Once Upon a Coconut launches sweepstakes for 2026 MLP Finals trip
A national sweepstakes now sends one winner and three friends to MLP Finals weekend in Central Park, with airfare and a two-night hotel stay included.
Once Upon a Coconut turned the start of the 2026 Major League Pickleball season into a four-person trip to New York City, packaging its new sweepstakes around the MLP Finals and making the prize feel more like a fan getaway than a single match ticket. The grand prize includes four tickets to the 2026 MLP Finals, roundtrip airfare for the winner and a two-night hotel stay, all aimed at championship weekend at CityPickle at Wollman Rink in Central Park on August 28-30.
The promotion launched as MLP presented by DoorDash opened in Dallas and as Once Upon a Coconut moved into year two of its partnership with the league as the Official Coconut Water of Major League Pickleball. That pairing matters because it shows how pickleball sponsors are trying to do more than hang logos on courts. They are building travel packages, turning finals weekend into something fans plan around like a destination event.
Entry runs through the sweepstakes site, by scanning entry codes at MLP events and select retail point-of-sale displays, or through the company newsletter. The official terms limit the giveaway to U.S. residents age 18 and older. The hotel portion covers two nights in New York City in a standard room for double occupancy, and travel must be booked through the Once Upon A Coconut team.
The sweepstakes also lands at a time when the league’s calendar has become a bigger marketing platform. MLP says the 2026 season includes nine regular-season events, with every team playing five of those nine events and 23 group-play matches. The 20-team unified league dropped the Challenger tier this year, and the playoff format stretches into an expanded three-week run. The tour stops in Dallas, Columbus, St. Louis, Austin, St. Petersburg, Newport Beach, San Diego, Grand Rapids and Orlando before it reaches championship weekend in New York City.
Once Upon a Coconut’s earlier partnership announcement already covered the regular season, the mid-season tournament, playoffs and the MLP Cup in November, so this sweepstakes fits a longer sponsorship play rather than a one-off giveaway. For a sport that increasingly sells itself as both competition and experience, the prize package makes the point plain: the finals are not just a bracket, they are a trip.
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