Plans are underway in Yuma to transform a modernistic structure that once housed a Sears store into a new pickleball facility.
The Sears outlet, located at 3150 S. 4th Avenue as part of the city’s Southgate Mall, closed in 2018 during a nationwide restructuring by the company that shuttered around 260 other locations.
Now the company Desert Padel and Pickleball Club wants to transform the one-story, 89,000-square-feet structure into a new indoor sports facility that will include eleven pickle ball and six paddle courts.
The project, which is being designed by the Yuma-based Innov-R, will also see the creation of restaurant, food court, and wellness and community event space. The new facility has been described by the Yuma Sun as a “state of the art indoor sports and community events facility.”
The project is currently in development with work expected to begin later this year.
July 11, 2025
By Garry Boulard
Photo courtesy of Library of Congress
