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One just closed. The other’s for sale. Will Boise’s trampoline park scene bounce back?

If you’ve raised a kid in Boise, there’s a good chance you’ve hopped over to one of the city’s trampoline parks at some point.

But it’s now “park” — singular.

Altitude Trampoline Park, 1301 N. Milwaukee St., closed after a final day of energy-burning fun on Sunday. Other Treasure Valley options remain, but Altitude’s demise leaves just one inside Boise city limits: Fly High Adventure Park, 7672 W. Fairview Ave. And it’s for sale — at an asking price of $750,000.

Altitude shared the news “remorsefully” on Facebook and in an email to customers. “On behalf of all of us here at Altitude, I want to take this chance to thank you for your business these past four years,” the message reads. “Without the help of this great community, our prosperity would not have been conceivable ...

“... However, under the current business climate we have been left with no choice but to shut down.”

Indoor trampoline parks are popular destinations for children’s birthday parties and other celebrations. Altitude, a franchise chain, had 15 “high-energy trampoline attractions” in its 30,000-square-foot Boise space, according to its Facebook description.

Online comments quickly piled up after the closure was announced. “I am so sad!” Jessica Fairbanks wrote on Facebook. “You are literally the best trampoline park around!”

Another commenter provided possible insight into the challenges of running a profitable trampoline park.

“There’s got to be a way to change things up? You guys were always packed on Saturdays with birthday parties,” commenter Briana Livingston wrote. “But then the late-night jumps always had several employees and just a few jumpers.”

In addition to Fly High in Boise, other parks remain open in west Ada and Canyon counties. JumpTime Idaho, the area’s first trampoline park, is at 2805 E. Franklin Road in Meridian. Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park is at 3876 E. Lanark St. in Meridian. And Defy “extreme air sports” is at 1460 N. Happy Valley Road in Nampa.

In 2018, with six parks set to compete within 12 miles of each other, JumpTime’s co-owner told the Idaho Statesman that the market was oversaturated. “There are too many parks here,” Chad Babcock said. The Boise location of JumpTime at 1030 W. River St. subsequently closed.

In Fly High’s real-estate listing, the possibility of future growth is floated: “There is an option for a package deal up to six locations if a purchaser is interested.”

Altitude Trampoline Park remodeled a former Sports Authority store at 1301 N. Milwaukee St.
Altitude Trampoline Park remodeled a former Sports Authority store at 1301 N. Milwaukee St. Statesman file
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