It will be more than a year before Drive Shack opens its proposed $29 million golf entertainment complex in New Orleans. Renderings shared with NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune show plans for a roomy, multi-story facility stocked with games and featuring a rooftop terrace overlooking downtown.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Drive Shack CEO Sarah Watterson gathered last Thursday (April 12) to officially unveil the project, which will go up on the site of the old Times-Picayune building at 3800 Howard Ave. The former newspaper hub will be completely leveled to make way for the complex. Demolition is expected to start before the end of the year.
The planned three-level, 62,000-square-foot facility will have 90 climate-controlled driving range bays with complimentary TaylorMade clubs as well as a full-service restaurant and bar, a rooftop terrace and meeting and event space. The driving range itself will have targets and technology for tracking the flight of golf balls hit, an experience combining the gaming and arcade experience with that of a traditional driving range, Watterson said.