TO THAT FINISH LINE. IT’S BEEN MONTHS AND YEARS IN THE MAKING, BUT WE ARE NOW GETTING CLOSER TO THE OPENING OF TOPGOLF IN LOUISVILLE. GLADYS BATTISTA SPOKE TO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COMPANY ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS. RIGHT NOW TO GET EVERYTHING READY FOR THE GRAND OPENING. GLADYS, DID THEY FINALLY SAY WHEN THOSE DOORS WILL OPEN. WELL, VICKIE, JENNIFER, THAT IS THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION AND I ASKED AND THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO SAY THAT IT SHOULD OPEN BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS. NOW, I KNOW I DID ASK WHAT HOLIDAY THAT WAS, THANKSGIVING OR CHRISTMAS. THEY WEREN’T ABLE TO TELL ME, BUT THEY SAY THAT THIS IS A MONUMENTAL EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY FINALLY DO OPEN, IT GOES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. NOW YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, CONSTRUCTION CREWS ARE STILL HARD AT WORK AS THEY WERE THIS WHEN WE CAME HERE. NOW, REPRESENTATIVES SAY THAT THIS IS AN EFFORT THAT’S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME NEW FEATURES THAT YOU’RE GOING TO BE EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT, TO. FROM THE GROUND ALL THE WAY UP. AND NOW TO THE INSIDE, WE HAVE THREE ROWS OF HEATERS OVER EACH OF OUR BAYS, WHICH WILL WARM IT UP ABOUT 20, 25 DEGREES IN THE BAY ITSELF. WLKY NEWS CHOPPER HD CONTINUES, GIVING US AN EXCLUSIVE BIRD’S EYE VIEW INTO EVERY STEP OF THE CONSTRUCTION AS TOPGOLF GOOGLE GETS CLOSE TO COMPLETION, WE’RE LEARNING EVEN MORE WEDNESDAY ABOUT THE NEW FEATURES WHERE YOU CAN EAT DRINK. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A REALLY BIG, BEAUTIFUL, BRIGHT BAR ON OUR SECOND FLOOR AND WATCH ON A 40 FOOTBALL THAT CAN SPLIT ITS SCREEN INTO ABOUT NINE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OR BE ONE FULL PICTURE. SO FOR THE U OF L FANS THAT WANT TO WATCH THEIR GAME HERE, WE CAN HAVE LOOK DOWN OVER HERE AND EVERYBODY CAN JOIN WATCH IN THE SAME SCREEN AND HAVING FUN. PLUS UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY TO BE FOUND ONLY AT THIS TOPGOLF IN OUR REGION, OUR F CHIP THAT IS IN EACH GOLF BALL AND AS A PLAYER HITS THAT GOLF BALL LIKE THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE TRAJECTORY OF THAT BALL, HOW FAR IT WENT. THE BIG OPERATION TO MAN, THE 65,000 SQUARE FOOT ENTERTAINMENT VENUE COMES WITH A MAJOR HIRING BLITZ GOING ON RIGHT NOW. HIRING MANAGERS HERE HAVE OVER 500 NEW POSITIONS TO FILL BEFORE THE BIG OPENING DAY. AND ALL SPECTRUMS FROM OUR HOURLY MANAGERS ARE ADMIN WAITERS, COOKS, BUZZERS, BARTENDERS, SERVERS, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS HOLLY PATERNAL SAYS THEY’VE HIRED ABOUT 30 SO FAR, BUT WITH SERVICE INDUSTRY, STAFFING ISSUES ARE CONCERN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, THEY ARE GETTING SOME HELP. THE LEVELS THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO PULL WITH DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, DIFFERENT CHAMBERS WITH THE EDC HAS BEEN GREAT. PLUS OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM, 14 OF OUR 20 SALARIED MANAGERS ARE FROM THE AREA, SO THERE’S A LOT OF LOCAL WHICH REALLY HELPS TO BUILD UP THOSE 500 THAT WE NEED, WHICH LEAVES THE BIG QUESTION. WE’VE ALL ASKING WHEN EXACTLY WILL THESE DOORS FINALLY OPEN? PETRINO SAYS THEY CAN’T TELL US JUST YET. THERE’S SO MANY VARIABLES IN CONSTRUCTION, IN HIRING AND TRAINING. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE PROMISE YOU A DATE, THAT IS THE DATE AND THERE’S NO OTHER WAY AROUND IT. NOW, AS MENTIONED, THEY’VE HEARD ABOUT 30 PEOPLE AS OF NOW, BUT THEY SAY THERE’S STILL ABOUT 20 HIRING EVENTS TO GO BEFORE THAT GRAND OPENING. THERE’S ACTUALLY ONE GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT STARTED AT 5:00. THEY ALSO SAY THAT THEY DO HAVE MEMBERSHIPS AND EVEN IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO HAVE AN EVENT THAT’LL OPEN UP ON MONDAY, WE’LL HAVE AT TOPGOLF IN SAINT MATTHEW’