Tim Tebow was on top of the world at age 19, having just won the highest honor in college football, the Heisman Trophy. But he was soon to learn a searing lesson that he relayed to the Restaurant Finance & Development Conference crowd today in an inspiring keynote address.
Defy parks attract older teenagers and adults by emphasizing what its CEO calls “a lot of activity and adrenaline.”
Ty Law, right, formerly a cornerback for the New England Patriots, and Rob Arnold are co-founders of Launch Entertainment, which overhauled it…
“Launch is not a trampoline park. Why? Because trampoline parks are dead,” declared Brad Artery, COO of the Rhode Island-based family entertainment franchise that has undergone a complete transformation since its first park opened in 2012.
Ty Law, left, formerly of the New England Patriots, and Rob Arnold are co-founders of Launch Entertainment.
Ty Law, co-founder of Launch Entertainment and Pro Football Hall of Famer, at first didn't think much of the trampoline park business when he visited one several years ago. Then he started counting the busloads of kids.
What to do when it's 10 below at the Super Bowl? Go on a zipline over the Mississippi River, of course, as these hardy souls did.
Since the largest franchise of them all—the National Football League—is in Minneapolis, also the world headquarters of Franchise Times, I've been talking with sources all week who have the same question: What in the world do people do when the Super Bowl will take place on a day forecast to be 10 degrees below overnight with a high of big fat zero on February 4 itself? So let me explain.