Tripper Duval, the co-owner of Lost Whale lounge in Bay View, will quickly open Holey Mackerel, a household leisure middle with a mini golf course, batting cages and an arcade.

Holey Mackerel is situated inside Greenfield’s Konkel Park and was previously River Falls Family Fun Center.

The challenge is present process a two-phase main renovation and Duval hopes for an early July 2023 opening. The first section of the challenge consists of the revamped mini golf course, six batting cages, arcade (“barcade”) and loads of meals and beverage choices.

“We are working towards a liquor license to bring some of the fun we do at Lost Whale to Holey Mackerel,” says Duval.

The second section of development consists of eradicating the pedal cart monitor and constructing a year-round actions middle with indoor bocce lanes, stone-fired pizza ovens and a stage with a big display screen for sports activities video games and household film nights. 

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Arcade tournaments, mini golf theme days and a New Year’s Day Mini Golf Classic are a couple of of the particular occasions already deliberate for Holey Mackerel.  Duval says charity fundraisers can even be part of the programming.

Although he did not think about proudly owning a household leisure middle previous to this chance, Duval says the challenge could not run extra easily.

“Not to be too cheesy, but (this venture) really feels like destiny,” says Duval.

Last 12 months, Duval tried to take his children mini {golfing} at River Falls and realized it was closed for good.

“I felt like that was a huge loss for the families in our area. So after learning a bit about the city’s enthusiasm for the course and what it brought to them, I made a couple phone calls,” says Duval. “As if it was meant to be, so many things have fallen exactly in place and about six months later it was mine.”

Duval says the response from Greenfield residents has been phenomenal.

“It’s actually been wildly overwhelming,” says Duval. “I am excited to bring some fun back to the area for the whole family.”

Duval says the “Holey Mackerel” identify was initially a bar idea he envisioned for the long run. However, after investing within the household leisure middle it appeared like the perfect identify for a mini golf course.

“It also is such a Wisconsin phrase that it really just stuck,” says Duval. “I am just very excited to open and give the people who have been golfing here since the 90s a fun new version of what they came to expect.”

Stay tuned to OnMilwaukee for a First Look when Holey Mackerel is accomplished.