MLP Reveals 2026 Group Draw Schedules for Dallas, Columbus, and St. Louis

Twenty-three Group Play matches across nine events. That's the shape of Major League Pickleball's 2026 regular season, now fully visible after the league released its Group Draw schedules for Dallas, Columbus, and St. Louis on April 6.

Dallas carries the season opener, with Columbus and St. Louis to follow. Group Play occupies the opening days of each event, and the release assigns participating teams by city, giving fans and local organizers their first clear picture of the matchup slate for each stop.

The structure extends well beyond Group Play. MLP's 2026 calendar includes an expanded playoffs format, the return of a mid-season tournament in Grand Rapids, and a season finale set at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Tickets are available through Tixr and Ticketmaster, and the league's event pages link to community activation details for each stop.

Those activations are where the schedule picks up its amateur angle. MLP events have historically driven measurable spikes in local court bookings and accelerated social league growth in host cities, with community clinics, amateur exhibition matches, and fan tournaments running alongside pro competition. In markets that have hosted MLP stops before, that ripple effect tends to show up months before the first match is played.

The Group Draw release doubles as a planning document for club organizers in all three markets. Building local amateur brackets timed to pro weekend action, coordinating viewing events, and pitching collaborative clinics with local coaching talent all start with knowing where and when the tour lands. MLP's event pages are the place to watch for clinic registrations and community programming details, which typically surface closer to each event date.

The April 6 update is the latest step in a steady 2026 season rollout. With Dallas on the near horizon as the opener, players in all three cities now have enough lead time to start building around what the pro tour brings with it.