Philippines opens largest pickleball hub in Sibulan, Negros Oriental
Sibulan’s PlayPro Active Courts opened with 17 tournament-grade courts, pushing the Philippines’ pickleball boom beyond Manila and into the Visayas.
PlayPro Active Courts in Magatas, Sibulan, Negros Oriental has opened as the Philippines’ biggest pickleball hub, and the scale immediately shifts the sport’s map beyond Manila. With 17 tournament-grade courts, the complex gives the Visayas a facility large enough to host serious play instead of only scattered community sessions.
The size matters because pickleball in the Philippines has been growing through compact clubs, social games and local clinics. A hub of this scale changes that rhythm. It can absorb more players at once, reduce scheduling bottlenecks and give organizers a base for leagues, clinics and tournaments that need multiple courts running at the same time. One social post also said players were already able to use the courts before the official opening, a sign that demand arrived before the ink on the launch was dry.
The facility is being framed as more than a court block. A post cited around the launch said PlayPro Active Courts includes a food court and a paddle store, the kind of add-ons that turn a venue into a day-long sports destination rather than a single-purpose stop. That matters in a young market, where the strongest facilities often become the place where beginners first try the sport and where regulars stay long enough to build a real playing culture.
The broader signal is regional. ThePickleBase described the Sibulan opening as the country’s largest pickleball facility and a marker that places the Visayas more firmly on the sport’s map. PickleAsia went further, saying the new hub is the Philippines’ biggest and listing 17 tournament-grade courts, a number that puts it in a different class from the small setups still common across the country.
That kind of infrastructure also feeds the next phase of growth. News Central PH described pickleball as fast becoming the Philippines’ ultimate feel-good sport, and Sibulan now has a venue that can convert that momentum into organized competition and sports tourism. Court-directory and community listings already show other pickleball venues in Sibulan and across Negros Oriental, while the Negros Oriental Pickleball Club has joined the Philippine Pickleball Federation, giving the province an established local base just as the new hub opens.
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