Barry Kern's Bouncy House

What an unusual location for such a thing.  Also, is this even a thing people will want badly enough to seek it out in that location? 

A new indoor amusement center centered on trampolines planned by Barry Kern for a warehouse on Earhart Boulevard near the Superdome will be able to move forward after the City Council cleared the way for it last week.


Kern is planning “an indoor trampoline facility” inside a 51,000-square-foot warehouse at 3035 Earhart Boulevard, just off South Claiborne Avenue, according to the application he filed with the city.

“This facility would be the first of its kind in the city of New Orleans, and would represent a great addition to the family friendly entertainment options the city has to offer,” Kern wrote. “This request would not greatly alter the fabric of the zoning district, but, if granted, it would expand the options for families looking for a safe, supervised place for their children to play.”

Should note, also, that Kern was part of a group who recently bought the old Times-Picayune building which isn't too far from there. The group didn't have any plans for that building at the time but here is what they said. 

Jaeger's group, 3800 Howard Investors LLC, closed on the $3.5 million deal Sept. 2, according to Orleans Parish Civil District Court records, which list the site at 8.9 acres.

Peter Aamodt, senior development manager of Jaeger's firm, MCC Real Estate, said Tuesday that the group has "no immediate plans" for the property.

"It was a good investment at the right time and the right place," he said.

Jaeger's group also includes float builder Barry Kern, president of Mardi Gras World, developer Arnold Kirschman, whose family operated furniture stores in the metro area for nearly a century, and Michael White, a businessman.

"They have no specific plans or projected uses," Aamodt said. "They just want to participate in the growing New Orleans economy, and feel like the neighborhoods surrounding that location continue to get better."

See, they were just gobbling up properties to sit on while they wait for the neighborhood to... um... bounce back.