{"id":223599,"date":"2026-03-27T20:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/223599\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T20:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:38:10","slug":"pickleball-kingdom-under-new-ownership-in-plano-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/223599\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickleball Kingdom under new ownership in Plano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRajesh Byldugula is the new franchisee of Pickleball Kingdom in Plano as of Feb. 6, Byldugula said.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s happening<\/p>\n<p>Pickleball Kingdom closed in October 2025 under the previous franchisee, Byldugula said.<\/p>\n<p>Byldugula said he\u2019s honoring former members by applying their remaining prorated balance as a discount on a new membership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honoring that to help the community come back and enjoy the nice environment,\u201d Byldugula said.<\/p>\n<p>The set up<\/p>\n<p>Members and nonmembers can participate in open play and tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>Pickleball Kingdom in Plano has 15 full-size courts, one of which is designated as a coach-led training court. There are also warm up courts located in an upstairs loft area.<\/p>\n<p>Event spaces, meeting rooms and a snack bar are also onsite.<\/p>\n<p>Quote of note<\/p>\n<p>Regarding why Byldugula chose to become a Pickleball Kingdom franchisee, he referred to the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pickleballkingdom.com\/about-us\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">core values<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Pickleball Kingdom] is used to get connected with the community, give a good experience to all the players that gives people a healthy life,\u201d Byldugula said. \u201cIt\u2019s about socializing and seeing the happy faces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rajesh Byldugula is the new franchisee of Pickleball Kingdom in Plano as of Feb. 6, Byldugula said. What\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[86863,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-223599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-pickleball-kingdom-grand-opening-in-plano-pickleball-kingdom-grand-opening-near-me-indoor-pickleball-in-plano-indoor-pickleball-near-me","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}