Indoor skydiving coming to Liberty Center in 2018
By https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/bio/7181/Tom+Demeropolis" rel="nofollow - Tom Demeropolis – Senior Staff Reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier - Dec 21, 2017, 9:27am
An indoor skydiving attraction is coming to Liberty Center next year.
iFly Indoor Skydiving is scheduled to open its first Ohio location at Liberty Center, the $350 million mixed-use complex along Interstate 75. The indoor skydiving attraction will be located next to Dick’s Sporting Goods.
iFly has flown more than 8 million people in a dozen countries and at seas since launching its vertical wind tunnel attractions in 1998. The company has 67 facilities operating worldwide, with 28 in the U.S.
https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/search/results?q=Kevin%20Cedik" rel="nofollow - Kevin Cedik , general manager of Liberty Center, said iFly is “an exciting new attraction.”
iFly Holdings Inc., which has corporate offices in Austin, Texas, started as http://companies.bizjournals.com/profile/skyventure/2486773/" rel="nofollow - SkyVenture LLC. It opened its first indoor skydiving facility in 1999, before rebranding as iFly in 2005. SkyVenture remains the design and manufacturing company for iFly.
The closest iFly locations are in Chicago, which has three facilities. At the Chicago iFly in Lincoln Park, the cost of two flights for one person is $69.95. The two-hour experience includes training and 60 seconds of flight time in the vertical wind tunnel. According to the company’s website, “virtually anyone from ages 3 to 103 can fly.”
Liberty Center, developed by Steiner + Associates, is located on 64 acres at the I-75 and SR 129 interchange in Liberty Township. It includes more than 800,000 square feet of retail, restaurants and entertainment, 75,000 square feet of office space, 240 luxury apartments and a 130-room AC Hotel by Marriott.