Tag: Chicken n’ Pickle

‘Picklecon’ coming to KC in 2024 with 100 pickleball courts, $3.9M-projected economic impact

By Tommy Felts / August 9, 2023

Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America, noted Kathy Nelson; and a one-of-a-kind pickleball experience is coming to Kansas City in 2024. In collaboration with Visit KC, Triple Crown Sports is bringing its inaugural celebration of pickleball to Kansas City. Picklecon is an all-encompassing pickleball experience designed to welcome players of all skill levels:…

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KC Pioneers to their visiting Aussie players: Feel what it’s like to have an entire city behind you

By Tommy Felts / April 4, 2023

Playing professional esports has given 17-year-old Ethan Klumpp an opportunity to travel the world; Kansas City has been one of the most livable cities he’s visited yet, he shared. “My experience in Kansas City, it’s different from the other U.S. cities that I’ve been in,” said Klumpp, an Australian who plays for the Kansas City…

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Luke Wade, KC Crew; photo courtesy of Nicole Bissey Photography

Facility Ally raises $700K to take its sports venue, ‘eatertainment’ SAAS platform national

By Tommy Felts / February 21, 2023

Facility Ally, a sports facility and “eatertainment” management software company, has closed a $700,000 pre-seed funding round led by Slabotsky Family Office. The funds are expected to be used to build out Facility Ally’s development, sales and marketing teams. For sports facilities and leagues, Facility Ally provides a central hub for reservations, memberships, payment, waivers…

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This North Kansas City hub will be base camp for GEWKC 2022; Deadline for event applications nears

By Tommy Felts / August 11, 2022

KCSourceLink announced this week that Global Entrepreneurship Week-Kansas City, the metro’s largest celebration of entrepreneurship, has a new base camp for its 15th year. The Nov. 14-20 weeklong event series is setting its main events at iWerx in North Kansas City. Popular nearby businesses like Restless Spirits, Cinder Block Brewery and Chicken N Pickle will…

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Dave Johnson and the Chicken N Pickle team at the 2022 KC Chamber Small Business Celebration

Chamber awards ‘Small Business of the Year’ to trendsetter that caught ‘lightning in a bottle’

By Tommy Felts / June 15, 2022

In its third match as a Top 10 Small Business, Chicken N Pickle earned the Chamber’s coveted Mr. K Award — signifying the North Kansas City family entertainment experience as the Small Business of the Year. Dave Johnson, founder of Chicken N Pickle, accepted the honor Wednesday during the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce’s…

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