Baton Rouge to Host Professional Pickleball Association Event

The Professional Pickleball Association will bring the inaugural season of the PPA Tour Challenger Series to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in April for the Baton Rouge PPA Challenger at the Stacks Pickleball sports complex.

Stacks Pickleball is located on the campus of Celtic Studios and is Louisiana’s first and largest climate controlled pickleball facility. It features 12 indoor courts and will host the first professional pickleball tournament held in Louisiana.

“Visit Baton Rouge is excited to partner with Stacks Pickleball and welcome the PPA Challenger Series to our community,” said Jason Suitt, director of sports development for Visit Baton Rouge. “We look forward to sharing our unique culture with the players and their guests by providing a rich Louisiana experience. As the first professional pickleball tournament held in Louisiana, this event will help elevate Baton Rouge’s position within the fast-growing pickleball community within the state, region and nationally.”

The PPA Tour Challenger Series will create an avenue for players to break into professional pickleball and earn their way onto the PPA Tour. The series will feature amateur and aspiring professional pickleball players battling it out at more than a dozen tour stops in 2025.

“We have been excited to create more grassroots opportunities for amateur players as well as a structured pathway to the Carvana PPA Tour for aspiring professionals for a long time and we have done just that with the Challenger Series Powered by JOOLA,” said Connor Pardoe, founder and chief executive officer of the Carvana PPA Tour. “This new tour will not only elevate the level of play but also inspire and motivate amateurs to reach new heights in their pickleball journey while bringing the PPA Tour’s brand of electric pickleball action to new levels of intensity.”