Paradise Karts: First look at new Gold Coast go-kart attraction
One of Surfers Paradise’s most infamous bomb sites, once the home to a controversial nightclub, will be transformed into a new indoor go-kart track.
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The former site of one of the Gold Coast’s most infamous bars will be redeveloped to become the home of a new go-kart attraction in a boost to the city’s economy.
The two-storey Paradise Karts indoor attraction will be built on a site lodged between Surfers Paradise’s Cavill Ave and Beach Road as part of an expansion of the existing Slingshot facility.
According to plans lodged by Bribri Holdings, the complex will operate from 7am to 2am seven days a week and will feature a track which will run the electric-powered racers.
“The design concepts plans provide for a ‘FUN track layout’,” a planning report on the project reads.
“The design brief is seeking to provide a design with a mix of relaxing turns and multi-level sections to create fun not just for juniors, but teens and adults too.”
The Slingshot has operated at the site for two years and both attractions will share the facility.
The plans show the Cavill Ave frontage will feature a three-dimensional kart appear to break through the glazing above the street.
It will transform a long-empty bomb site in the centre of Surfers Paradise which was once home to the infamous “biker bar” and other nightclubs such as Bamboo, The Beach and The Mansion.
During its time as the Biker bar it as considered a magnet for gangs before its closure in 2006.
It later became a haven for homeless people before being demolished.
It was bought in 2016 by YHA with plans to build a hostel but these plans never panned out and it remains empty.
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