See inside the new Sterling Heights pickleball club
See inside the new Sterling Heights pickleball club
Free Press staff, Detroit Free PressMon, Jul 13, 2026
The Sterling Heights Athletic Hub, a $10-million project featuring nine pickleball courts and daily drop-in play, opens Monday, July 13. The new facility, located near 15 Mile and Van Dyke, also will offer pickleball lessons, leagues and tournaments throughout the year. Take a quick tour of the new space in the video above.
People play pickleball at the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)A rest area near some of the pickleball courts at the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. The new facility has nine pickleball courts and locker rooms will host its grand opening on July 11th and will be open to the public starting on July 13th. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)People play in the table tennis area at the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)Marsha Moylan, 66 of Sterling Heights returns a serve playing pickleball with others at the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)Pickleballs and paddles at the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)Kyle Langlois, the Sterling Heights Parks and Recreation director with some of the nine pickleball courts behind him at the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)The outside of the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)A small area where people can buy coffee and other drinks along with a variety of snacks near some of the pickleball courts at the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)1 / 10
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People play pickleball at the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)
See inside new $10M athletic club in Sterling Heights
A rest area near some of the pickleball courts at the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. The new facility has nine pickleball courts and locker rooms will host its grand opening on July 11th and will be open to the public starting on July 13th. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)
See inside new $10M athletic club in Sterling Heights
People play in the table tennis area at the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)
See inside new $10M athletic club in Sterling Heights
Marsha Moylan, 66 of Sterling Heights returns a serve playing pickleball with others at the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)
See inside new $10M athletic club in Sterling Heights
Pickleballs and paddles at the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)
See inside new $10M athletic club in Sterling Heights
Kyle Langlois, the Sterling Heights Parks and Recreation director with some of the nine pickleball courts behind him at the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)
See inside new $10M athletic club in Sterling Heights
People play pickleball at the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)
See inside new $10M athletic club in Sterling Heights
The outside of the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)
See inside new $10M athletic club in Sterling Heights
A small area where people can buy coffee and other drinks along with a variety of snacks near some of the pickleball courts at the Sterling Heights Athletic Hub in Sterling Heights on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)