Drew Brees’ Surge Entertainment opening a venue in the ArkLaTex

BOSSIER CITY, La. (KSLA) — KSLA News 12 today confirmed that a new entertainment hangout soon will be here in our own backyard.

Surge Entertainment, which is owned by retired New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, is working toward opening a venue at Pierre Bossier Mall in Bossier City.

Workers are clearing the space formerly used by Virginia College.

The venue will include an arcade, a golf simulator, a restaurant and a trampoline park.

Surge Entertainment’s website indicates it already operates 14 venues, including three in Louisiana:

• Columbia, S.C.
• Fayetteville, N.C.
• Fort Walton, Fla.
• Homewood, Ala.
• Jacksonville, Fla.
• Lafayette, La.
• Metairie, La.
• Newport News, Va.
• Oklahoma City, Okla.
• Opelika, Ala.
• Richmond, Va.
• Virginia Beach, Va.
• West Monroe, La.
• Winston-Salem, N.C.

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