An indoor trampoline park called Velocity Air Sports plans to bring a 40,000-square-foot entertainment center to Southside.
The park will open at 7022 A.C. Skinner Parkway, at southeast Interstate 95 and Butler Boulevard.
Velocity Air Sports’ first location opened this summer in North Charleston, S.C. The company is based in West Columbia.
A permit application shows the Jacksonville location will include the same features as the South Carolina facility.
The North Charleston location features 25,000 square feet of trampolines.
That site includes a large trampoline field, a trampoline dodge ball stadium, “AirSlam” basketball, a flying trapeze, foam pits, a large inflatable playground, high-wire slack lines and “and the largest Ninja Warrior Obstacle Course in the state.”
There also is an arcade.
Velocity Air Sports said its centers are designed for all ages, and notes that 10 minutes of jumping burns the same number of calories as 30 minutes of jogging.
Customers pay by the hour. Rates vary, but an hour of jumping is $14 for general admission, with discounts for group rates and a family rate on Monday nights.
It also is available to host birthday parties, youth groups, dodge ball tournaments, corporate and team-building events and Club Velocity, which includes laser lighting and live DJ music on weekend nights.
It intended to hire 50 jobs for the first venue.
The center’s hours are 9 a.m-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, and a “kids’ jump” time for children ages 6 and under from 9-10 a.m. Monday-Friday.
Velocity Jacksonville LLC was filed with state in August. A company executive did not return two telephone calls.
Emerald C’s Development Inc. is the contractor for the $798,600 job.
The location is about three miles from the Autobahn Indoor Speedway. That indoor go-kart venue is west of I-95 along Executive Park Court North, east of Philips Highway.
The North Charleston Velocity opened in a former furniture store. The Jacksonville location was a warehouse space.
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