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BY ASIA ARMOUR
The key to the sports park and entertainment venue’s success has been its versatility, the owner said.
COURTESY STEVEN SMITH
AGR Sports o ers around 12 activities its patrons can engage in, including paintball.
COURTESY STEVEN SMITH
AGR Sports boasts various activities for Katy families Searching for a U.S. city with the most favorable weather and growth potential, Alex Babichev, owner and founder of AGR Sports, chose Houston. virtual reality and an immersive 7D movie theater, as of February.
Owner Alex Babichev is searching this summer for a new Houston-area location to expand AGR Sports.
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There’s also a kitchen and bar as well as a stage for live performances, karaoke and DJs, which the venue welcomes bimonthly. Staying local Patrons can nd a cluster of other entertainment businesses near AGR Sports, such as golf venue PopStroke, baseball-themed park Home Run Dugout, and Andretti Indoor Karting and Games. “There’s more entertainment in Katy than any other part of Houston,” Babichev said. “Maybe some businesses think about it as competition, but ... people don’t like going to the same place every week. You want to try something new.”
He moved in 2017 and opened the rst state-side iteration of the Ukraine-based sports park and enter- tainment venue near downtown Houston in 2020. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Babichev was able to expand the brand out to Katy, where he lives with his family, in October 2022. The features AGR Sports, short for Agressor Sports Club, has been successful partially for its ability to adapt, Babichev said. First only o ering paintball and laser tag, the venue now has about 12 indoor activities. Now, AGR Sports has ax throwing, arcade games,
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