{"id":2348402,"date":"2026-03-27T20:43:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2348402"},"modified":"2026-03-27T20:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:43:51","slug":"launch-entertainment-targets-charlotte-for-first-local-venue-by-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/launch-entertainment-targets-charlotte-for-first-local-venue-by-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch Entertainment targets Charlotte for first local venue by 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Launch Entertainment, an indoor family\u2011entertainment brand, is eyeing Charlotte for its first local venue by 2027.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The company is in talks with potential franchisees and hopes to open within the next 12 to 18 months, according to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/charlotte\/news\/2026\/03\/26\/launch-entertainment-expansion-suburbs-growth.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Charlotte Business Journal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Charlotte Business Journal&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Charlotte Business Journal<\/a>.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Charlotte\u2019s rapid population growth, strong family demographics, and high household incomes make it a prime target, with room for three to five locations across suburbs like Huntersville, Lake Norman, Ballantyne, Fort Mill, Matthews, Indian Trail, and Concord.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsoctv.com\/news\/local\/tepper-sports-proposes-new-4400-seat-indoor-venue-uptown\/MC74BVOLCNCAVBOQ6O3EDXIASE\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ALSO READ: Tepper Sports proposes 4,400-seat indoor venue in Uptown;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;ALSO READ&quot;}\" class=\"link \">ALSO READ: Tepper Sports proposes 4,400-seat indoor venue in Uptown<\/a><!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The Rhode Island\u2011based company has evolved beyond trampoline parks, now offering customizable attractions such as bowling, zip lines, laser tag, VR experiences, arcades, and challenge courses.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Its Krave caf\u00e9 concept, featuring pizza, sandwiches, wings, salads, and bar service, has boosted visit frequency and time spent in the parks. About 35% of business comes from corporate and social events.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Launch currently has 50 locations open or in development, including Raleigh and Asheville, and is focused entirely on franchise expansion.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Opening a unit costs between $3.5 million and $6.5 million, with average annual revenue around $3.5 million for full entertainment centers.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The company typically targets 25,000 to 35,000 square\u2011foot second\u2011generation retail spaces in high\u2011visibility corridors near major retailers.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The biggest challenge in Charlotte, they say, is patience, waiting for the right real estate opportunity.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><i><b>VIDEO: Tepper Sports proposes 4,400-seat indoor venue in Uptown<\/b><\/i><!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/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 finance.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launch Entertainment, an indoor family\u2011entertainment brand, is eyeing Charlotte for its first local venue by 2027. The company is in talks with potential franchisees and hopes to open within the next 12 to 18 months, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. Charlotte\u2019s rapid population growth, strong family demographics, and high household incomes make it a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2348403,"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":[305207,454548,455624,455625,455626,386915],"class_list":["post-2348402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-charlotte","tag-charlotte-business-journal","tag-household-incomes","tag-indoor-family","tag-lake-norman","tag-launch-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Launch-Entertainment-targets-Charlotte-for-first-local-venue-by-2027.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348402","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=2348402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2348404,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348402\/revisions\/2348404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2348403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2348402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2348402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2348402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}