Outdoor ping pong tables by POPP are a proven way to create engaging, social and active spaces in your school or community.
Since 2009, our outdoor ping pong tables have helped foster inclusivity, creativity and physical activity in and across diverse communities and schools - bringing public and private spaces to life through ping pong, colour and art.
Known as ‘Ping Pong Placemaking’ outdoor ping pong tables in public spaces - together with other placemaking and community-building strategies - foster authentic, active and engaging places that generate real and measurable value for communities. And this value increases over time - each rally, each game and each day building on the last.
At POPP, we have unpacked, honed and distilled over 15 years of experiences, customer feedback and hands-on expertise into a wonderfully concise program - we named it Play Daily (email us at [email protected] to find out more or check out our FAQ here). By ‘playing daily’ we see more people searching out, visiting, lingering and actively using these public spaces - in turn bringing more safety, familiarity and connectedness. The benefits from successful placemaking are far-reaching:
1 Trust for Public Land, "Measuring the Economic Value of a City Park System," April 2009 2 National Institute of Justice, “Disorder in Urban Neighborhoods - Does It Lead To Crime?”, February 2001. 3 Trust For Public Land, “Economic Benefit Reports”. 4 Medibank Private, "The Cost of Physical Activity. What is the Lack of Participation in Physical Activity Costing Australia?", August 2007. 5 UN Habitat, "For a Better Urban Future"
POPP outdoor ping pong tables increase place visitation through online awareness
POPP integrates its public outdoor ping pong table locations with Google Maps to provide a measurable data point for communities, owners and property managers. Seen as ‘outdoor ping pong table by POPP’ on Google Maps, new POPP outdoor ping pong table locations directly increase engagement and visitation of public spaces.
To date, ‘outdoor ping pong table by POPP’ locations have recevied over 5 million views - leading to table and park reviews, user-uploaded images and increased engagement in person and online. We love that we can be a catalyst for more play, longer stays and a greater number of visitors to parks and active outdoor spaces.