Trampoline park will not open in city
OPERATOR SAYS SECTOR HAS REACHED SATURATION POINT
PLANS to build a trampoline park in Tile Hill have been shelved.
Jump In Trampoline Parks said it had “reluctantly decided to step back” from its plan to create a new trampoline park in a vacant warehouse at the Earlplace Business Park just off the A45.
The company said the trampoline park sector had reached saturation point and as a result it had decided to reappraise its plans.
The Jump In plan was given the green light by Coventry City Council planners in November last year, in a move which would have seen the creation of 60 jobs.
At the time Jump In said it had hoped to have the new trampoline park up and running as early as this spring.
Jump In’s decision is connected to the opening of the Red Kangaroo trampoline park in Exhall, though plans for that facility were on the table before Jump In announced its Coventry plans.
Vernon West, chairman of Jump In, said: “The trampoline park sector in the Midlands has reached saturation, and there are parks closing in from both the East and West Midlands.
“Coventry is well served by Jump In Warwick and Red Kangaroo in Exhall.
“Unfortunately, we don’t believe there is the population for three parks to thrive across the Coventry and Warwickshire market.”
Mr West said in the wake of its decision not to go ahead in Coventry it would be upgrading its existing Warwick trampoline park. He added: “Our priority will therefore be to deliver a magical upgrade to our Warwick site to make it even more awesome.
“Indeed, we plan to bring to market two features that are new to the Midlands.” Jump In’s change of use application to Coventry City Council last year sought to transform the 1,850 sq ft Earlplace Business Park warehouse into a facility featuring interconnected trampolines, wall trampolines, a foam pit, a dedicated toddler jump space and a Gladiators-style battle beam.
Jump In was founded in 2014 by three parents – Gavin Lucas, Vernon West and Linsey West – who were inspired by trampoline parks in the US.