Two entertainment venues have closed amid a dispute with their landlord, Kansas City’s Power & Light District, over allegedly missing rent and other charges that the tenants described as “unreasonable” and breaching their contracts with the owners of the downtown district, according to two lawsuits.
Both the Sinkers Lounge mini golf spot and the Blade & Timber axe-throwing business — owned by Swell Spark — are accused of being late on rent payments by Kansas City Live Block 124 Retail LLC, tied to the Power & Light District and The Cordish Companies. The landlord filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri in January 2025 and is seeking millions of dollars in damages and unpaid rent from the two entertainment concepts that closed this month.
The two businesses had received their first notice from the landlord in April 2024 that they had missed rent payments. Sinkers owed $188,675.84 for rent and interest, and Blade & Timber owed $233,985.19 for rent, interest and bills, according to the lawsuit. The tenants were supposed to pay its overdue bills within five days after receiving a notice, but didn’t, according to the lawsuit…