Rhode Island’s largest indoor adventure park, as it markets itself, is now open in Warwick for the public to enjoy.
Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park, at 300 Quaker Lane, held a …
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Rhode Island’s largest indoor adventure park, as it markets itself, is now open in Warwick for the public to enjoy.
Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park, at 300 Quaker Lane, held a ribbon-cutting last Friday after a soft opening earlier in the week.
Owner David Medeiros said he got involved with Urban Air because he wanted to own his own business. Urban Air was founded in 2011 and now has hundreds of locations nationwide and in Canada. The Warwick location is the company’s first franchise in Rhode Island.
“We just wanted to do something fun,” Medeiros said. “That was the name of the game, really – how do we have fun at work every day?”
From there came a period of about two years to find the right space to build the park, as well as designing and constructing it, according to Medeiros.
“Rhode Island has a lot of people who support local businesses,” Medeiros said. “People really stay in Rhode Island, so we were really attracted to this market. And when we were looking at real estate, Warwick is kind of the commercial hub of the state, some would say, so that’s why we opened here.
The amenities at Urban Air, Medeiros said, include an arcade, a zipline, bumper cars, climbing walls, laser tag, a rope course, trampolines and a play area for younger kids. Medeiros said one of his favorite parts about Urban Air is seeing kids overcome their fears on rides like the park’s zipline.
Seeing the park officially open, Medeiros said, felt like the culmination of years of hard work.
“It’s taken us a while to get here, but I’m really proud of the team for getting it all over the goal line,” he said. “It was a proud moment, and it was really fun to meet with the mayor and Chamber of Commerce and celebrate the opening with them.”
He hopes that as the park becomes more enmeshed in the community, it becomes the main stop for anyone thinking about hosting a party or any large event.
Getting involved in the Warwick community, Medeiros said, was what he was most looking forward to.
“I think that’s the thing that we’re really the most excited about,” Medeiros said. “Establishing ourselves in the community, helping all the local nonprofits, we really want to help people in need as much as we can. Every way that we can give back to the community and help those in need, we’re really excited for.”
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