{"id":2146225,"date":"2025-11-10T10:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T10:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2146225"},"modified":"2025-11-10T10:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T10:30:10","slug":"dirt-cheaps-old-home-to-be-transformed-into-indoor-family-entertainment-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/dirt-cheaps-old-home-to-be-transformed-into-indoor-family-entertainment-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirt Cheap&#8217;s old home to be transformed into indoor family entertainment park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pnj.com\/story\/news\/local\/2025\/10\/23\/pensacola-food-truck-park-ferry-pass-dining-businesses-escambia-development\/85412221007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ferry Pass;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ferry Pass<\/a> is getting a new indoor entertainment park under the ownership of a local father-and-son duo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">John and Jeremy Reams are opening the indoor park next year under <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/launchfamilyentertainment.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Launch Entertainment;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Launch Entertainment<\/a>, which operates family entertainment centers in over a dozen states, inside Ferry Pass Plaza on the corner of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/dutch-bros-coffee-could-pensacola-090424944.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:North Davis Highway;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">North Davis Highway<\/a> and East Olive Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 31,000-square-foot venue will feature a variety of attractions including arcade games, bowling, indoor trampolines and obstacle courses. Jeremy Reams also said they plan to offer signature experiences like a stunt jump, dodgeball, a gladiator pit, a soft play area, a \u201cValo \u201cArena\u201d and multiple party rooms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Food and beverages will be available from Krave restaurant and bar, ensuring they can spend all day in the venue without interruption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Reams expect the park to open in September 2026, making it the fourth park in Florida under Launch Entertainment. Launch has locations in Clearwater, Doral and Orlando.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>Ferry Pass development: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pnj.com\/story\/news\/local\/2025\/10\/23\/pensacola-food-truck-park-ferry-pass-dining-businesses-escambia-development\/85412221007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New food truck park coming to Ferry Pass behind old Dirt Cheap;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New food truck park coming to Ferry Pass behind old Dirt Cheap<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Reams signed a franchise agreement with Launch Entertainment for the park in early 2023 and immediately began looking for an appropriate location, which included both Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFerry Pass Plaza offered the ideal combination of visibility, accessibility and space needed for a Launch park,\u201d Jeremy told the News Journal. \u201cIts central location and strong community presence makes it a great fit for families and groups looking for entertainment and recreation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Launch Entertainment venues nationwide<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Launch Entertainment is actively working to expand into markets across the Midwest, Northeast and Southwest, including Florida and Alabama. The brand was founded in 2012 and has evolved from a simple trampoline park and small arcade to multi-faceted entertainment centers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They already have 30 locations across 15 states with new entertainment centers in development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFrom the moment I experienced Launch with my kids, I knew it was a concept that would thrive in Pensacola,\u201d said Jeremy. \u201cIt blends fun, family, and opportunity in a way that few places do. We are building something that will bring people together, create memories and strengthen the sense of community that makes this area so special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Launch is also focusing on opening new locations in: Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, Missouri New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAt Launch Entertainment, we look for partners who care deeply about their communities, and Jeremy and John fit that perfectly,\u201d said Craig Erlich, chief executive officer at Launch Entertainment, in a statement. \u201cTheir background and passion for creating a welcoming place for families make them an incredible addition to our growing system. We can\u2019t wait to see the positive impact they will have in Pensacola.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pnj.com\/story\/news\/local\/escambia-county\/2025\/11\/10\/new-launch-entertainment-center-florida-pensacola-expansion\/87103457007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Launch Family Entertainment indoor park coming to Pensacola Florida;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Launch Family Entertainment indoor park coming to Pensacola Florida<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferry Pass is getting a new indoor entertainment park under the ownership of a local father-and-son duo. John and Jeremy Reams are opening the indoor park next year under Launch Entertainment, which operates family entertainment centers in over a dozen states, inside Ferry Pass Plaza on the corner of North Davis Highway and East Olive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2146226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[410036,410034,410033,410035],"class_list":["post-2146225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment-park","tag-ferry-pass","tag-jeremy-reams","tag-trampolines"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dirt-Cheaps-old-home-to-be-transformed-into-indoor-family.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2146225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2146227,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146225\/revisions\/2146227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2146226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2146225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2146225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2146225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}