Bossier City officials celebrated a list of firsts Saturday. The first The Picklr pickleball franchise in the state officially opened in the Louisiana Boardwalk. 325 members signed up prior to opening, a number that eclipsed the other 64 Picklr franchises across the nation. “This is just the start of the Boardwalk,” beamed Bossier City Mayor Tommy Chandler.
That was the theme of the day.
“It’s important somebody has to be the first. Somebody has to believe in the vision that the city and the Boardwalk ownership have been saying is possible,” said Bossier City Council chairman Chris Smith. “So for the Picklr to be here, to believe in that and be the first to kind of start, I think the dominoes are really going to start to fall.”…