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Market opportunity

PPA Tour makes Arizona Athletic Grounds a national hub

The PPA Campus at Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa becomes a permanent base for pro tournaments, junior and amateur programming and training.

$26.0M

Possible yearly travel

4/5

Travel priority

30

Events each year

None

PIVOT connection

What sales should do next

Approach as a venue-level housing programme, not a single event bid.

PPA Tour makes Arizona Athletic Grounds a national hub
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Time to sell

Early

Ongoing from 2026

Way in

New relationship

A clear reason for a first call

Why this can become business

A permanent hub converts one-off event travel into year-round, repeatable movement into a single market — pros, juniors, families and staff.

Recurring event + group housing · Mesa, AZ

Read public source

Keep the account moving

More ways into PPA Tour.

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International expansionTravel size 5/5Today · Confirmed

PPA adds events across Asia, Australia, Canada, and Europe

Brisbane and Adelaide in Australia, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Shandong in Asia, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver in Canada, and a P250 Barcelona Open in Europe.

Why this could become business

International events mean repeated long-distance trips for players, staff, and equipment. These are expensive trips where PIVOT can make a clear difference.

Travel size

Large travel need

Time to sell

The buying window is open

Way in

New relationship

A clear reason for a first call

What PIVOT could sell

International sports travel

Where

Australia · Asia · Canada · Europe

When

Oct 2026 – 2027

What sales should do next

Call about the Asia and Australia events first. They have the hardest and most expensive travel.

Read the public source · PPA Tour schedule
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New scheduleTravel size 4/5Yesterday · Confirmed

PPA publishes its full 2027 calendar

Carvana Pickleball Masters, Minneapolis Indoor Open, Cape Coral, Mesa Cup, Newport Beach, Greater Zion at Black Desert Resort, Sacramento, Cincinnati, Atlanta and the Finals.

Why this could become business

A calendar published this early gives PIVOT time to find rooms before prices rise and hotels fill.

Travel size

Large travel need

Time to sell

Plenty of time to get in first

Way in

New relationship

A clear reason for a first call

What PIVOT could sell

Advance inventory positioning

Where

National

When

2027 season

What sales should do next

Price hotel options for Greater Zion and Cape Coral first, where choices are limited.

Read the public source · PPA Tour schedule

Turn the opening into a conversation

The people who can move this forward.

2 people found on public pages

TG

Tanner Groff

Senior Vice President, Events

Call first

Owns the calendar and every crew and player move on it.

BC

Brian Clark

Chief Tour Officer

Call second

Runs tour operations, including the Asia, Australia, Canada and Europe legs.

PI

Partnerships inbox

Name not published — look them up below

Good backup

Public route that gets a cold note to the right internal team.

Best way in

No PIVOT connection yet. Go in cold, but lead with the Mesa campus news.

How to reach out

Email first, then LinkedIn message three days later.

Ready-to-send email

Subject: Routing the 2027 international legs

Congratulations on the Arizona Athletic Grounds campus. With the 2027 calendar already public, there is a short window to lock rooms and air in the thinner markets before rates move. We move large multi-team fields on exactly this pattern. Would a one-page routing plan for the Asia and Australia legs be useful?

If you call

Hi — I saw the Mesa campus announcement and the 2027 schedule. I work on team and crew travel for tours your size. Who handles the international legs?

If there is no reply

Send the one-page routing plan anyway after five days. Showing the work beats asking for a meeting.

Every name comes from the organization's own public pages

Make the timing count

Why the conversation matters now.

The PPA Campus deal at Arizona Athletic Grounds landed on 17 September, and the public schedule now carries thirty US stops plus four separate international series through 2027.

01

A permanent Mesa hub turns event travel into year-round movement — pros, juniors, families and production.

02

Asia, Australia, Canada and Europe legs are the expensive, unsolved half of the calendar.

03

The 2027 calendar is already published, so inventory in Greater Zion and Cape Coral can still be bought sensibly.