Coming to the old Sprint Campus in Johnson County: Go-karts, laser tag, bowling, more
What’s becoming of the old Sprint World Headquarters in Overland Park? In part, go-karts, virtual reality, laser tag and bowling.
The campus is still home to employees of the company that took over Sprint Corp., Seattle-based T-Mobile, but the developer is diversifying and plans to break ground on an indoor go-kart facility in mid-August.
Florida-based Andretti Indoor Karting & Games will zoom into its 11610 Nall Ave. spot in the 207-acre campus. With locations in Georgia, Arizona and Texas, this will be the company’s 10th location and its first in the Midwest.
Samantha LaManga, a spokeswoman for Andretti, said the company hopes to welcome gamers and racers by next summer. The space will have many of the same features as its other locations.
The 96,000 square-foot facility will feature an indoor multi-level race track for riders of a variety of ages and a two-story laser tag arena.
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In the 7D Xperience Motion Theater, customers strap into a virtual reality ride and battle on-screen foes while their seats twist and turn.
Other virtual reality games, like the Hologate and Hyperdeck VR options, allow multiple players to compete to be the top-scoring player.
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The center will also offer Duckpin bowling, a miniature version of the sport, and an arcade with more games. A restaurant and bar there will serve burgers, pizza, calzones and cocktails — as well as frozen treats like its brownie sundae.
With 6,000 square feet of private event space, the facility will be able to host birthday parties and corporate events.
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Sprint opened its sprawling campus in 2001 but its fortunes changed, later merging with T-Mobile in 2020. The year before, Wichita-based Occidental Management purchased the Sprint Campus and soon renamed it Aspiria Campus, with plans to turn the space into a corporate campus with commercial space.
Today, the campus is home to several office spaces and restaurant options, with roughly a dozen spaces awaiting tenants.
“We’ve got a lot of interested parties, so there will be some more concrete things to discuss in the near future, we hope,” said Chad Stafford, president of Occidental Management.