A 15,000-square-foot building in RiNo that once poured wine for a decade is being reworked into a home for pickleball, coffee and cocktails. Doubles Club plans to open six indoor courts, a café and a bar at 3200 Larimer Street in Denver, with a late-fall 2026 launch targeted.
The address has history in the neighborhood's food and beverage scene. The site previously housed The Infinite Monkey Theorem, an urban winery that opened there in 2012 and closed for good on December 31, 2024, according to Denver Westword. As reported by whatnow.com, Doubles Club is now moving into that same space with six premium indoor courts featuring professional surfaces and lighting.
Co-creators Will Lake and Alexandra Hansen are behind the venture, their first business undertaking, and the pair said they are pursuing it because they love Denver and want to bring people together, per the same whatnow.com report. Lake and Hansen have also said an active lifestyle includes social and community connections, not just competitive play. The club is designed for players of all levels, with beginner-friendly programming alongside open play, leagues, drills, coaching, lessons and private instruction.
Courts Kept Separate From the Social Scene
Doubles Club intends to keep its six courts physically separated from the café and bar, a layout choice meant to let social hangout space breathe apart from active play. The café and bar will serve specialty coffee, craft cocktails and elevated bites, with the operation describing its overall approach as premium, not pretentious, according to whatnow.com's report. Once open, the venue is expected to run daily from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Behind the scenes, Doubles Club has partnered with Denver-based creative advisory firm Studio Four to handle website design, spatial layout, audio and visual systems, point-of-sale strategy, lighting, security and even custom environmental scenting. The company is also recruiting a full-time general manager as its first hire, a role meant to oversee daily operations across the courts, café, bar and community event programming, according to the Doubles Club website.
Membership Tiers and Community Programming
Doubles Club's published membership structure starts at a $49-per-month Social tier, with $99 Member and Pro options offering four court hours monthly, open play access and a 10% café discount. Memberships are also set to include priority court booking, discounted rates, exclusive events and access to the broader Doubles Club community. The company plans to work with local partners and artists as it builds out tournaments, social gatherings, pop-ups and other community events, and is currently encouraging interested residents to join its list for updates on court openings, founding member perks and launch events.
A Crowded Field for Racquet Sports in RiNo
Doubles Club is entering an increasingly competitive stretch of the city for indoor racquet sports. Padel Haus opened at 2501 Welton Street in the nearby Five Points/RiNo area in late 2024, offering five indoor padel courts, a juice bar and $40-per-hour pickleball rentals, according to CourtSource. In June, Miami-based Ace Padel announced plans for a 26,000-square-foot luxury racquet club with seven courts at 1812 35th Street, reusing a former Great Divide Brewing Co. space, per the Denver Gazette.
Public infrastructure has been expanding too. Denver Parks & Recreation opened three new pickleball courts at Rosamond Park in late August, bringing the city's outdoor total to 52 courts, as Hoodline previously reported. That growth tracks a broader boom: the Sports & Fitness Industry Association's 2026 report found that 24.3 million Americans played pickleball in 2025, a 479% increase since 2020 that has kept it the fastest-growing sport in the country for five straight years. The same SFIA data shows female participation reached 42.9% of all players nationwide, while core participants who play eight or more times a year grew to 7.5 million.
Not every bet on the sport has paid off locally. A planned five-acre flagship site for Camp Pickle in Centennial went into foreclosure in June after a $2.3 million loan default, Hoodline reported at the time in its coverage of the Camp Pickle foreclosure. That stumble underscores the financial risk of capital-intensive social sports real estate, even as Doubles Club aims for a more contained, hospitality-driven footprint rather than a sprawling multi-acre complex.
