David McKillips
CEO of Chuck E. Cheese's
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Oct 6, 2026
S E51: Can Topgolf's New CEO Fix Golf's Biggest Front Door?
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Jimmy RobertsHOST
So six months now, where do you think you are in terms of having changed the culture, changed the product?

David McKillipsGUEST
I think six months from now you're gonna s- hear a whole host of, of new news.

David McKillipsGUEST
I would love to be in a position that the golfer knows that every quarter we're gonna have a new virtual course, that we're gonna have a lineup of competitions that allow you, uh, you know, even to win a, a, a gateway to, uh, or a satellite series to a green grass tournament.
How Topgolf continues to evolve its business
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David McKillipsGUEST
The parallels are unbelievable, right? Because they have lanes, we have bays.

David McKillipsGUEST
And then, you know, there's a small percentage of those avid bowlers and avid golfers that come in and fuel your leagues.

David McKillipsGUEST
But they're making their money on the social user that comes in, the big group.
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Browns Choose Watson Over Shedeur + Are They Tanking for Arch Manning?
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26:28Jason PageHOST
Is something like this evidence that the future of growing golf isn't necessarily changing traditional golf, but creating different ways to experience it?

David McKillipsGUEST
And if you look at who's playing golf, and golf has, has never been hotter, right? There's 49 million people that are playing golf, of which about 30 million of those are municipal players.

David McKillipsGUEST
And if you keep looking of that, of which about 17 million people are coming to Topgolf, and they, and they love it.

David McKillipsGUEST
So I, you know, I look at Topgolf as I onboarded on just about six months ago.

David McKillipsGUEST
I understand the responsibility of Topgolf and the whole ecosystem of the game.
Stargate Project, The Case for Small Caps, Chuck E. Cheese Comeback 1/22/25
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Kelly EvansHOST
Would a restructuring have been necessary at some point? Or do you think you would have been all right if we hadn't been through COVID, which literally shut down your stores?

David McKillipsGUEST
We didn't have the balance sheet to survive COVID and being shut down, especially in an environment where we are a very high-touch area.

David McKillipsGUEST
So, you know, who's to say if we were going to have to restructure now? We did carry a significant debt low, which we...
