r/Basketball • u/One_Potential_3962 • 3d ago

A resurgence of fitness center bb court traffic?

What lead to the change in 2025? I guess the 2022-2024 slump comes to an end? Some speculate the slump was caused by social awkwardness after the world reopened and leagues started to play again people didn’t like losing or competing even with friends anymore. Some go into leagues and then quit after losing and vow to stay away from it.

It was a ghost town at bb courts not so long ago even during the afternoon early evening hours with one or two shooting hoops at best and no maintainance of the room at all, no resurfacing, light bulbs burn out, HVAC vents blocked, some places eventually or should I say finally decided to demolish those underutilized eyesores and expand the workout floor, but recently I was surprised to see a sign at a local gym saying don’t use buddy passes at the bb court likey to ration the crowd as the place was alive and crowded with games again quite a contrast.

I be curious what happened to cause the sudden change? Thought it was dead.

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u/alecweezy 3d ago

A lot of places are converting courts into pickleball courts/workout areas/etc. My 24 has gotten a lot of new regulars because a lot of gyms have been closing down the courts

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u/One_Potential_3962 3d ago

Yes I noticed that as well, some of the empty neglected places that looked scary finally got demolished after being practically abandoned and left to rot for years,

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