As a sport, golf has been having a tough time of it lately. The National Golf Foundation (NGF) confirms that the number of US players dropped from an all-time high of 30 million in 2005 to 24.1 million in 2015, with the number of people ages 18 to 30 playing the sport down 35 percent in the past decade. But you'd never know that from the hundreds of duffers of all ages who passed through the turnstiles of Topgolf one Saturday morning at the British import's 65,000-square-foot, three-level Nashville TN location. The Nashville spot is one of what are soon expected to be more than 50 US outposts for this global, upscale entertainment operation that, it is reported, services 13 million guests annually. Topgolf has a lot packed into each of its netting-enclosed campuses, including more than 100 climate-controlled hitting bays, table-service restaurants and bars, more than 200 HDTVs, a VIP deck with private balcony and bar, private event spaces and meeting rooms, rooftop terraces with skyline views, and, in the Nashville location, a concert venue: the Cowan. The two-story live-performance showroom has a capacity of more than 600, and it features an open floor space and upstairs balcony area. Established touring acts, including Kid Rock and George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, as well as up-and-coming Nashville artists, have made their way through.
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