Jackson Jambalaya

Right or left side of 55?

Don't see how in the world the area is going to support two of these venues literally within a few miles of each other.

Whoo who 100 part time jobs, now that economic development !

When it folds in 5 years they will seek to Re zone it for apartments

@11:03--it can be both-

Wow!

The new Golf World and The Park....

More PPP money sloshing around the economy...

Love this. The competition between the two virtually identical facilities should bring out the best in both of them.

I want everyone to save that YouTube link and set a reminder for five years from today to re-watch. Then KF can post a new thread to compare and discuss the authenticity of that promotional video.

11:03 - what direction are you driving? Try using East or West. That might help.

11:09 agreed and who owns the TopGolf franchise that’s coming here. The one in Austin cost $15 million. That’s a very risky amount to invest in this area.

Sounds like a Top Golf mini. The one in Baton Rouge holds far more.

That’s a great addition to greater Jackson area. I’ve been fortunate to pass on hundreds of donated golf clubs, balls and bags to Jackson Public Schools Athletic Department to support golfing.

Two venues? Not sure who the second is but they better pull the plug. Top golf is the real deal. Can’t wait.

Too expensive for broke Mississippi. If it ever opens, it won't last.

Cue all the jealous Jacksonites who don’t have running water!

Great,
Just what we need more NE Jackson stuck ups in this area. Stay in your own River hills country club 30-A area
Leave us alone out here.

Where is the other one located near this one, and is this Callaway kin to the deceased golfer Charlie Callaway?

"climate-controlled outdoor" hitting bays. That is an oxymoron.

11:09, I agree. Golf Suites in Madison will make it, as Top Golf in Ridgeland is too close to all the "drama" in/from Jackson.

Hell yes!!!!!

Love some top golf.

one of them will fail. but hey-if its near renaissance, the gatherings at walk-ons can just go right up the street and hit a few balls before the night is through!

Happy to see more innovative entertainment for the tri county area. Wishing it the best.

I'm booking NOW. I went to one in New York City on the Hudson River. Loved it. KF, do you want me to sign you up?

So 2 driving range companies within 5 miles of each other?

They will need a gun tower or two to repel the Jackistan gangsters who will inevitably show up, right?

11:20 This development with Top Golf has been in the works for well over 5 years.

So will golfsuites and top golf be across from each other? Ha one will not make it. Seems a bit of poor planning.

Sounds like a lotta sour grapes from voters who actually thought 'Freeing the Land' would result in more business development.

It makes me sad that Jackson has willingly removed itself from all viable economic progress.

Oh well.

Golf Suites is DOA. Pull the plug unless you are spending Covid money. Top Golf is proven and is awesome. And they won’t have to invest in brick columns. I was at Top Golf Saturday in Dallas. Love it. Madison is soon to have a giant eye sore of the magnitude of New Orleans Six Flags. Kill it now.

This is a good thing, and TopGolf has the brand recognition. These are great venues for business - team building, customer entertainment, employee incentives, etc. Can be pricey, so having 2 could help keep the lid on with competitive rates and off-peak specials, etc. The Ridgeland and Madison LEOs will need to help keep it safe.

Interested in a reasoned explanation of where these two facilities will be. For instance, if driving North on I-55, will they be on the left (West) side or the right (East) side? The Renaissance is on the West side of I-55 and this says North East of the Renaissance. So does that mean on the right side of I-55?

Topgolf (Ridgeland) VS. GolfSuites (Madison) should be interesting. We go from none in Mississippi to two right near each other.

Ive been to both of them in various cities. There are only four GolfSuites (2 are being built) but they have a great facility and I thought the food was better. TopGolf has the name recognition though. Like others, I don't see how the area will support both. Nashville, Birmingham, etc. only have one.

My guess is that the first one that gets dirt moving wins and the other ones pulls out.

Truly doubt they both get built. Not if private money involved.

Probably not going to help the apartments nearby got shot down. Don't see this happening anytime soon given the economic climate.

Golf Suites is just a knock off and has repeatedly tried to raise funds from small individual investors (just Google it). Top Golf is owned by Callaway Golf and two top tier private equity firms. Who you betting on?

2:27, they will both be east of I-55. TopGolf across Colony Park Blvd from Ridgeland High School, and GolfSuites on Galleria Parkway north of 463.

Are you telling me that TopGolf denied Lumumba's bid to place TopGolf next to the Zoo?

I think both can survive. I mean there are 34 c-stores between the two locations.

Some of you are the most negative people. You can't be happy about anything. TopGolf will benefit the entire Metro. We need as many entertainment venues as possible in this market.

Imagine a crossroads and quadrants. Northeast defines the section north and east of 55, which would be east of the interstate and north of Renaissance.

Why the hell was this article approved mentioning Jackson three times? That's embarrassing.

Earlier today I read an article about the Mississippi Braves being located in a Jackson suburb. That was equally as embarrassing.

60 hitting bays! Wow! More mini rental apartments for Ridgeland.

I give it 2 -3 years max. Someone got conned. Real investors would never locate in this area.

Enjoy the first month then POW….

(1) some of you will complain about literally every single thing posted on this site.

(2) most of you never waste an opportunity to disparage Jackson in some way, even though it is the population center and absolute anchor for this part of the state (#obsessed)

(3) most of you have no clue how investing, development, or any of this work. Go back to your grass cutting job.

TopGolf? It’s coming to Jackson? But it’s going to be in Ridgeland?

They both tried to go into New Orleans, something happened and neither project got off the ground.

These comments are so salty.

July 20, 2022 at 5:49 PM & 9:41 PM

This is not a news article. It is a press release by TopGolf, whose HQ is in Texas. Most outsiders have at best, only a vague knowledge of Jackson, so you have to assume the metro or tri-county area in the reference. And, for many outsiders, it's Jackson - the capitol of the land mass between Alabama and Louisiana.

7:45 gets angry at mean Jackson comments, when people are openly opining how they wish Jackson was still in the running for such because nobody in the burbs really wants y'all to be the failures that you are.

Yet 7:45 will be the first comment on any Madison/Rankin drama to make fun of them and attempt to compare that to the blight in Jackson.

5:49 and 9:41...only people in Madison and Ridgeland thinks the rest of the world knows the difference between their burbs and Jackson. To the rest of the world, its Jackson. I know that kills you, but you live in the Jackson area.

@12:03

That is today’s society in America. Only a millennial would write those words

8:15 the rest of the world doesn’t even know or care that Jackson or the outskirts even exists. It’s a very small part of this “Land Mass”. Jackson ain’t even a major U.S. city and never will be.

8:49 is right. Except that elementary kids have to memorize the state capitols.

one will make it and thrive. one will be a vacant eyesore. the metro can absolutely support one of these. and does it really matter that it’s smaller than baton rouge? nope.

Flowood strikes out again.

Is the non-Top-Golf-branded thing going to be in Madison-the-City or in Gluckstadt? Please clarify.

6:09. Can you read?

7:34, apparently not. Where is the Non-Top Golf place going?

Merriam-Webster Definition of suburb
1a : an outlying part of a city or town
b : a smaller community adjacent to or within commuting distance of a city
c suburbs plural : the residential area on the outskirts of a city or large town
2 suburbs plural : the near vicinity : ENVIRONS

Hate to tell all of you Madison and Rankin posters but you live in the Suburbs of Jackson. No two ways around it! No matter what Mother Mary tells you, Madison is a small town. So is Pearl and Brandon. Gluckstadt? Don't even go there.

Surprised this post is still going, but once the Madison vs everybody thing starts, nobody wants to surrender the last word. Anyway, just look at Google images of the Baton Rouge Top Golf and the Baton Rouge Golf Suites and you decide who the favorite is in this one.

I think ol' @1:54 has got a point there. Match to TopGolf.

Nice try 1:54. That Google Earth image is 18 months old. Golf Suites just opened last month at that location. Do a little more digging and photo interpretation next time. Thanks for playing.

You guys are so funny. Madison, Rankin, and Hinds trashing each other is so lame. We are the only people who thinks we are better than each other. The rest of the country thinks Mississippi as a whole is a dump. And instead of us trying to improve the state and get off every shit-list known to man, we are busy holding ourselves down. Quoted from Michael Jackson, we all need to "look at the man in the mirror" and change our ways.

Top Golf in Ridgeland will open Friday December 20.