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PICKLETATIONALS LLC · ST. PETERSBURG × NEWPORT BEACH

THE MAJOR EVENTS COMPANY
for the fastest-growing sport in America

Pro athletes. Celebrities. Pro teams. Nationwide invitationals that pay it forward.

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THE FILM

The concept, in motion.

Eight scenes. Sixty seconds. Watch before you read the deck.

PRIVATE — FOUNDER & INVESTOR CONCEPT

FASTEST-GROWING SPORT IN THE UNITED STATES — SFIA

INVITATIONALS · CAMPS · CELEBRITY SHOWCASES · COMMUNITY IMPACT

FLAGSHIP 001 · HOLIDAY SEASON

MAGGETTE
HOLIDAY
PICKLETATIONAL

IN DEVELOPMENT — PENDING ATHLETE PARTNERSHIP

FLAGSHIP 002 · BIG GAME SEASON

FOLES
BIG GAME
PICKLETATIONAL

IN DEVELOPMENT — PENDING ATHLETE PARTNERSHIP

FLAGSHIP CAMPS SHOWCASES REPEAT

KF

ST. PETERSBURG

MG

NEWPORT BEACH

ST. PETERSBURG × NEWPORT BEACH — ONE ENGINE

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PICKLETATIONALS

BUILD THE FIRST FLAGSHIPS

Request the Investor Brief — keith@ajffinancialgroup.com
LIVE NARRATION — AVATAR FILM IN PRODUCTION

Concept reel — typographic. Swaps for the produced film when it's ready.

THE FLAGSHIPS

Two names. Two seasons. Two coasts.

FLAGSHIP 001 · HOLIDAY SEASON

THE COREY MAGGETTE

first annual

HOLIDAY
PICKLETATIONAL

A holiday-season invitational, with a basketball-legacy crossover at its heart.

Youth Programming Corey Cares

In Development — Pending Athlete Partnership

FLAGSHIP 002 · BIG GAME SEASON

THE NICK FOLES

first annual

BIG GAME
PICKLETATIONAL

A big-game-season invitational — book-signing windows, VIP access, dedicated retail, charity tie-in.

Family-Forward Foles Believe Foundation

In Development — Pending Athlete Partnership

Every flagship spins off a season of camps in its market.

THE COMPANY

What we build.

Invitationals

Nationwide invitationals — pro athletes, celebrities, and pro teams headlining.

Camps & Showcases

Summer camps per market. Celebrity showcases in between.

Community Impact

Every event ties to the athlete's philanthropy. Youth programming, central.

THE WEEKEND

  • The Pro-AmPlay alongside the athlete and celebrities.
  • The ChampionshipDivisions for every level. Every age.
  • The VillageThe athlete's store — apparel, signature line, food, sponsor activations.
  • The SuiteVIP hospitality.
  • Media DayThe content engine.

Newport Beach, CA

St. Petersburg, FL

The Sunshine City

Indoor and outdoor play, every month of the year — two of the largest pickleball communities in the country.

CLUTCH.

We deliver premium, VIP-grade experiences. Every level. Every age. When it matters most.

THE SYSTEM

The event is the spark.
The system never goes dark.

Event
App
Camps
Athlete Hub
Data
Next City

THE APP

Working name: the PickleTationals App. Naming workshop later.

The season never ends.

One app that keeps every player, fan, and family connected year-round — and runs the tournament machine underneath.

ROADMAP — P1 EVENT MVP

  • Discover — events, athletes, camps.
  • Register — divisions, brackets, waivers, payments.
  • Compete — schedules, live brackets, court assignments, alerts.
  • Connect — local ladders, open play, profiles, challenges.
  • Follow — athlete content, highlights.
  • Train — camps and clinics booking.
  • Perks — merch, partner offers, VIP upgrades, loyalty.

The moat: one operator console — logistics, staffing, vendor management, check-in, court scheduling, real-time comms.

"We don't guess the next city. We measure it."

Data Driver
Live

P0

This website.

Roadmap

P1

Event MVP for Flagship 001 — registration, schedules, notifications.

Roadmap

P2

Community — ladders, profiles, content.

Roadmap

P3

Marketplace, loyalty, AI concierge.

THE ATHLETE NETWORK

Every legacy, its own stage.

Maggette Hub

Prototype Built · Private

Foles Hub

In Design

+ Your Athlete

the chassis is ready

Every athlete gets a dedicated brand hub — story, cause, event, camps, partners. One chassis. Every legacy, its own stage.

Approval-gated. Nothing publishes without written athlete sign-off.

THE NUMBERS

The sport already did the hard part.

24.3M

Americans played in 2025

SFIA 2026 Single Sport Report

Growth since 2020

SFIA — 4.2M → 24.3M

+171.8%

3-year growth

SFIA

7.5M

Core players (8+/yr)

SFIA — up from 1.4M in 2020

42.9%

Of players are women

SFIA — up from 38.6% in 2020

#1

Fastest-growing sport
5 straight years

SFIA

13–24

Ages lead participation

SFIA — highest rate of any age segment

2024 · $2.2B

15.3% CAGRMARKET.US

2034 · $9.1B

Equipment · apparel · courts · tournaments · training.

+52%

MLP attendance, regular season

PPA / MLP · 2025

MLP sponsor revenue

PPA / MLP · 2025

499K

CBS MLP Finals, avg. viewers

PPA / MLP · 2025

$13M–$16M

Franchise transactions

PPA / MLP · 2025

Closing on tennis-scale participation — and a decade of compounding left.

Tennis: 27.3M — SFIA

Leagues own pro competition.

Exhibitions own a night of television.

Celebrity bashes tour an ensemble.

Nobody builds the property one athlete keeps — the named, annual, philanthropy-centered invitational with camps, a brand hub, and a data engine behind it.

That's the lane. We're taking it.

THE FOUNDERS

Built by operators, not spectators.

Professional Portrait — To Come

Keith Fonseca

St. Petersburg, FL

Builds the engine.

  • Insurance agency built from zero — $1M+/yr, 100+ agents.
  • Recruiting system scaled to $60K/month.
  • M.S., Recreation & Sports Management.
  • Built the AC Green Orange County sports camp app.
  • AI-software expert.
  • Owner, Data Driver — B2B/B2C data + market expansion.

Professional Portrait — To Come

Michael Galindo

Newport Beach, CA

Builds the market.

  • Founded, ran, and scaled businesses — tax services, yacht charters, camps, pickleball.
  • Hospitality: zero to thriving.
  • Tax + legal structure fluency.
  • Run and coordinated tournaments with thousands of participants nationwide.

One builds the engine. One builds the market. Two coasts, one system.

THE DECK

Twelve slides. The whole story.

The investor deck, in the page. Step through it, or take it full screen.

PRIVATE — INVESTOR DECK

THE MAJOR EVENTS COMPANY
for the fastest-growing sport in America

Keith Fonseca × Michael Galindo — St. Petersburg, FL × Newport Beach, CA

Use the arrows, the dots, or the arrow keys. Full screen for the room.

FOUNDING PARTNERS

Build the first flagships with us.

A small founding table. Principals and family offices.

Teams in this sport already trade at $13M–$16M. (PPA/MLP 2025)

Single-weekend economics are modeled — conservative case available in the investor brief.

Terms are shared in person.

St. Petersburg, FL Newport Beach, CA