BooKoo Bounce Indoor Inflatable Playground & Party Place

September 10, 2020 marks 185 days since BooKoo Bounce was required to immediately halt business operations as a public safety precaution by order of Governor John Bell Edwards’ Proclamation #33 JBE 2020. As an “Indoor Children’s Play Center” BooKoo Bounce was assigned “Phase 3” status in Louisiana’s business re-opening plan. Phase 3 is scheduled to begin tomorrow, September 11th.
My name is Gene Sausse, Founder/Owner of BooKoo Bounce. Since 2008 we’ve hosted over 1 million customers, over 11,000 birthday parties, thousands of school & day camp field trips and hundreds of thousands Walk-In Play guests. We’ve made tons of new friends, reunited with lots of old ones and watched hundreds of families grow, laugh, celebrate and play together over the years.
In 2009, BooKoo Bounce won a coveted CityBusiness Magazine Innovators of the Year Award. Two years later, BooKoo Bounce earned me a spot in New Orleans’ 1st Cohort of the prestigious Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. In 2014 BooKoo Bounce was nationally featured on MSNBC’s Smart Money program, featured in Inc. Magazine and was recognized as one of America’s Top 100 Small Businesses when it received the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Blue Ribbon Award. Additionally, BooKoo Bounce won seven (7) Annual Family Favorite Awards as voted by Nola Family Magazine readers over the past decade. More recently, consistently high customer ratings across all social media platforms and hundreds of glowing reviews were the reward for our BooKoo Krewe’s commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction.
BooKoo Bounce has generated $0.00 revenue over the previous six (6) months. None of our services could have been sold online or to-go. Upon undergoing a special inspection, certain Phase 3 businesses were allowed to operate during Phase 2, but only at 25% capacity. Operating the BooKoo Bounce business model at 25% capacity during Phase 2 was an entirely cost prohibitive option. The expenses of summer air-conditioning, staffing and insuring a 17,000 square foot indoor playground alone made it clear that reopening at only 25% capacity would result in a negative cashflow.
With the long-awaited Phase 3 starting tomorrow, I am announcing today that I will not re-open as Owner/Operator of BooKoo Bounce.
However, in discussions with trusted business leaders over the past few months, I’ve confirmed the universal belief that the BooKoo Bounce brand, reputation and location has a value and that new owners/operators have excellent potential to recapture a sizable and profitable market share.
That said, I intend to sell BooKoo Bounce, the business. As owner and landlord of the BooKoo Bounce building, I recognize the importance of posturing and pricing BooKoo Bounce for sustainability and long-term profitability. A Win-Win scenario is the plan. Part of that plan is my availability in an advisory capacity during the transition period to a new BooKoo Bounce owner/operator.
In the event BooKoo Bounce isn’t purchased reasonably soon, I will make the entire building available for lease to alternative, suitable tenants.
Lastly, and above all…. THANK YOU for embracing with us BooKoo Bounce’s core values of Joy & Celebration for 12 fun-filled, exciting years. I had a blast! Glad y’all did too.
As my big sister Lynne used to say: “Party On!”

We've been COVID-Closed for 107 days and it looks like it'll be that way for at least another 26. Wow. We miss y'all.

It’s been 73 days since we’ve seen a customer ❤️ We really miss y’all ❤️
Phase 3 it is. We weren’t included in Phase 2 but we’ll be eager & ready to please when we get the chance!

Feeling utterly deflated for every kid around the world whose birthday party had to be cancelled.

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Good morning! Walk-In Play will not be available today 3/16 or tomorrow 3/17. Take care everybody!

BooKoo fun awaits! Walk-In Play or celebrating a Birthday - it’s all fun and games at BooKoo Bounce! See you at BooKoo! $8.50 for 2 hours of Bounce time - and $6 for 90 mins of unlimited arcade play! @ New Orleans, Louisiana

What a great day to come to BooKoo Bounce to PLAY! $8.50 for 2 hours of bounce time and only $6 for unlimited arcade game time for up to 90 minutes. Best kid fun entertainment deal in town!!! See you at BooKoo! 🦘🎉‼️

Cold and rainy weather day -- that's okay!
We have Walk-In Play today until 4:00 PM!
$8.50 = 2 hrs
of bounce time fun!

MLK Day is a great day to be with family and friends and play the day away at BooKoo Bounce! Open for Walk-In Play 10 AM to 4PM. Stop in for 2 hours of bounce time for only $8.50 - and add on 90 minutes of UNLIMITED arcade time for only $6. Best deal in town! See you at BooKoo! 🦘

Perfect kinda day for Walk-In Play! Keep the fun indoors. We’re open till 6pm folks

Super Bowl Sunday, February 2nd on our birthday party booking calendar was understandably being avoided. But because of yesterday's game outcome we have six (6) Prime-Time 11am, 12:30pm & 2:00pm private party start times available on Super Bowl Sunday, 2/2. They won't last long so call us soon at 835-6424. Open till 4pm

Jefferson Parish residents can put Christmas trees out for recycling pickup this Wednesday

BooKoo Bounce will have Walk-In Play available on Monday, Jan. 6th - 10am until 4pm. See you at BooKoo!

Christmas tree recycling starts next Wednesday 1/8 for Jefferson Parish residents. They’ll get picked up Thur/Fri/Sat.

Bring the fun indoors during today's Rainy & Cold weather with Walk-In Play until 6pm! See you at BooKoo!

We'll have Walk-In Play available each day over Christmas Break except for:
Christmas Eve / Christmas Day / New Year's Day

It's a great time to plan a birthday party! Pick your date and time - and you're practically done! All you do is send the invitations (and we give them to you)! BooKoo Bounce is full-on FUN for the kiddos and SUPER-EASY for grown-ups. Our fabulous party attendants handle everything for you - food, drinks, cake, ice cream, party favors, plus all the serving and cleaning up. All you do is leave with a car full of presents and a heart full of memories! Request your party time here now: www.BooKooBounce.com/parties 🎈🎉🦘🎁🎂‼️ Or just call us at (504)835-6424 ! ! ! See you at BooKoo ! ! !

Today Only book a December’19 or January’20 birthday party and we’ll give you a FREE BooKoo Bounce membership valued at $85.00! We’re open until 4pm so call soon!

It’s a great day to PLAY! Bounce into BooKoo Bounce today! $8.50 for 2 hours of full-on fun!!! And only $6 for unlimited arcade game time for 90 minutes... BEST DEAL IN TOWN! See you at BooKoo! 👍🎉🦘‼️ @ BooKoo Bounce Indoor Inflatable Playground & Party Place

If you’ve got friends or family in town with kids we’ve got Walk-In Play & Fun Arcade action available all day, all weekend long.

We have a handful of early/mid December parties currently available here at Nola's #1 children's party place. Here's a few:
Sat 11/30 - 2pm & 3:30pm
Sun 12/1 - 9:30am & 5pm
Sat 12/7 - 9:30am
Sun 12/8 - 9:30am, 11am & 5pm
Sat 12/14 - 9:30am & 5pm

Walk-In Play & Fun Arcade action available all day today until Thanksgiving. When schools out bounce on over to BooKoo Bounce

Good morning! We're open for Walk-In Play today 10am - 3:30pm.

If you're hosting or attending a party here this afternoon Have No Fear. We will be showing the LSU vs Alabama game on all of our Hi-Def TVs. And Walk-In Play is available until 6pm this evening. Go Tigers!

Archdiocese schools are closed tomorrow but we'll be OPEN for Walk-In Play Monday 11/4 10:00am - 3:30pm.

Shout out to the hard working Entergy linemen and crews out there. This morning we have 100% of our electrical capacity available. Yesterday was wild trying to save the day for lots of birthday boys & girls while we had only 50% of our electricity. Hats off to our BooKoo Krewe too for adapting, improvising and overcoming plenty of obstacles on Saturday. Walk-In Play today 11a-4p y’all.