UTR Sports activities will develop into the official expertise accomplice and supply management for all pickleball operations at AAG.
Palo Alto, CA, April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — UTR Sports activities declares a strategic partnership with Arizona Athletic Grounds (AAG), the premier sports activities and leisure advanced within the US. As a part of the settlement, UTR Sports activities will develop into the official expertise accomplice for AAG and supply management for all of its pickleball operations.
UTR Sports activities is the expertise, software program and score/rating accomplice for each USA Pickleball and the Pickleball Gamers Affiliation (APP) for his or her tournaments, leagues and leisure actions. All pickleball video games at AAG can be supported by UTR Pickleball Analysis (UTR-P) and UTR Sports activities' progressive software program.
Arizona Athletic Grounds, positioned in Mesa, AZ, provides an unmatched expertise with greater than 40 pickleball fields, together with 4 with grandstands and a 2,500-seat most important stadium. UTR Sports activities will present strategic and tactical oversight, together with programming, administration and enterprise growth finest practices, together with its world-renowned expertise and software program. UTR Sports activities will additional facilitate the event of the AAG right into a premier pickleball vacation spot and an excellent nationwide occasion dwelling for all gamers and professionals.
“UTR Sports activities is happy to accomplice with the skilled Arizona Athletic Grounds possession group and collectively, we are going to remodel this unimaginable venue right into a premiere vacation spot for pickleball,” stated Mark Leschly, President and CEO of UTR Sports activities.
Identified for its potential to attach, have interaction and develop racquet sports activities communities, UTR Sports activities will accomplice with AAG to determine all kinds of on-site experiences and packages, together with grownup and junior tournaments, camps, leagues, clinics, company occasions, elite. and professional participant growth and leisure play.
“Partnering with UTR Sports activities furthers our mission to determine AAG as America's premier sports activities and leisure advanced,” stated Mike Burke, president of Arizona Athletic Grounds. “We sit up for rising the AAG's pickleball advanced right into a nationwide hub for awards occasions. Working with UTR Sports activities' expertise platform, we proceed to make additional investments in top-quality folks and infrastructure.”
The Arizona Athletic Grounds not too long ago welcomed gamers of all ages and talent ranges for the USA Pickleball Golden Ticket occasion April Three-7. Gamers will return November 10-17, 2024 for the USA Pickleball Nationals, one of many largest pickleball tournaments on this planet. Final 12 months, the USA Pickleball Nationals hosted a document Three,500 gamers in Dallas, TX.
UTR Sports activities continues to raise and unify sports activities with its progressive expertise and software program, mixed with collaborations with leaders within the sport.
About UTR Sports activities
UTR Sports activities' mission is to attach and develop the sports activities of tennis and pickleball with correct world rankings, progressive occasions and a world group targeted on stage play. The UTR Sports activities platform is anchored by our patented score expertise. UTR Sports activities supplies related and priceless expertise instruments and options to gamers, coaches and organizers. UTR Sports activities can be the official rankings/rating and expertise accomplice of USA Pickleball and the Pickleball Gamers Affiliation (APP).
Launched in 2023, the UTR-P Ranking supplies probably the most correct measurement of a participant's present talent stage primarily based on match outcomes. When registering on the UTR Sports activities platform, gamers with out match information will obtain a provisional score from P1-P5 primarily based on a accomplished questionnaire. As soon as the match scores are posted, the provisional score turns right into a numerical score from 1-10.zero. Register without cost and be taught extra concerning the UTR-P Evaluation right here.
About Arizona Athletic Grounds
AAG is among the largest youth-oriented sports activities and leisure services in North America. The Mesa, Arizona facility serves tens of millions of tourists a 12 months, providing programming for sports activities and particular occasions. www.azgrounds.com / @azgrounds are the brand new touchdown pages for info. For added info on renting, sponsoring, or scheduling occasions at AAG, please contact the AAG crew at information@azgrounds.com.
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