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re: Local officials hope that TopGolf will boost retail and leisure spending in Baton Rouge

Posted on 1/4/19 at 2:05 pm to
Posted by BURASBOI
Member since Mar 2007
1827 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 2:05 pm to
Damn BR, do yall have bowling alleys yet? A little late to the party huh?
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
37463 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 2:05 pm to
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I think we average about $50 per person per trip.

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it can get pretty pricey.




How much are you expecting to pay for a combination of food/alcohol/entertainment? $50 doesn't seem bad at all for that.
Posted by TigersSEC2010
Warren, Michigan
Member since Jan 2010
38534 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 2:05 pm to
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Do you reserve a bay ahead of time or just show up? Id imagine it will be packed the first few months



I know they were dabbling with online reservations for some of the TopGolfs a year or two ago. I don't know if that is now widespread or if BR will be in the program.
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
116445 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 2:06 pm to
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I've never been with less than 4 or 5 people and you really aren't ever going to want to stay more than 2 hours. $20/person isn't bad.


Yeah it’s not bad. The food and drinks is where you get raped
Posted by olegreg
Da Bayou
Member since Dec 2009
652 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 2:07 pm to
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Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
33146 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 2:08 pm to
Online reservation ahead of time is probably required on weekends and evenings. You may get lucky and show up when they have an opening.

It’s going to be difficult to get a slot the first few months.
Posted by olegreg
Da Bayou
Member since Dec 2009
652 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 2:09 pm to
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Do you reserve a bay ahead of time or just show up? Id imagine it will be packed the first few months


You can do either. I’d probably reserve one since it’ll be new and you could be waiting a while. Once you have a bay, you can basically stay till it closes if you keep extending your time.
Posted by lsu13lsu
Member since Jan 2008
11841 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 2:16 pm to
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How much are you expecting to pay for a combination of food/alcohol/entertainment? $50 doesn't seem bad at all for that.


I just don't see people doing it all the time for those prices and we don't have the Corporate happy hour volume like larger cities. People in BR are cheap as hell. I hope I am wrong. I want BR to be successful.
Posted by theliontamer
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2015
2261 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 2:48 pm to
might bring bachelor parties for smaller town baws
Posted by tigercraig
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2003
3835 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 4:54 pm to
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ole greg


Do they serve Bailey’s out of a shoe?
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122525 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 4:57 pm to
I didn't realize they had a bar and sometimes live entertainment.. But someone explained to me, it is like a nice bowling alley, that has golf instead of bowling.
Posted by Dingeaux
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2005
5904 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 5:34 pm to
If current MOL clientele begin to frequent the main event, l don't see it lasting long.
Posted by Goat Rider
Boulder, CO
Member since Feb 2018
947 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:40 pm to
Only in Louisiana could a Top Golf opening be considered an economic boom to the economy.
Posted by TigerNlc
Chocolate City
Member since Jun 2006
33219 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:45 pm to
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What's gonna be more packed? Top Golf on a Friday before an LSU FB game or Ruffinos on a Friday before an LSU FB game?

Top Golf after halftime of a LSU game.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
37536 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:56 pm to
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Only in Louisiana could a Top Golf opening be considered an economic boom to the economy.



I mean they're a pretty big deal. It's one of the most rapid growing businesses in the US and BR is one of the first mid markets to get one.
Posted by Mizz-SEC
Inbred Huntin' In The SEC
Member since Jun 2013
23216 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 7:16 pm to

The Top Golf in St. Louis is PACKED open to close.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
26317 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 7:41 pm to
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we have loft18 down here

Been there once and it was pretty cool. But hitting a ball against a simulator screen is a lot different experience than Top Golf. Plus Loft18 is so small....I think there’s only 4 bays. So probably hard to get a bay on the weekend unless you make a reservation well ahead of time. The time I went was for a friend’s birthday and he reserved the bay, but that place was packed.
Posted by tketaco
Sunnyside, Houston
Member since Jan 2010
21806 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 7:42 pm to
It will be so popular there it will go to shite in 10 years.
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
14754 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 8:00 pm to
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Yeah it’s not bad. The food and drinks is where you get raped


Have gone to the one in Houston several times, our usual group of 4 drops around $250 bucks in 2 hours without even trying. $45.00/hr bay fee in prime time, $8-10 bucks per person game fee for 20 balls a game, food and drinks.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
37536 posts
Posted on 1/4/19 at 8:02 pm to
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$8-10 bucks per person game fee for 20 balls a game


Huh? I've been to the one in Dallas at least a dozen times and the one in Orlando and I've never heard of this. You just pay the hourly rate and do whatever you want.
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