Can't wait for this to open. Looks like a lot of fun. I've been waiting for someone to open a concept like this in Birmingham. I've been to Fulton Alley in New Orleans and Painted Pin in Atlanta. If it's anything like those it'll be a hit.
The article said it may be modeled after Punchbowl Social, but it will be locally owned instead of operated by the Punchbowl chain.
Here's some quotes:
There are lots of cool bars in Birmingham with arcade games, shuffleboard, darts, billiards, cornhole, bocce, etc. but these activities are rarely in the same place," said Orchestra Partners Principal John Boone, in an email to the BBJ. "We'll have enough space to include everything from ping-ping to bowling. When active-lifestylers are thinking of things to do on nights and weekends, we want them to think of Five Points Social first."
Boone said Five Points Social will be located at the former Bailey Brothers Music building, located between Five Points Hardware and the newly opened Homewood Suites Hotel.
"The old Bailey Brothers Music Co. building on 20th Street is a fantastic location. It's on a major commuter route in a historic district, with 15,000 cars passing by the front door daily," said Boone. "There's ample parking on the street and in the Pickwick deck across the road. The most important thing to us was the building's WalkScore of 93, and proximity to affluent suburbs, Southside neighborhoods, and tens of thousands of UAB students and employees."
Boone said he's seen turnarounds for these kinds of projects at between 8 and 15 months, and he feels they have a solid building that's already zoned so they're pretty confident in a 2017 opening.
"We're timing this project with the 130th Anniversary of Five Points South," Boone said. "This celebration will mark the beginning of an 18-month master plan for the neighborhood, which is being developed by the Five Points Alliance together with UAB, REV, and the City of Birmingham. The impact that this project will have in conjunction with other developments in the area will be tremendous."
Now we just need a nice movie theater like an Alamo Drafthouse .
they have one of these in Chattanooga, I think theirs is called "southside social"
A bowling alley I can walk to from my office or my apartment; this is great! League night will be a lot easier.
(02-14-2017 03:57 PM)mrchance33 Wrote: [ -> ]Now we just need a nice movie theater like an Alamo Drafthouse .
That would be incredible. The new theater opening as part of the Pizitz project seems pretty cool.
Yeah, actually two new movie theaters as part of the Pizitz renovation.
There used to be a bowling alley somewhere downtown called the Strawberry Bowl.
This was many moons ago.
After looking at the one in Denver, if the bowling is using strings to set the pins instead of mechanical pin setters, there will not be certified USBC leagues.
The business is a neat concept. Just wished something like that would come to Montgomery.
I imagine the bowling is just something else to do while you are there...
(02-15-2017 09:20 AM)UABslant Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah, actually two new movie theaters as part of the Pizitz renovation.
Two? I've only read about the Sidewalk theater that will be showing Indie films.
(02-15-2017 03:06 PM)BlazintheATL Wrote: [ -> ] (02-15-2017 09:20 AM)UABslant Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah, actually two new movie theaters as part of the Pizitz renovation.
Two? I've only read about the Sidewalk theater that will be showing Indie films.
Sidewalk will have two 100 seat theaters there.
(02-15-2017 09:20 AM)UABslant Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah, actually two new movie theaters as part of the Pizitz renovation.
I was about to say ...
I toured them the other day and they're going to be incredible. I'm moving in to the Pizitz in a few weeks and I'm here to say it's an amazing development top to bottom.
& what actually happened to Lightning Strikes in Trussville?
Last you knew it was holding national tournaments, now it is like Chuck E Cheese's.
