Acadiana Business Advocate

Friday, February 9th, 2024

Walk-On's to move corporate HQ out of Louisiana

By ADAM DAIGLE l Acadiana Business Editor

Welcome to a another edition of your Acadiana Business Newsletter. It's the Mardi Gras weekend. Let's get to the headlines.

Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux, the Louisiana brand that has grown from a single location in the shadows of Tiger Stadium to a nationwide chain of sports bars, will move its corporate headquarters from Louisiana to Atlanta.

The chain put its 27,000-square-foot headquarters up for sale last month and is asking for $4 million for the property. The headquarters is in the same Burbank Drive shopping center as the first Walk-On's.

Read the full story here.

Have a safe weekend and see you next week.

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