The Peninsula's first padel club.
Four indoor courts, a cedar sauna, an ice bath and a smoothie bar, minutes from Menlo Park, Atherton, Palo Alto and the Stanford campus.
Founding memberships are limited. Opening 2027.
Four courts, built to the standard the game deserves.
Padel is the fastest-growing sport in the world, and until now the closest court to Palo Alto was an hour away. Padel Alto brings the game home: four full-size indoor courts with panoramic glass, tournament-grade turf and lighting, and the kind of space between them that lets you watch a rally without leaning on the fence.
It is a club, not a warehouse. Come for the game, stay because of the room.
- Courts
- Four indoor, full-size (20 × 10 m), panoramic glass
- Surface
- Tournament-grade turf, tuned for consistent bounce
- Lighting
- Shadow-free LED, competition standard
- Climate
- Fully conditioned. Play at noon in August
- Coaching
- Private and group sessions, from first racket to tournament prep
- Booking
- Members reserve courts up to 14 days ahead; founding members up to 21
Never played? Most of our founding members hadn't.
Padel is doubles, on a court a third the size of a tennis court, with glass walls that keep the ball in play. Serves are underhand, rallies are long, and the first hour is fun rather than humbling. Tennis and squash players pick it up in an afternoon.
Then, the part of the day you came for.
A match is ninety minutes. The hour after is what makes it a club. Heat, cold, and something good to drink, in that order or any other.
Cedar sauna
A proper Finnish sauna in western red cedar, kept at 85 °C. Room for eight, quiet by design.
Ice bath
Two plunge baths held at 4 °C, three minutes at a time. Filtered, monitored, and never a queue.
Smoothie bar
Cold-pressed juices, protein blends and good espresso, made to order courtside. Open to guests too.
In the middle of the Mid‑Peninsula.
Minutes from the towns that have been waiting for it, and the campus that plays everything. Address and hours announced to the founding list first.
- Menlo Park
- Atherton
- Palo Alto
- Stanford student and faculty rates
- Woodside
- Los Altos
Membership
Court time is the scarce resource. Membership is capped so that it never feels that way. Three ways in.
Founding
For the first members through the door
- Rate locked for life
- Priority booking, 21 days ahead
- Unlimited sauna and ice bath
- Four guest passes a month
- Name on the founders' wall
Club
Full access, once we open
- Booking 14 days ahead
- Sauna and ice bath included
- Two guest passes a month
- Member events and leagues
- Coaching at member rates
Stanford
Students and faculty with a valid ID
- Off-peak court access
- Sauna and ice bath included
- Intercollegiate ladder
- Group clinics weekly
- Upgrade to Club at graduation
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