Big Air Trampoline Park set to open in former Plano Joann store

A vacant Joann store on Alma Drive is being recast as Plano’s next family entertainment venue, a sign of how older retail space in Collin County is being swapped out for experience-based uses. Big Air Trampoline Park is listed as a coming-soon tenant at 700 Alma Drive, Suite 119, in the former JOANN space inside the Collin Creek Village Addition.

The project was registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on April 9. The filing lists a $1.4 million renovation of 24,712 square feet, with construction set to begin May 1 and wrap up Oct. 30. Big Air’s Plano page still shows the opening date as TBD, leaving room for the schedule to shift even as site work moves forward.

Big Air says the Plano location will bring 25,000-plus square feet of attractions to the city. The planned lineup includes an extreme trampoline dodgeball court, an airtrack sports court, air bag zones, a gauntlet obstacle course, Valo Arena, BattleBeam and toddler play areas. That mix suggests the park is being built for a broad age range, from younger children to older kids and teens looking for a more active indoor outing.

The chain’s broader event model also points to more than walk-in play. Big Air says its parks can host birthdays and private buyouts for up to 300 guests, which could make the Plano site a recurring stop for school groups, family parties and weekend celebrations. For nearby restaurants and shops, that kind of traffic can matter as much as the tenant itself.

The opening also fills a space left behind by a familiar retail name. JOANN filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and later announced plans to close its Plano store, adding to the wave of national chain vacancies that suburban shopping centers have been working to backfill. In Plano, those gaps are increasingly being turned into recreation uses rather than traditional storefronts.

Big Air will not be entering an empty field. Plano already has another trampoline park project on the books, with Funcity Trampoline Park filing for a renovation at 1300 Custer Road. Together, the two projects show how indoor adventure parks are becoming a more visible part of the city’s family-fun market, especially in corridors where large retail footprints are ready for reinvention.