Saturday, January 26, 2013
The Sky Zone trampoline park in Rumford cut a ribbon to officially open it doors in East Providence; several officials gave it a try.
The Sky Zone indoor trampoline park in East Providence cut a ribbon on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 24, to officially open its doors in Rumford village. And several city officials took advantage of the chance to try out the park, including School Committee Chairman Joel Monteiro, City Councilor Tracy Capobianco, and Planning Director Jeanne Boyle. (See the video.) Stella Downey, owner of Sky Zone, said more than 13,000 people have visited the trampoline park since it opened on the day after Christmas. “The city has been incredibly welcoming and helpful,” said Downey, who received a certificate of recognition for opening in East Providence. The park has hired 65 full-time and part-time employees, Downey said. And Keough Construction made it “…
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Rhode Island's first all-trampoline playing court opens today, Dec. 26, in the Rumford neighborhood of East Providence.
You and your kids can bounce, dip, dodge, duck and dive starting today, Dec 26, when a Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park – the first one in Rhode Island -- opens in East Providence. The all-trampoline playing courts are located at 70 Pawtucket Ave. in a brand new addition to a long warehouse-like building in the Rumford section of East Providence. Owner Stella Downie is opening the fun park just in time for school vacation week. “People don’t know how to play any more,” said Downie, who also owns Sky Zone parks in the Hyde Park section of Boston and Everett, Mass. Downie introduced her latest Sky Zone at an event for friends and family of employees last Friday. From what I saw, it doesn’t seem possible not to have fun at the all-trampoline …
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Sky Zone brings it own brand of fun and fitness to Rhode Island with all-trampoline playing courts in East Providence.
Stella Downie likes to play. Which means she likes to have fun. You and your kids can bounce, dip, dodge, duck and dive with her on Wednesday, Dec 26, when she opens her third Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park in East Providence – the first one in Rhode Island. The all-trampoline playing courts are located at 70 Pawtucket Ave. in a brand new addition to a long warehouse-like building just east of Pawtucket in the Rumford section of East Providence. She's opening the park just in time for school vacation week. “People don’t know how to play any more,” said Downie, who also owns Sky Zone parks in the Hyde Park section of Boston and Everett, Mass. She started looking at Rhode Island for a park because “we had a lot of Providence customers …
Monday, November 12, 2012
Sky Zone announces that it will be opening a wall-to-wall trampoline playing court in East Providence in December.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
An indoor trampoline park is coming to East Providence next month. Sky Zone, which describes itself as the "creator of the world’s first wall-to-wall trampoline playing courts," will open in East Providence in December, according to a press release from the company. A location was not disclosed, but 70 Pawtucket Ave. was listed as the site for the fun park at a recent meeting of the Waterfront Commission. The indoor trampoline park will offer "15,000 square feet of interconnected trampolines forming six massive trampoline courts – each enclosed with angled trampoline walls allowing jumpers to literally bounce off the walls," according to the press release. "The new 25,000 square foot facility will feature a large main trampoline court, two…
