AUGUSTA, GA — A 29-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night after neighbors reported that the home he had rented on Airbnb for Masters week had been converted into a fully operational unlicensed sports bar, complete with a hand-painted sign reading “THE 19TH HOLE — $8 DOMESTICS,” a bouncer, and a cover charge.
Chase Avery Millsap of Atlanta had booked the three-bedroom home on Wheeler Road for four nights at $1,200 per night — a typical Masters-week rate in Augusta. Instead of using it as lodging, investigators say Millsap installed a commercial keg system in the kitchen, set up three televisions tuned to ESPN’s Masters coverage, printed menus on card stock, and hired a friend to check IDs at the front door.
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Neighbors called the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office after noticing a line of approximately 30 people stretching down the driveway at 9 p.m. on Wednesday. Responding officers found the interior of the home rearranged to resemble a bar, with furniture pushed against walls, a folding table serving as a DJ booth, and a bathroom labeled “CLUBHOUSE” with a second bathroom labeled “CADDY SHACK.”
“There was a chalkboard specials menu that said ‘Amen Corner Shot — Fireball and sweet tea, $6.’ He had a happy hour. This man had a happy hour in a rental home. On a Wednesday.” — Deputy Aisha Redmond, Richmond County SO
Millsap reportedly collected over $3,400 in revenue across two nights of operation. He told officers he believed he had found “a gap in the market” and that his operation was “no different from a tailgate, legally speaking.” His attorney has not confirmed this legal theory.
Millsap was booked into the Richmond County Jail on charges of operating an unlicensed establishment serving alcohol, disturbing the peace, and violation of his Airbnb rental agreement — the last of which is not technically a criminal charge but was noted in the report “for the record,” per the arresting deputy. The Airbnb host has filed a claim for damages, including a mysterious stain on the ceiling described in the filing as “possibly Fireball-related.” Millsap’s JailReport.lol booking is trending. Bond was set at $3,500.