Uetendorf: Padel provider takes over the sports center

Padelta is coming to the Oberland and Bern

The booming sport of padel is coming to the Uetendorf sports center in front of the building. The Padelta company will also open a hall in the north of Bern.

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Padel, the mix of tennis and squash, is becoming more and more popular in sports halls. Here Padelta co-owner Nino Niederreiter plays a match with national soccer coach Murat Yakin in Zurich.

Photo: PD/Padelta

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Padelta will open its first location in the canton of Bern in Uetendorf in January 2025.
Hall owner Carlo Bommes is pleased about the future use for sports.
Tennis and badminton are still offered.
Padelta is also planning to expand in the Bern area in 2026.

Padel, the trend sport from Mexico, is on the rise in Bern. The mix of tennis and squash can also be played in Uetendorf from January 2025.

The hall operator Padelta is opening its eighth location in Oberland. The company, co-owned by NHL ice hockey player Nino Niederreiter, is moving into the former TUS (tennis and squash) sports center in Uetendorf.

The TUS Uetendorf will not be closed forever, but only for a renovation phase.

Photo: Patric Spahni

The traditional sports center is unexpectedly given a new future. The owner of the hall, Carlo Bommes, president of SC Bern and patron of the major event organizer Appalooza, gave notice to the previous tenants at the end of September. This meant that Uetendorf was in danger of losing its sports center after more than four decades.

Tennis and badminton are not completely displaced

Bommes left the “Thuner Tagblatt” black in the summer open about what will happen to the domed hallin which there is space for playing fields and a bistro on a good 4,000 square meters. But in the village it is assumed that the sports areas will disappear and a retailer or business will move in next door.

Carlo Bommes is pleased that a solution could be found in his father’s spirit.

Photo: Raphael Moser

Carlo Bommes no longer wanted to run the sports center, which was built by his father, who died in 2023. Fred Bommes was also SCB president for years. Carlo Bommes, who has now bought his siblings’ shares and taken over the entire hall, is happy that sports will continue to be played there in the future: “That’s in our father’s spirit.”

You can still play tennis and badminton in the sports center. “We want to continue this tradition and at the same time bring a breath of fresh air into the facility,” says Padelta managing director and co-founder Yannick Moser. “Our goal is to attract new players to padel while continuing to offer tennis and badminton.”

Five padel courts will be set up: One playing field measures 20 by 10 meters and is surrounded by glass walls and fences. The game is played in doubles. In addition, four badminton courts and two of the previous six tennis courts will remain. The two tennis courts are operated by the Marko Leutar tennis school. Leutar had already had to look for alternatives, but now does not have to specify the location.

Expansion plans also for Bern

Padelta will employ two full-time employees and four part-time employees in Uetendorf. Due to the location near a motorway exit, managing director Yannick Moser expects customers far beyond the Thun region. After all, it is the first padel hall in the Oberland.

The hall in Uetendorf, which will be rebuilt in the next few weeks.

Photo: PD

Padelta will also gain a foothold in the Bern area. The opening of a location in the north of the city is expected to begin in early 2026. Six places are planned, says Moser. The building application is imminent, he says, without wanting to name the location yet.

Sports celebrities as figureheads

Padelta will not be a pioneer in the Bern region. There are three padel courts in the Oro-Sportcenter Thalmatt, run by the family of tennis player Romina Oprandi.

Padelwerk also recently opened a location on Bolligenstrasse. However, there are only two individual places there. But here too there is a prominent top athlete among the investors: the former Basel football player Marco Streller. And there should be one at Belp Airport Field for padel be built. Behind it is the Müller family from the airport hotel.

However, the market leader in terms of the number of dishes is Padelta AG, which was founded in 2021, as Moser says. With Uetendorf there will now be 33 places across Switzerland. The announcement that the company would also take over the operation of the Kriens and Dierikon sports parks from Migros Lucerne caused a stir.

It remains to be seen how much paddling will spread. With the US phenomenon pickleball Another racket sport is already trending.

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Julian Witschi is a business journalist in the Bern department. He has over 20 years of professional experience and was awarded a Swiss Press Award.More info@JWitschi

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