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iFLY considered sites in Butler, Warren and Hamilton counties before deciding to pursue construction of a facility on the south side of Blake Street at Liberty Center.

A 2018 opening for iFLy is “a wonderful addition to our tourism landscape” and ‘clearly huge news for us,” said Tracy Kocher, marketing director for the Butler County Visitors Bureau.

“We see this as being a very large draw for us, not only in 2018 but years beyond,” she said. “It also pairs nicely with our (Start Skydiving) facility up in Middletown, so we’ll have both options available, people who actually want to skydive from a plane or just try it out with this indoor skydiving facility.

The new facility is another sign that Butler County as a destination is up and coming.

“With the addition of this to Topgolf (and) Main Event Entertainment (in West Chester Twp.), some of the renovations over at Wake Nation (in Fairfield), it’s just going to be a bright future for us here in Butler County,” she said.

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