New Golf Entertainment Venue Coming to Bettendorf, Iowa Quad Cities By Brian Weis

New Golf Entertainment Venue Coming to Bettendorf, Iowa Quad Cities

By Brian Weis

A new golf entertainment venue is coming to Bettendorf, Iowa / Quad Cities. Located across the street from TBK Bank Sports Complex, this 70,000+ square-foot entertainment venue is being developed by Middle & Forest Grove, LLC, a new entity created by local investors Ryan Hintze, Doug Kratz, Kevin Koellner & Ben Logsdon. The to-be-named project is currently in the schematic design phase with construction expected to begin spring 2022 and completed by summer/fall 2023. Troon®, the leader in providing golf and club-related leisure and hospitality services, is currently serving in an advisory role and is expected to manage the facility.

Guests of the new three-level golf entertainment venue will experience TopTracer Range technology in 60+ climate-controlled outdoor hitting bays, chef-driven menu items, top-shelf drinks, music and year-round entertainment. Numerous high-definition televisions will be located throughout the facility with one over-sized 4K LED television- which is estimated to be the largest (indoor) in the state of Iowa - in the main bar area. Year-round programming will include events for kids and families, social leagues, golf tournaments, corporate events, showers, graduation parties, concerts, charity events and more. The venue will also feature a sizable state-of-the-art video gaming space, which will include an immersive virtual reality platform, escape rooms, multi-sport simulators and more high-tech games. Also included will be large event space, future rooftop patio, and a common plaza area outside the venue.

The development will also feature several multi-sport (Baseball, Softball and Soccer) turf fields, which will be managed by TBK Bank Sports Complex. The 109-acre property will have an additional development on the southwest corner near the newly-constructed Middle Road and Forest Grove roundabout. This 16-acre site, owned by FG80 Holdings, LLC, is slated to include a hotel, convenience store, restaurants, and retail outlets. The project also includes the construction of a pedestrian bridge over Middle Road to connect to the TBK Bank Sports Complex and the businesses surrounding it.

"Our group is beyond excited to bring this type of golf entertainment venue to the Quad Cities. We want to continue to grow our community, stimulate our local economy and support our neighborhood restaurants/retailers. This entertainment venue is something we have been working toward for quite some time now, and we are delighted we finally get to share it with the public," said Ryan Hintze, the Chief Executive Officer of Middle & Forest Grove, LLC. "This venue will be a place with activities the entire family can enjoy. We have a lot more exciting features that are in the works, we will continue to update as we progress."

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.