60K-square-foot adventure park opening in Lakewood Ranch

A 60,000-square-foot attraction is opening this weekend in Sarasota County. Urban Air Adventure Park is welcoming its first guests Sept. 27 to experience everything from trampolines to a ninja warrior course to rock climbing walls off Interstate 75 near University Town Center.

The venue is part of the Urban Air Adventure Park franchise, which includes more than 400 parks open or under development. On average, the parks do about $4.9 million in sales each year, according to franchise disclosure documents.

All Urban Air Adventure Parks come with a standard package of activities, including trampolines, a ninja warrior course, rock climbing walls, dodgeball arena and battle beams, where opponents try to knock each other off a padded beam with oversized jousting sticks. In addition, the Sarasota venue offers slides, an “air court” (indoor sports court), zip line, ropes course, laser tag and mini go-karts.