Adding or Claiming a Venue
Vallio's venue list is built by players. If somewhere you play isn't on it, add it.
Adding a venue
Use Add Venue from the Find tab. You'll be asked for:
- ›Name
- ›Address
- ›Courts — how many
- ›Access — Free, Drop-in, Hourly, Member, Membership, or Court rental
- ›Contact — optional
Moderation
A moderator reviews new venues before they go live.
Submissions don't appear immediately. The review is what stops the list filling with duplicates, misspellings, and places that don't exist — which is the failure mode of every open venue database that skips this step.
So a venue you add won't be searchable right away. That's the system working.
What makes a submission go through cleanly
Check it isn't already listed. Search first, including likely alternative names. Duplicates are the most common rejection.
Use the venue's real name, the one on the sign or the city's parks listing — not what your group calls it.
Give a real address, precise enough to navigate to. "The courts behind the high school" isn't findable.
Get the access type right. This is the field players rely on most before driving somewhere.
Requesting courts
You can request that courts be added to an existing venue — useful when a venue is listed but its courts aren't, or when new ones are built. Court requests go through review as well.
Claiming a venue
If you represent a venue, it can be claimed. Claims are reviewed before being granted.
What to add
Anywhere people actually play:
- ›Public park courts
- ›Dedicated clubs
- ›Recreation and community centers
- ›School courts with public access
- ›Converted courts at gyms
If you can play there and others could too, it belongs on the list. If it's a private driveway, it doesn't.
Why bother
Two reasons, one selfish.
The selfish one: an unlisted venue can't host a queue, can't be checked into, and can't make your games count as venue games — which are worth more PaddleRank than quick games. Adding your home court upgrades every game you play there.
The other: someone new to the area is searching right now and your court isn't in the results.