Jackson Jambalaya

If they can keep prices low enough it could work. The numbers that ive seen charged will doom this concept here. Hope not. I’ll definitely check it out.

Can't expand the article. Hope they do ok.

I believe JJ initially reported that Lumumb desperately wanted a Top Golf for Jackson - supposedly at the Smith-Wills stadium site. Developers told him nothing was possible until he solved the city's water problems that he caused. The mayor didn't listen, of course, & now Madison County will win big time - again.

If they serve alcohol, it might work. Of course, you do know that if they do serve alcohol, the Ridgeland/Madison police dept. will go out of their way to arrest those drinking alcohol.

As they should.

Gonna be chilly for the next few months trying to chip those balls off that balcony.

Higher prices keep the riff raff out!

I have been to one in Nashville years ago. It is fun to do on occasions, not something I would do more than once or twice a year. I equate it to bowling but with a golf club and ball. When it’s your turn you hit the ball at targets and score points. The score is posted on a monitor at your station. Then the next player in your group has a turn and so on. Again, it’s something different to do with friends but not something I would care to do on a regular basis.

Believing anything Lumumba says is the first mistake.

We've done it in different cities for a night out during business conferences. It's fun but not cheap. I hope it's successful, and that they are able to keep the thuggery away.

Is it like put put golf?

4:44 Lumamba is quoted in the C-L that state officials would not allow TopGolf in Jackson.

This entertainment venue will be dismantled in less that 15 years.

I love it that Mississippi always gets restaurants and attractions AFTER they peak in popularity and have jumped the shark.

Will Lumumba’s federal pen have a golf course?

Sadly 8:15 is correct. This was a fairly lame idea when it first came out. It is now stale and unsustainable. I live in Madison and hope I’m wrong but it doesn’t feel like a good concept to me.

The value to ambulance chasers is high. Drunks, balconies, golf clubs, and the occasional shootouts all make for a good profit.

And, yeah, outdoor dining on a balcony with booze in December? Not a great tee time, but the crews will have a soft launch for sure. And, in Mississippi, anything new, just ANYTHING NEW, will have the white trash driving 150 miles to wait in line for it. The Vicksburg area had a Zaxby's open up and the line for drive thru is still out in the road. I've stomached Zaxby's once. Ewww.

This will have the usual rednecks boasting to the bros in both the trailer parks and the gated hick communities about that "fancy new place TopDogGolf." Totally new and no other like it anywhere they will swear (works everytime in Mississippi) And the denizens of Jackson cannot wait to put their imprimatur on it either. All those little Tigers out there with Dad seeing glory (and stars). Gonna be rich, culturally speaking. Bubba's Used Tires and Snowcones CEO plans a big company outing already I am certain.

Topgolf is a lot of fun. I really can’t imagine that the Jackson market is full of people who who have had their fill of it. In fact, I suspect most people who are crapping on it have t played more than once, if that. Now, Jackson’s problem will be whether there are enough people in the area who are willing to pay for something reasonably nice.

If the “I can get a bucket of balls at the driving range for $3” crowd is too large, it’ll fail. If they have to drop prices and go downmarket, it’ll fail. And if either of those happen, you’ll have no one but yourselves to blame.

It is pretty stale. As always, Mississippi gets franchises after the quants have milked out almost any possibility of real profits and 15 years after it was new elsewhere.

It just seems sort of like trophy wives opening a small shop for 3 hours a day so they can call themselves entrepreneurs instead of bimbos. Gen III or IV types love this so they can say they are bidnessmen. Then, they move on with Daddy's money to another pointless venture. This seems almost to be a social license if they are already at that stage in desperation for 'growth.'

But, there is a baseline of Bubba drunks who find this schlock wildly entertaining. It will do fine for 5 years.

Offering skeet would increase the cash flow.

Top Golf is doing well all across the country. You don’t need to be a golfer. A fun event for friends, families, gift card etc. It will do well.

December 6, 2024 at 11:14 PM
And you believe him or the Clarion-Liar?

A lot of negative comments on here for something people have been waiting on. All you negative comments stay home. You probably can't afford it anyway.

Of course JJ is packed full of experts on quasi golf. Of course.

Damn 12:30, not dramatic are you?

While I've done it elsewhere and was sorta fun, I won't be rushing to or frequenting it much at all now in Ridgeland... and sounds like you may not either. But to drone on and on with your Bubba crap talk of everyone else around you is a little much - NO, it's overly much... and screams of your pre-judgement of all others not in your inflated orbit.

I'll bet even your mother knows you've turned out to be a personality prick.

Truth

Ok, that’s it…I’m going to the eye doctor tomorrow. All this time I was waiting I honestly thought it was Topless Golf. I was hoping Paige Shearinack was going to make a few appearances there. Now I won’t have to use my secret credit card I hide from my wife for things like this.

Watch after the newness/ novelty wares off-

So did Blockbuster Videos for about a decade.

I wish them the best, but the Jackson version is not even top golf. It is only two stories.