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"Scoring 6" at Sixes Social Cricket at Grandscape in The Colony. [Photo: Sixes]
As MLC Debut Looms, Sixes Social Cricket Is Swinging at Grandscape in The Colony
by David Seeley | Jul 11, 2023
With the first-ever Major League Cricket match looming Thursday in Grand Prairie, the sport of cricket is catching on in DFW. Sixes Social Cricket, a London-based immersive entertainment concept, opened at Grandscape on June 17 to help North Texans get in the swing of things.
by Quincy Preston |
May 15, 2023
Dive into the trends reshaping the retail industry so this year, as spotlighted in recent reports from commercial real estate firm JLL. With insights from JLL Dallas' Rob Franks, discover how next-gen retail concepts are steering the sector towards an exciting future, and how small businesses are proving to be critical drivers of this transformation.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 14, 2023
Ready to really get in the game? Dallas-Fort Worth has become
a major testing ground for an endless variety of immersive entertainment concepts—and more high-tech amazements are on the way.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 9, 2023
If the future of sports has one home, it’s right here in North Texas.
A big brag, we know. But consider this: From high-tech advances to the
hottest sports trends to startups on the edge of fitness science,
it’s all kicking off in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Aaron Pierce, Ross Perot Jr., and Anurag Jain at the kickoff event for the 2022 Venture Dallas conference.
Tech Talk and ‘Meaningful Connections’: 10 Takeaways From Venture Dallas 2022
by Kevin Cummings | Nov 7, 2022
At last week's Venture Dallas conference, more than 400 VCs, angel investors, startups, and business leaders gathered for a showcase of North Texas' entrepreneurial and venture ecosystem. Here's a look at the highlights—from Troy Aikman saying "There are no shortcuts" to Alto Founder Will Coleman on the power of doing "the opposite" to Mark Cuban's "ready, fire, aim" approach.
“Regions like Texas and Dallas-Fort Worth, we’re the model for the rest of the nation on how to get things done," Ross Perot Jr. said at the conference kickoff.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 23, 2022
If you think it's just an office building, better tee up another ball. The new PGA of America headquarters aims to be a "first-of-its-kind" golf laboratory and a destination for the future of golf, with indoor training facilities, driving range simulators, state-of-the-art education facilities, a video studio, and more. Take a look inside.
The new HQ is just part of the new 660-acre PGA Frisco campus. Two championship golf courses, a new 510-room Omni Resort, a performance center, and other attractions are expected to drive $2.5 billion in economic impact over the next 20 years.
The new HQ is just part of the new 660-acre PGA Frisco campus. Two championship golf courses, a new 510-room Omni Resort, a performance center, and other attractions are expected to drive $2.5 billion in economic impact over the next 20 years.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 28, 2022
From Topgolf to Puttery, Electric Shuffle, TOCA Social, Two Bit Circus and more, North Texas may be America's greatest high-tech playground.
Check out this roundup of who's playing what where.
Check out this roundup of who's playing what where.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 22, 2022
“Invited is not just a name. It’s everything we are,” says CEO David Pillsbury. It's a game changer: ClubCorp sees a new high-tech era of "democratized" golf.
The rebranding announcement follows last week's Bloomberg report that Apollo Global Management Inc.—which took ClubCorp private in 2017—is weighing an IPO for the country club operator as early as this year, at a potential value of around $4.5 billion.
The rebranding announcement follows last week's Bloomberg report that Apollo Global Management Inc.—which took ClubCorp private in 2017—is weighing an IPO for the country club operator as early as this year, at a potential value of around $4.5 billion.
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Puttery's Illusion course at its location north of Dallas [Photo: Puttery]
First Look: Drive Shack Opens Its Debut Puttery Location Friday at Grandscape in The Colony
by David Seeley | Aug 31, 2021
Puttery's "modern spin" on putting features 20,700 square feet of entertainment—with four wildly creative 9-hole "golf courses" on two floors, three bars, an outdoor terrace, and multiple lounges and seating areas.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 12, 2021
McIlroy and his investment partnership will invest at least $10 million in the high-tech mini-golf concept, in exchange for 10 percent ownership in the equity of each Puttery venue planned to open through 2023—including one in the Dallas area later this summer.
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