News broke last week that Broadway would be getting a venue to go ax throwing. It’s going to call the former Paradise Park home, no less.
Courtesy of the Nashville Scene:
According to the Strategic folks, the new venture — to be called the Downtown Sporting Club — will occupy all 42,000 square feet of the 411 Broadway building and feature ax-throwing lanes, bedrooms for rent, a menu by chef Levon Wallace (formerly of Grey & Dudley), a “garden-inspired rooftop” and much more.
The Downtown Sporting Club will have separate focuses on each of its three floors. The first floor will feature a Crema outpost, a retail area, an information desk and a restaurant featuring the aforementioned Wallace-helmed menu. Floor 2 will feature The Rec Room, offering a bar, a 13-foot screen, and ax throwing. The third floor will house “sleeping quarters” with king, queen and bunk beds for rent. Fire pits and seating areas will be available on the rooftop.
I was out of town when this story broke, but since I’m in the business of providing opinions, I reckon I ought to weigh in.
This is a fascinating premise to me, because it could go one of two ways.
It could be awesome. Maybe it’s your launching point for a fun night out on Broadway. You meet up with your crew, have a nice meal, throw some ax. Then, you go out drinking. Or, you know, maybe you don’t act like an alcoholic….maybe you just go to throw an ax and then you go home! But, again, it’s Broadway – it just seems like a clash in vibes, though it could be a fun daytime activity if you did it right.
Or, it could be horrific. Can you imagine if they just let anyone walk in and start chuckin’ axes? I mean, there has to be some sort of sobriety test, right? It’s Broadway – you’re rarely on Broadway sober in the Music City. But, how do you police that? I know in other states, they have these facilities, but you have to sign a waiver to basically say you aren’t going to sue if someone buries an ax in your head. No matter the precautions taken by the establishment, no matter how many waivers you sign, there still has to be significant risk involved here. And, I just don’t trust people. I wouldn’t trust a stranger…someone I don’t know…standing next to me and flinging around an object that is somehow both blunt and sharp.
And, frankly – I know my friends. I know the SoBros team. The absolute last thing I would want to do after a day of drinking is to go throw an ax in a bar on Broadway. Someone would dare me to put my hand on the target, I’d do it, and then I’d be coming home without a hand.
This is one I’m going to sit back and study before I check out. Let a few friends go, and judge whether or not I’m going to go by how many fingers are left on each hand.
What do you think, Nashville? You into this or nah?
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