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Top Golf out in NOLA. Drive Shack in

Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:39 pm
Posted by lsuwontonwrap
Member since Aug 2012
34147 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:39 pm
Topgolf out, Drive Shack steps in as suitor for former Times-Picayune location

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Drive Shack, a golf entertainment concept, is planning to open a location in the former Times-Picayune building on Howard Avenue. The investor group that owns the building will be meeting with neighbors next Wednesday (March 14) to discuss the potential redevelopment.


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A new Topgolf location is in the works in Baton Rouge near Interstate 10 and Siegen Lane, but the brand has no plans for a New Orleans location at this point. Topgolf has more than 40 locations in the U.S. and overseas, including three locations in the U.K.



Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
26590 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:40 pm to
I've never heard of Drive Shack. Is it basically a rip off of the Top Golf model?

Terrible name, though. Drive Shack?
Posted by Winston Cup
Dallas Cowboys Fan
Member since May 2016
65497 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:40 pm to
this is the perfect knock off version for louisiana
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171037 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:41 pm to
Yeah it’s a copy cat.
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
26590 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:42 pm to
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this is the perfect knock off version for louisiana


Except BR is getting a Top Golf...
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
21933 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:42 pm to
So NOLA is getting the Great Value version instead of the
real thing.
Posted by JackieTreehorn
Malibu
Member since Sep 2013
29103 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:42 pm to
Fantastically located just 2 blocks from the NOPD and Sheriff's Dept.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
117720 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:42 pm to
Do they have a stall for deadlifts and cigs?
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
101472 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:43 pm to
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Drive Shack


Sounds like a Veterans Blvd. daiquiri shop.
Posted by Winston Cup
Dallas Cowboys Fan
Member since May 2016
65497 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:44 pm to
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Except BR is getting a Top Golf...

by the time they finish construction in BR half the posters here will have already moved to Texas and have a location in their area
Posted by 50_Tiger
Dallas TX
Member since Jan 2016
40107 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:44 pm to
Wow, can't even get a damn Top Golf...
Posted by OchoDedos
Republic of Texas
Member since Oct 2014
34114 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:45 pm to
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on Howard Avenue


God bless them
Posted by PearlJam
NotBeardEaves
Member since Aug 2014
13908 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:45 pm to
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I've never heard of Drive Shack. Is it basically a rip off of the Top Golf model?
direct ripoff of top golf. About to open first location in Orlando. They have a ton of money to expand quickly. It will be interesting to see if these things are sustainable.
This post was edited on 3/7/18 at 12:46 pm
Posted by Ba Ba Boooey
Northshore
Member since May 2010
4705 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:47 pm to
There was zero percent chance top golf executives could’ve trained New Orleans employees up to their high customer service and cleanliness standards
Posted by Fa Sheaux Breaux
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2018
530 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:53 pm to
Baton Rouge >>>>> New Orleans
Posted by Ice Cold
Over Macho Grande
Member since Jun 2004
18741 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:55 pm to
Word is Top Golf had that location on lock, but screwed the pooch.
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79235 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 12:57 pm to
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direct ripoff of top golf. About to open first location in Orlando. They have a ton of money to expand quickly. It will be interesting to see if these things are sustainable.



Sure as hell hope so

Probably a good time to start thinking about repurposing opportunities if they're not

Take up pretty big parcels of real estate
Posted by jdaute2
lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2012
1775 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 1:03 pm to
Good friends with the guy who got this deal done basically. Top golf was gonna put a half arse smaller location in New Orleans just to keep drive shack out but my buddy jumped on the properties they were looking at and made some deals to keep top golf out. Apparently the drive shack concept is a nicer version of top golf but time will tell. As someone mentioned earlier, they have a boatload if money to work with right now. Either way, I’ll get to go for free so I’m happy. My friend stands to make a shitload of money on this deal so he’s pushing drive shack over top golf.
Posted by EastBankTiger
A little west of Hoover Dam
Member since Dec 2003
21326 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 1:07 pm to
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There was zero percent chance top golf executives could’ve trained New Orleans employees up to their high customer service and cleanliness standards



Didn't seem to stop Dave and Buster's.
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
67590 posts
Posted on 3/7/18 at 1:07 pm to
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A new Topgolf location is in the works in Baton Rouge near Interstate 10 and Siegen Lane, but the brand has no plans for a New Orleans location


NOLA sucks
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