasts who saw a need for dedicated indoor facilities where players could enjoy the sport year-round.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From left, Michael Cirocco, senior project manager, LRC Construction; PickleRage Franchisee Henry Sztul; Bruce Berg, CEO, Cappelli Development;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-183025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}