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Gareth Bale's golf bar on course to open in the new year

The bar, restaurant and mini-golf venue, backed by the Wales and Spurs forward, was expected to open in Cardiff city centre this summer

Gareth Bale

The golf-themed bar backed by Wales and Spurs forward Gareth Bale will now open in the new year.

Par 59, a new bar, restaurant and mini-golf venue, was meant to open in Cardiff city centre this summer.

However the opening has now been moved to early 2021 as a result of Covid-19.

The venue, which is being developed by the team behind city centre's permanent, indoor street food market The Depot, is looking to tap into a growing market of combining pubs with social sports that has seen a rapid growth in recent years.

Bounce, which centres on ping pong, raised $20m at the end of 2019 to expand in the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ and US while Flight Club, focused on darts, expanded to the US with two venues, and has four sites in the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ.

Artist impression of the main bar at Par 59
Artist impression of lounge are of Par 59

Puttshack, a mini-golf bar, has four venues in London and the south-east, with a Miami venture in the pipeline. However, Par 59, unlike Puttshack, is for adults only.

When Par 59 opens it will mark a second step into the hospitality sector for the footballer, following on from his partnership with Brains Brewery and the opening of Elevens Bar & Grill in Cardiff in 2017.

Nick Saunders, who started The Depot and is the driving force behind the venture, pitched the idea to Jamie Humphrys, the managing director of Elevens  Group Ltd, while playing a round of golf, of course.