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EFA Partners Arranges Construction Financing for Flight 509 Entertainment Venue Being Built in Spokane
August 8, 2023
New York, NY (August 8, 2023) – EFA Partners, a financial advisory firm that provides investment banking and strategic consulting services for companies in the entertainment and media sectors, today announced that it arranged construction and equipment financing for the new Flight 509 family entertainment center being built in Spokane, Washington. Construction has already commenced with an opening planned during early 2024.
Flight 509 is being developed by Tim Homer who has many years of experience in the leisure sector. He is also the owner and operator of the successful All-Star Jump party equipment rental business that provides inflatable attractions for many events in the Spokane market.
Flight 509 will be a 22,000 sq. ft. multi-attraction entertainment center that will be targeted toward families, young adults, and groups planning special events. The venue will feature a two-story laser tag arena, elevated ropes course, ninja warrior course, three level Ballocity soft play structure, Omni VR arena, mini bowling, bumper karts, arcade with redemption center, and many more attractions. It will also feature quick service food & beverage options and party rooms.
“It has been a pleasure working with Tim Homer over the past several months,” said Ralph Willis, Managing Partner and founding principal of EFA Partners. “Tim is already very well-known in the area from his All-Star Jump interactive inflatables business. The Flight 509 venue is a logical extension of his presence in the community and we’re confident that the it will be welcome addition to the Spokane market."
EFA’s principals have over 70 years of collective experience in providing financing solutions for leisure, entertainment, and media companies. They have deep relationships with banks, equipment lessors, construction lenders, specialty finance groups, REITs, and private equity groups. The team prides itself on handling its clients’ financing processes from start to finish. For Flight 509, EFA approached and garnered interest from a targeted list of prospective financiers, completed comprehensive materials to highlight the attractiveness of the venue and the leisure sector, and participated in all phases of negotiations with the lenders.
“It has been great working with Ralph Willis and the EFA team,” said Tim Homer. “It was not easy to arrange and close construction financing for a leisure venue in the current economic environment but the team stuck with us for several months working with various lenders and we’re very excited to now be able to bring Flight 509 to the community.”
About EFA Partners
EFA Partners is a boutique financial advisory firm with offices in New York and Atlanta focused on entertainment, media, and technology companies. It provides investment banking services focused on arranging growth capital, mergers and acquisitions, and financial consulting. In entertainment, its targeted sectors include family entertainment centers, movie theaters, theme parks, water parks, concert venues, hotels, casinos, sports, and others. In media and technology, EFA focuses on companies in film/television post-production, film/television distribution, communications services, recorded music, music publishing, and others. Since its inception in 2009, EFA has been retained by nearly 200 clients, has arranged over $1.6 billion of capital, and has advised on over $3.6 billion of additional capital.
