In the market for a large inflatable bounce park? You’re in luck!

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A giant inflatable park has bounced into Winnipeg’s real estate market.

The Big Bounce Park — a 13,000-square-foot inflatable structure complete with an obstacle course, king’s chair and rabbit’s face to crawl through — opened behind the Punjab Cultural Centre last year.

This year, the attraction is in a formerly vacant lot off King Edward Street, and it’s up for sale.

“I’m planning something more crazy… to bring to Winnipeg,” said owner Nikhil Dutt.

It’s why he’s selling his current digs, he added. The inflatable park is advertised at $120,000, complete with 24 air blowers and a bull ride.

The King Edward Street lot — snug beside an auto centre — is not for sale, nor is the company name.

Dutt, 23, plans to continue operating the bounce park while it’s on the market. There hasn’t been a lack of customers this year or last, he said.

“It’s been busy every day.”

He’s selling so he can focus on a new venture — an inflatable park with water features, he said.

“People enjoy more in the water,” he stated.

When asked about safety concerns regarding mixing a bouncy structure with water, Dutt said people “slip and slide” and have more fun.

“We’re finding a new, permanent spot now,” said his sister Suman, who was working on site Monday.

She stood by a fence separating the deflated bounce park from a grassy lot and King Edward Street.

Dutt’s family and friends assist in The Big Bounce Park’s operations. His family owns Spice Circle East Indian Restaurant in St. James.

Suman covers for her brother when he’s away. The site hosts plenty of birthday parties, she said, adding she preferred when the bounce park was behind the Punjab Cultural Centre — there was more room.

Now, the only parking readily available is the grassy lot off King Edward Street. Pallets cover portions of the ground to keep customers clean, she said.

The lawn behind the Punjab Cultural Centre will soon become a parking lot, which is the reason The Big Bounce Park couldn’t occupy the space this year, said Navtej Bains.

Bains, the owner of the King of India restaurant in the cultural centre, allowed Dutt to run his summer attraction on the centre’s back lawn in 2022.

“Last year was good,” he said of the attraction’s operations.

Dutt is now hunting for a permanent spot.

The current 745 King Edward St. lot didn’t have any previous tenants, an employee from neighbouring Bramer Automotive Centre confirmed.

The City of Winnipeg issued a temporary use permit to The Big Bounce Park between June 1 and Sept. 3. In August, the city issued a permit for the company to temporarily use a diesel generator at the lot.

The Big Bounce Park will need another permit to operate in the city next year, including if it chooses to erect an inflatable structure with water features.

Organizations must submit documentation, including site plans, drawings and letters of responsibility to receive a special events and temporary use permit, city spokesman David Driedger wrote in an email.

A listing for Dutt’s current inflatable park was posted on Realtor.ca last week.

gabrielle.piche@winnipegfreepress.com