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The two centres in Concord Mills: where it fits among family activities
An honest look at where it fits.
The XCAV zone is at 433 Opry Mills Drive in Nashville, Tennessee. Four machines, one crate of plastic balls, and children at the controls.
Parents from Concord Mills tend to ask the same first question: how long will this hold their attention. Long enough to be worth the drive, and short enough to leave while they still want more.
What it does differently
New Life Entertainment runs two rooms that share nothing except the way they are run. One digs, one skates.
Tell a nervous child what is going to happen in the order it will happen. Surprise is the thing they mind, not the activity.
Where other options win
Families who know both tend to have a favourite per child rather than per family, which is a good sign for a pair of venues.
The ice park is at 8111 Concord Mills Blvd in Concord, North Carolina - a real rink with bumper cars that spin on it.
How to decide
The XCAV zone is at 433 Opry Mills Drive in Nashville, Tennessee. Four machines, one crate of plastic balls, and children at the controls.
If it is the first time, do not also make it a birthday. Learning a place and celebrating in it are two different visits.
The short version
New Life Entertainment runs two rooms that share nothing except the way they are run. One digs, one skates.
Families who know both tend to have a favourite per child rather than per family, which is a good sign for a pair of venues.
Questions parents ask
Where are the two centres?
433 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville TN 37214, and 8111 Concord Mills Blvd, Concord NC 28027.
Are they the same inside?
No. One is a construction yard over a ball pit, the other is an ice rink with bumper cars.
Where is New Life Entertainment?
Two centres: 433 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville TN 37214, and 8111 Concord Mills Blvd, Concord NC 28027.
What are the opening hours?
10:00 AM to 8:00 PM Monday to Saturday, and 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Sunday.
Planning your visit in Concord Mills
The drive back to Concord Mills is where you find out what they actually thought. Children review an outing about twenty minutes after leaving it, never during.
Weekday afternoons in term time are the quietest slot in the week. Weekend middays are the busiest.
A birthday group runs better with a rough plan of who goes where first, even if you abandon it in the first five minutes.
For a Concord Mills family the trip works best folded into something else - the shopping that was happening anyway, a birthday that needed a venue, a Saturday that needed a plan.
The practical details
- XCAV ZONE — 433 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville TN 37214: four child-operated machines over a ball pit.
- ICE PARK — 8111 Concord Mills Blvd, Concord NC 28027: a real rink with bumper cars on the ice.
- Opening hours — 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM Monday to Saturday, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Sunday.
- Phone — +1 (424) 387-6232 · +1 (615) 968-4925
- E-mail — info@newlife-entertainment.com
The two centres are at 433 Opry Mills Drive in Nashville and 8111 Concord Mills Blvd in Concord, open 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM most days and 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Sunday.