Baton Rouge's Marucci Sports to open first New Orleans area 'Hitter's House' outlet
Fast-growing Baton Rouge-based Marucci Sports, one of the top baseball bat makers in the U.S, said it will soon open its first New Orleans area "experiential" retail outlet, which will include batting cages open 24 hours a day for fee-paying members. Marucci Sports, one of the top baseball bat makers in the U.S., is set to open its first New Orleans area "experiential" retail outlet, Hitter's House, which will include batting cages open 24 hours a day for fee-paying members. The new facility will be located at 1801 Airline Drive in Metairie and will include seven batting cages. The official opening date for the new store is "late summer" but no details have been released. Kurt Ainsworth, a former LSU pitcher, started the Marucci Bat Co. in 2004 with former LSU athletic trainer Jack Marucci.
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Fast-growing Baton Rouge-based Marucci Sports, one of the top baseball bat makers in the U.S., said it will soon open its first New Orleans area "experiential" retail outlet, which will include batting cages open 24 hours a day for fee-paying members.
The new Marucci Hitter's House will be located at 1801 Airline Drive in Metairie in an 11,000-square-foot warehouse-like facility that will include seven batting cages.
The company said the official opening would be "late summer," but they didn't yet have a specific date.
Kurt Ainsworth, 45, a former LSU pitcher whose Major League Baseball career was marred by injuries, started the Marucci Bat Co. with former LSU athletic trainer Jack Marucci in 2004.
In 2009, Ainsworth joined with Joe Lawrence, also a former LSU player who had a stint with the Toronto Blue Jays, and former assistant White House Press Secretary, Reed Dickens, to found Marucci Sports.