The Picklr officially opened its indoor pickleball facility in Sterling to founding members on Thursday, October 29, 2026, welcoming them to the 10-court venue a few weeks later than originally planned. General-public play begins Friday, October 30, at the 30,000-square-foot space inside Cascades Marketplace, marking the arrival of Northern Virginia's first Picklr location.
The opening comes after last-minute delays pushed back the facility's expected debut, according to The Burn. The franchise moved into the shopping center's vacant Marshalls space after that department store relocated closer to Dulles Town Center, taking over a footprint large enough to accommodate 10 courts, including two outfitted with high-tech computers that track play and performance.
A Big Build in a Former Big-Box Store
The Sterling location was planned from the start as a 30,000-square-foot venue at 46262 Cranston St., Suite 180, according to InsideNoVa. That reporting described the layout as featuring 10 courts, two of which are in championship-sized configuration, along with a pro shop and private event space. The facility was also expected to house The Picklr Academy, offering both adult and junior instructional programs, per a separate report from The Burn published back in January.
That same January report had flagged Sterling as the first Picklr location to land in Northern Virginia, a milestone that has now arrived alongside the facility's opening to founding members. Local outlets covered the site before doors opened, with the Burn's December 2025 coverage noting the project's scale well before construction wrapped.
How Sterling Stacks Up Against Other Courts
The Sterling Picklr's size puts it ahead of some of the region's other major venues. Village Pickle in Leesburg runs about 24,000 square feet, roughly 6,000 square feet smaller than the Sterling space, the Burn reported in a December 2025 article tracking the facility's development. Down the Line Sports Center's Annandale location counters with a dozen championship-sized courts of its own, according to Northern Virginia Magazine, while Dill Dinkers operates outposts in Manassas and in Chantilly, where a location opened the previous April.
Pickleball Kingdom has also been eyeing a Springfield opening, per the same Northern Virginia Magazine report, which described pickleball as the fastest-growing sport in the country. The Picklr's own growth plans are national in scope: the company has said its expansion includes more than 500 new locations and roughly 5,000 courts to be built over the next few years, InsideNoVa reported, building on existing Virginia operations in Fredericksburg and Williamsburg.
For now, the focus in Loudoun County is squarely on Sterling, where the new courts opened to founding members this week ahead of Friday's public debut. The facility adds another entry to a Northern Virginia pickleball map that has been filling in rapidly over the past year.
