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‘Electric Pickle,’ new entertainment venue with pickleball courts to open in Tempe this December

The venue will have several bars on-site in addition to its two-story restaurant

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By: Nicole Gutierrez

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According to Frederick, ‘there [will] be a big focus on live entertainment on Thursdays and Fridays and Saturday nights.’ This is an aerial rendering of the venue with nine pickleball courts.

TEMPE, AZ — Yes, there’s another pickleball destination opening in the Valley and this one has ‘entertainment’ as its top priority- and they’re not just focusing on the sport.

Say hello to ‘Electric Pickle.'

Electric Pickle: A rendering of the pickleball, dining & outdoor entertainment destination set to open in Tempe, Arizona.

“When you feel good and you feel alive, you feel electric. And so, we really thought we'd come up with a name that embodies what we're trying to do. Certainly, Pickleball is a big part of what we're doing, but it's really like it's more about creating an entertainment venue that's more than pickle,” said Paul Frederick, the founder and co-CEO of Electric Pickle and Eureka! Restaurant Group. “We'll have DJs, live bands, big corporate rentals, Bocce Ball, [a] bougie club on the second floor that will both be private yet open to the public. And it's, really, it's like an all-in kind of compassing entertainment venue."

The company will debut its Arizona location in the Emerald Center near the I-10 and Warner in Tempe. The venue will be compromised by a two-story building that will hold a restaurant, and the premise will house nine pickleball courts.

“It’s going to look like as if you were whisked away from the heat into like Tulum. [There will be a ]lot of landscape, it's very lush. There [are] a lot of water features. There [are] fire features at night, and it's somewhat of a kind of a vacation spot, if you will. And that's the whole it's part of that whole entertainment factor that we're going for, [it's] to let people escape from their everyday life and come to a place that's fun, that's hospitable, and we are here to take care of you,” expressed Frederick, to ABC15.

Rendering: Greenery throughout the entertainment concept.

According to Frederick, to use the courts- reservations will all be done online initially to make court usage ‘as seamless as possible for not only the guests’ but for them operationally too.

The rendering showcases a stage that’ll be on-site as it is one of the venue’s center points for live entertainment.

The venue will have three bars and a two-story restaurant with indoor and outdoor dining areas, inevitably giving guests the "ability to eat anywhere on the premises."

According to Frederick, the restaurant menu will have a wide range of options.

Interior rendering of ‘Electric Pickle,’ which features a large seating area near a bar.

“Our ethos is global comfort cuisines, or like global eclectic food. And we do different recipes from around the world,” shared Frederick. “So, it could be Korean bowl [,] Mexico City tacos, Neapolitan pizzas, U.S. sandwiches and burgers, […] we have sushi rolls too. So, it's, it's really a little bit for everything, but it's well merchandise. So, there is something for everybody. We call it a good ‘barbell menu,’ which means from one end of the barbell to the other, there's something for everybody, and it's very approachable in price point.