Not Everyone Loves Topgolf Files: Gilbert Lights Edition
/Fox10News' Jessica Flores reports that on opening eve of Topgolf's second Phoenix-area facility and the unhappiness of neighbors who didn't expect to have lights shining into their homes until 2 am some nights.
From the Flores story (full video below) on the effort to see if Topgolf is up to Gilbert city code:
You can see the lights from Top Golf in the distance; it's about 1/2 a mile away from homes in the neighboring communities.
Neighbors say that the light is becoming a nuisance.
Stacy Phillips had made it a mission to get rid of the bright lights coming from a brand new driving range near the 202 and Ray Road.
"We were excited there was a golf club coming to our neighborhood, but we had no idea they were going to put on those lights and shining them directly out at all the communities," said Phillips.
Phillips says when the lights are on at Top Golf at night the glare hits her home. It's a public nuisance, and she doesn't believe it meets city code.
"We get the lights in the room and it illuminates the room until midnight five days a week, and till 2 a.m. the other two," she said.
The full feature:
