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Farmers Branch staff seek council direction on hosting 2025 Pickleball World Championships
Summary
City staff and event partners briefed the Farmers Branch City Council on the 2025 Pickleball World Championships, requested council direction on resident outreach and sponsorship negotiation priorities, and said the city will apply for a state events trust fund grant requiring a local hotel-motel fund match of up to $96,000.
Meredith, a city presenter, told the Farmers Branch City Council on July 15 that Brookhaven Country Club will host the 2025 Pickleball World Championships and that Major League Pickleball team play and UPA world-championship events will run Oct. 31–Nov. 9.
The presentation outlined expected daily attendance of 4,000 to 9,000 people, hotel blocks at six hotels and an estimated total attendance of 57,572 for last year’s event. "It generated about 15,700,000.0 in total impact," Meredith said, adding that parking will be staged at Dallas College Brookhaven campus and that staff will propose a no-parking…
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