Ace Padel, a U.S.-focused padel club operator aiming to open double-digit locations in the next five years, has set a timeline for the opening of its first facility. Based in Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood, consisting of five outdoor courts (with four covered by a 32-foot-tall canopy) and offering technology from court booking platform Playtomic, the flagship club will open in Q2 of 2026 and mark an entry into the U.S. that the company expects to follow with locations in Denver and L.A., according to co-founders Peter (Chairman) and Elliot (CEO) Carnello, a father-son tandem. Previously, Ace Padel had announced plans to open its first club in Tampa in 2024, but those plans were disrupted by “environmental issues,” according to Elliot.
Elliot, who played tennis at USC before brief spells on the ATP Tour and Pro Padel League, described Ace’s business model as a hybrid between high-end memberships and individual pay-to-play (pricing TBD), with a focus on hospitality elements like food-and-beverage and wellness/social spaces. “Padel is becoming the new ‘social lunch’ — it’s what people do to hang out,” he said. “We want people to come before, during and after [playing]. You have to extend the client’s experience, the client’s time in the facility.” Ace Padel is working with Florida-based real estate firm Aventura Asset Management to scale to what Elliot describes as tier one and two markets across the U.S. — Dallas is another option after its first three locations — and is backed by investors including padel-specific funds and family offices (which Elliot declined to name). The company has previously built more than 50 courts for private/commercial clients and operates an annual pro-am in Beverly Hills called the L.A. Padel Invitational.
A recent report from the International Padel Federation said the U.S. has crossed 770 padel courts — a number that is growing but remains outside the top 15 countries in the world (led by Spain at more than 17,000 and rounded out by Saudi Arabia at just over 1,100). Leaders in the club space in the U.S. include Padel Haus and Reserve Padel.
