A request for proposals from the city seeking a golf entertainment venue to lease a portion of Little Rock’s War Memorial Park came up empty at Wednesday’s deadline.
No interested bidders submitted proposals to lease an 18-acre portion of park property near the intersection of South University Avenue and West 6th Street.
The city received one response - "not interested" - from Renaissance Roofing, which is part of a vendor pool that receives bid notifications, city spokesman Lamor Williams said in an email.
It was not clear Wednesday afternoon whether the city would send out another request, or if conversations between officials and golf entertainment companies such as Topgolf were continuing. Williams directed questions about those decision to the mayor’s office, which did not immediately respond to inquiries from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
City officials met with the chain, which combines a sports bar atmosphere with a high-tech driving range, in 2019. Topgolf opened its first Arkansas location in Rogers in the spring.
Read Thursday’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.