After purchasing Franklin’s A-Game facility in 2008, Sports Land Group, LLC abruptly closed its doors Thursday morning.
The group bought the facility for $8 million and said it invested $13 million into upgrades for the facility.
Sports Land Group said in a release that the facility “has never generated a profit,” and that the facility averages a monthly shortfall of over $72,000.
The group said they hoped to keep the facility open until March 2016 in a press release issued Wednesday. But on Thursday, barricade signs in front of the facility said it was closed.
Franklin police issued a statement Thursday morning that A-Game had hired an police officer to “stand by to ensure things remained cordial during the retrieval,” as people arrived to collect their belongings.
When word of the closure spread and more people began to arrive, four additional officers responded to the scene.
At the request of the building’s owners, the parking lot remains closed and only those with belongings inside are being granted access to the lot and building. (continue reading at WKRN)