Nov 27, 2023
Welcome to episode 124 of Sports Management Podcast.
Eric Loftus is the VP of Cape and Island Tennis and Track & President for Northeast Padel. Cape and Island Tennis is the United States Northeast’s leading tennis court and athletics track constructor and Northeast Padel is a similar vein but for padel.
Get ready to learn:
- When the padel boom will hit the US
- How Eric discovered padel
- What some barriers for padel in the US are
- If pickeball is a threat to padel
- Why you should “be so good that you can’t be ignored”
And much more!
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WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/0NpNn_qlEP0
Time Stamps:
00:00 Intro
01:20 How to Pronounce Padel
02:12
Cape and Island Tennis and Track
03:30
Northeast Padel
04:30 Can Padel & Pickleball
co-exist?
06:45 How to Grow Padel in USA
09:55 Challenges for Padel in the US
17:03 When the Padel Boom will Hit USA
20:27 Padel as a College Sport
26:30 Eric's Background
30:00 Staying Out of New York
35:02 Shortlisted to Bid for the US Open
38:12 Eric's Best Advice
41:27 Outro
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