Izmir builds two new lit padel courts at Bostanli waterfront

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi has begun building two new padel courts at Bostanlı Sahili, with the project placed beside Yasemin Kafe and scheduled for completion by the end of summer. The waterfront location gives the city a visible new sports site in one of Karşıyaka’s busiest seaside areas, where public foot traffic is part of the setting, not a backdrop.

The work is being carried out by the municipality’s Fen İşleri Dairesi Başkanlığı as part of a wider effort to renew sports facilities across İzmir and expand access to sport. The courts are being built for padel, the racket sport often described locally as a blend of tennis and squash, and the municipality says the new complex will give İzmirliler a modern sports area on the coast.

The construction follows standard padel dimensions: each court is reported to be 14 metres wide, 22 metres long and 2.87 metres high. The enclosures will use 12-millimetre tempered glass and PVC-coated wire mesh over galvanized material, with lighting installed for night use. That detail matters in a place like Bostanlı, where the court design has to work after dark as well as in the daytime flow of the waterfront.

If the schedule holds, İzmir will add two more padel courts by the end of summer 2026, adding a municipal option in a sport that has surged in popularity in Turkey and abroad. The public setting at Bostanlı Sahili puts the game within easy view of walkers, families and regular waterfront visitors, giving padel a stronger chance to move from a niche club activity into the city’s everyday recreational routine.