Life Time Ocotillo opens with 14 pickleball courts in Gilbert, Arizona
Gilbert players got a 14-court new option at Life Time Ocotillo, including 10 outdoor courts, four indoor courts and open play for ages 12 and up.
Life Time Ocotillo brought 14 pickleball courts into Gilbert with a setup built for regular play, not a token fitness-club add-on. The 102,000-square-foot athletic country club at 1505 East Ocotillo Road opened with 10 outdoor pickleball courts under tournament-style lighting and four indoor courts with full divider nets and a viewing area on a 15-acre campus.
For local players, the biggest change is access that can hold up through Arizona’s weather swings. Life Time’s pickleball programming lists lessons, open play and league play at Ocotillo, and its open-play sessions are for ages 12 and older, require registration and provide balls. Indoor court reservations must be made at least 10 minutes in advance, giving the club a structure that favors planned play rather than casual drop-ins.
Steven Getz, the club’s lead general manager, said the site is set up for both adults and kids, a pitch that fits a facility trying to serve families as much as serious rec players. Life Time said Ocotillo is its ninth athletic country club in Arizona, and the club’s scale gives it room to run beginner instruction, league nights and tournament-style programming alongside open play.
The new courts arrive in a market where demand has already spilled onto public facilities. Gilbert Regional Park, one of the town’s major pickleball hubs, has 16 courts and posted summer 2026 closures for maintenance as the area’s play schedule got squeezed. The park also hosted the 2026 Arizona Amateur Pickleball Championships powered by the Carvana PPA Tour and PIG on March 6, a marker of how deep the local competitive scene already runs.
That makes Ocotillo more than another upscale amenity. With indoor courts for heat relief, outdoor courts for evening play and a programming schedule built around reservations, it adds a year-round private venue to a part of the Southeast Valley where court space has been tight and the sport’s growth has been visible on municipal calendars.
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