editorial: review + improve padel-hall-build-guide-en (C8)

- Tightened Phase 1 intro (removed embedded clause, sharper)
- Nail the concept: simplified phrase
- Lender requirements: passive link sentence made active
- Added two-sentence conclusion to final section (solved problem framing)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Phase 1: Feasibility and Concept (Months 13)
This is the most important phase and the one where projects most often go wrong in one of two directions: either stopping too early because the first obstacle looks daunting, or moving too fast because enthusiasm outpaces analysis. Rigorous work here prevents expensive corrections later.
This is the most important phase and where projects most often go wrong in one of two directions: stopping too early because the first obstacle looks daunting, or moving too fast because enthusiasm outpaces analysis. Rigorous work here prevents expensive corrections later.
### Step 1: Market Research
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Your market research should drive your concept. How many courts? Which customer segments — competitive recreational players, club training, corporate wellness, broad community use? What service level — a pure booking facility or a full-concept venue with lounge, bar, pro shop, and coaching program?
Every decision here cascades into investment requirements, operating costs, and revenue potential. Nail this down before moving to site selection.
Every decision here cascades into investment requirements, operating costs, and revenue potential. Nail the concept before moving to site selection.
### Step 3: Location Scouting
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- 5070% debt (bank loan)
- 3050% equity (own funds, silent partners, shareholder loans)
What lenders will require: a credible financial model, collateral, your track record, and — almost universally for single-asset leisure facilities — personal guarantees from principal shareholders. See the companion article on investment risks for a full treatment of personal guarantee exposure.
What lenders will require: a credible financial model, collateral, your track record, and — almost universally for single-asset leisure facilities — personal guarantees from principal shareholders. The companion article on investment risks covers personal guarantee exposure in full.
Investigate public funding programs: development bank loans, regional sports infrastructure grants, and municipal co-investment schemes can reduce either equity requirements or interest burden. This research is worth several hours of your time.
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**Projects that succeed long-term** treat all three phases — planning, build, and opening — with equal rigor, and invest early and consistently in community and repeat customers.
Building a padel hall is complex, but it is a solved problem. The failures are nearly always the same failures. So are the successes.
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