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The tournament is the only event in the 2025 Major League Pickleball season where all 22 professional teams will compete.
Belknap Park will welcome around 800 participants this summer. Andrea Koop, one of the tournament directors, says she and co-director Paul Richards created the tournament in 2018 and has seen it ...
Stefan Auvergne returns a shot during a men’s pro doubles match at the Beer City Open pickleball tournament at Belknap Park in Grand Rapids on Saturday, July 23, 2022.
SportsCenter is coming to Grand Rapids this summer. ESPN announced Monday that its iconic, flagship news and information ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – Move over, fellas! The ladies are taking over the pickleball courts at Belknap Park. The 3rd annual You Go Girl Tournament is taking place from sun up to sun down on ...
The event will be held July 20-24 at Belknap Park in downtown Grand Rapids. The 2022 event will feature more than 950 athletes from 38 states and six countries.
Huge names in music will be performing at Belknap Park over the weekend as part of the Breakaway Music Festival. Big names coming to the outdoor festival include The Chainsmokers, Two Friends, Jai ...
Just a year after picking up the sport, Koop began working with Paul Richards to bring the paddles to Belknap Park on a larger scale. The two began putting together the Beer City Open, with the ...