The Indian Wells Tennis Garden , also known as Tennis Paradise , transforms into Pickleball Paradise each year to host more than 2,300 players with 49 permanent courts including a 3,500-seat Championship Court . Photo by Steve Taylor .
The BNP Paribas Open has been affectionately called “ tennis ’ fifth major ,” and the home of this largest combined men ’ s and women ’ s tennis tournament — Indian Wells Tennis Garden — has earned its stature as one of the world ’ s elite tennis facilities . The sport ’ s brightest stars take to its courts every year and it brings tennis enthusiasts of the Coachella Valley , and throughout the world , the very best the sport has to offer .
But another sport continues to rise like a phoenix in this sprawling community less than 20 miles outside Palm Springs . A sport that is literally taking this
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JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2022 | MAGAZINE 55