August 21, 2020

After months of being in quarantine, many Western New Yorkers are now relieved to hear these words once again, “Welcome to the ultimate laser tag experience brought to you by LASERTRON.”

June 30, 2020

FREEHOLD, NJ – Amusement center iPlay America will resume indoor gaming and laser tag on July 2, following nearly four months under lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

June 29, 2020

Clinton Township officials are urging Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to relax state restrictions on entertainment facilities and allow a local amusement park to open because of the limited time frame for its to operate.

June 25, 2020

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — COVID-19 is changing business as usual for bowling alleys in Georgia. Bowling alleys were among the first businesses to reopen during the pandemic. Staff at Pin Strikes in Macon says they are finding new ways of keeping families safe. Pin Strikes has closed every other lane to allow for social distancing and blocked off certain seating areas. The bowling alley also has social distancing markers on the floor, as well as a temperature check required at the door.

June 25, 2020

QUEENSBURY NY (WRGB) – The Capital Region could enter Phase Four in the state’s reopening plan by next Wednesday. It is something The Fun Spot in Queensbury, NY is looking forward to. Keith Ferraro, Owner of The Fun Spot, says “At this point in time, we’re putting on all the final touches that we would’ve been doing months ago if it wasn’t for this pandemic.”

June 22, 2020

Murfreesboro Strike & Spare has announced a new location for its entertainment center. The new facility will be located in the former Sears store at Stones River Town Centre, 1720 Old Fort Parkway. The Sears store closed in February 2019. Strike & Spare announced plans to move from the 60-year-old building at 941 N.W. Broad St. eight months ago.

June 11, 2020

The Carlisle Sports Emporium announced it will reopen at 10 a.m. Friday, as Cumberland County moves into Pennsylvania’s Green Phase of COVID-19 mitigation.

June 11, 2020

Texarkana’s two bowling alleys, Holiday Bowl on the Arkansas-side of State Line and College Bowl on the Texas-side, have opened to the public and bowlers have emerged from their homes and have taken to the lanes.

June 11, 2020

HeyDay’s restaurant, bars, bowling and mini golf have been open, but the entertainment center was finally able to open up its arcade and laser tag attractions on Wednesday.

March 10, 2020

TALKING STICK ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, AZ — From bowling and laser tag to arcade games, there is no shortage of potential fun at Mavrix, the latest attraction to open within the Salt River’s Talking Stick Entertainment District.

March 10, 2020

The Irmo area has a new place for fun for all ages, and it arrived with a Saturday afternoon surprise. Stars and Strikes Family Entertainment Centers opened the doors to its newest location at 800 Lake Murray Boulevard, at the Columbiana Boulevard intersection.

March 10, 2020

A major new entertainment center has arrived in Schererville. Up Your Alley is bringing the Tri-Town a boutique bowling, laser tag, Cyber Sport, an arcade, a restaurant with a scratch kitchen, a bar with cocktails, and event spaces that can be rented out. It opened Wednesday and will soon also offer ax-throwing, a Canadian bar pastime that’s been growing in popularity in U.S. cities.

March 03, 2020

If temperatures in the 50s as we open March doesn’t give you a little bit of spring fever, maybe a little mini putt and go karting will. Volcano Falls in Loves Park is now officially open for the season. Starting today, both the indoor sections of the adventure park will be available for limited hours. And the outdoor park will open in maybe a week or two.

January 27, 2020

Stars and Strikes Family Entertainment Centers is now open in Raleigh. The Raleigh location marks the 14th nationwide for the Atlanta-based company. The 60,000 square foot family center is located at 4020 Capital Blvd. Stars and Strikes features bowling as well as a special VIP bowling area, an arcade, a two-story laser tag facility, bumper cars, a full bar, private event space, and restaurant CJ’s Tavern.

January 22, 2020

GREENVILLE, NC (WITN) A business in Greenville is expanding to provide more opportunities for you to take your children to do something fun, without driving far to get there.

November 25, 2019

Cinergy Entertainment Group is pleased to announce that their Amarillo, Texas location has been named the Top Family Entertainment Center in the World by the IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions). Cinergy is a privately held company dedicated to creating a unique, immersive entertainment experience for guests. IAAPA represents over 5,300 amusement-industry members in more than 100 countries.

November 25, 2019

WhirlyBall’s new two-story location in Naperville is scheduled to open Nov. 23, officials said. The 41,000-square-foot activity center at 3103 Odyssey Court on the city’s far north side, which in addition to WhirlyBall will offer bowling, laser tag and the Pivot Room restaurant, is timed to coincide with the time when people want to head indoors from the cold for entertainment, officials said.

November 25, 2019

After several years of rolling out new attractions, visitors to C.J. Barrymore’s family entertainment complex next summer won’t see many new activities.

October 16, 2019

The newest entertainment venue in Grayson County has announced its opening date. HeyDay, located at Gateway Village in Denison, will hold a grand opening celebration on November 8 at 11 a.m.

October 15, 2019

Ropes Courses Incorporated, a leading adventure attractions company, has announced the successful installation of a Sky Trail and Clip ‘n Climb Walls at Space Entertainment Center in Hooksett, New Hampshire.

October 2, 2019

eyDay Entertainment’s newest center coming to Denison’s Gateway Village is getting closer to opening and has begun to ramp up hiring. Vice President of Sales and Marketing Brooke Willhite said the business is preparing for an early November opening.

September 3, 2019

The new entertainment experience for Wisconsin is from a company based in Chicago. The company, WhirlyBall, operates entertainment complexes where customers can play a game that combines elements of bumper cars, lacrosse and basketball.

August 30, 2019

The Cash Mob event, which the Chamber does periodically, is based on the flash mob. However in this case, shoppers convene on a location prepared to spend money. The business is revealed at the last minute and then the shoppers go do their thing.

July 29, 2019

Beginning this fall, Wisconsin will officially have its very own WhirlyBall. The Chicago-area creation is a family friendly activity often described as a combination of lacrosse and bumper cars. The first Wisconsin WhirlyBall will be located on the southern end of Brookfield Square, 185 S. Moorland Rd.

June 20, 2019

After years of talks about adding a new splash zone at the Visalia Adventure Park, a new water attraction debuted Saturday. The Visalia park held a soft opening for its new Sequoia Springs Splash Park, a 42-foot megastructure that features four water slides.

June 18, 2019

SOMERSWORTH — Since its opening in 1986, Hilltop Fun Center has been widely known in the Seacoast for being a hub for engaging activities and games for families. On June 4, its founder Steve Cote died of Stage IV kidney cancer at age 65, after his eight-year battle with the illness.

June 18, 2019

“When I built this place, I had no idea where the road would lead,” he said. “It’s just been year by year. As technology comes out that the public would like, we put it in.”

June 10, 2019

Our on-air talent took on the producers in mini golf, laser tag, and go-kart racing. Who will take home the bragging rights?

May 24, 2019

In a surprise twist, it looks like your offspring are going to be begging you to take them to Loleta all summer. Who knew?

May 21, 2019

Their newest attractions include a state-of-the-art indoor go-kart race track and one of the largest laser tag mazes in Central Texas.

May 16, 2019

Rigby’s Water World is the latest addition to a growing entertainment complex in Warner Robins, and this year will be its first full summer season after opening in 2018.

May 16, 2019

Santikos Entertainment Cibolo offers 12 movie theater auditoriums, 16 bowling lanes, an arcade, laser tag arena and virtual reality arena all under one roof at Interstate 35 and Wiederstein Road.

May 16, 2019

One’s at the gateway to New York City. The other is nestled in suburbia. One is 3 million square feet. The other is about 100,000. It might seem like American Dream, the mega-mall being built in the Meadowlands, and the Funplex, the family amusement venue in East Hanover, don’t have anything in common. But they do.

April 12, 2019

The developers behind JAK’s Warehouse plan a new entertainment center with “boutique bowling,” an upscale restaurant and bar, an arcade, Lasertron and Cyber Sport at the south end of the old Menards in Schererville.

April 09, 2019

On Feb. 15 in Aurora, Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center was instantly transformed from a local eatery and entertainment destination to a command center in light of the mass shooting at the Henry Pratt Company that left five dead only a few blocks away.

April 09, 2019

There’s a new huge circular feature on Hall Road and it has nothing to do with the controversial artwork down the road in Sterling Heights.

April 03, 2019

DENISON, Texas — After a 61-day weather delay, construction workers are making progress inside of one of Gateway Village’s most anticipated entertainment venues.

April 03, 2019

New York-based Diamond Properties, in partnership with Orange County Choppers, opened Grand Prix Orange County Racing and Entertainment in Newburgh, NY. The distinctive 90,000-square-foot facility was popularized on TV as the home of Orange County Choppers, a custom bike builder.

March 15, 2019

Bill Poss, the owner of Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center in Aurora, believes it’s time to give something back to all those first responders that drop what they’re doing in their private lives in order to serve and protect others.

January 22, 2019

Greg Hughes, the owner of Xtreme Craze, a new indoor inflatable airpark and laser tag arena under construction at the Apple Tree Mall on Route 102, said he is hiring 40 to 45 positions for the facility, which he said will be the first of its kind in the United States.

January 14, 2019

They can now proudly say the Lasertron laser tag experience has entered the 21st Century. The new arena, decked out in colored LED lights and supplemented with a haze machine, has two stories, four gameplay modes, a live scoring system, supports up to 32 players and — by most accounts — looks like a real-life video game.

January 14, 2019

Pinballz Arcade completed in December an expansion of its Lake Creek location in Northwest Austin.

November 26, 2018

Bill Poss, owner of Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center, says it was Aurora’s first pizzeria when started in 1953, and now will be the area’s first restaurant and entertainment center to serve a new gourmet-style pizza that is quickly climbing to the top of the food chain.

November 26, 2018

Eugene’s bowling community hasn’t quite been the same since 2015, when an electrical fire reduced Southtowne Lanes, Eugene’s oldest bowling alley, to ashes.

November 15, 2018

Family entertainment centre Ocean5 and its Table 47 restaurant have received Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification for a green building design that is energy and environmentally friendly.

September 19, 2018

Stars and Strikes features bowling lanes, laser tag, bumper cars and an arcade. The new Smyrna location will have 24 bowling lanes, eight of which are VIP lanes, along with bowling leagues for all ages and skill levels.

September 19, 2018

Four new rides are proposed for the popular indoor and outdoor entertainment center in Clinton Township in a $2.5-million expansion of its Hall Road site. All of the rides are planned to be delivered next year.

September 19, 2018

The new space will have Formula One-style go-karts, an LED laser tag arena, a new 50-foot bar and new corporate event space. A timeline for the expansion was not announced.

August 6, 2018

From laser tag, to a gaming room…and heading outside to the go karts and mini golf, there is plenty to do for the whole family.

August 6, 2018

Jump in on the action with laser tag. With opponents around every corner you need to protect yourself and your teammates.

August 1, 2018

A Carmel-based entertainment center plans to relocate to Westfield. Laser Flash has announced it will open a 50,000-square-foot, multi-level family entertainment facility at the southwest corner of State Road 32 and U.S. 31, after 16 years at its Carmel location at 617 Third Avenue SW.

August 1, 2018

With the heat beating down, families are looking for fun ways to cool down and Rigby’s Water World is finally open.

June 25, 2018

Georgia-based Stars and Strikes announced it will open a “family entertainment center,” which will include 24 lanes of bowling, plus a host of other attractions, a restaurant and full-service bar, at the former Kmart at 333 North Lowry Street later this year. It will be Stars and Strikes’ 12th location and its first in Tennessee.

May 7, 2018

The Interstate 35 corridor between San Antonio and New Braunfels is becoming a competitive entertainment market as two local theater chains vie for amusement dollars in the fast-growing region.

March 23, 2018

Acadiana Lanes recently received a true face lift: transforming into a family entertainment center as part of Malco Bowling’s new Premier line of family entertainment centers.

March 13, 2018

DENISON, Texas — What’s being billed as an exciting new entertainment complex is now underway in Denison. HeyDay — with two locations in Oklahoma City and Norman — broke ground for its first Texas operation Friday morning on U.S. 75 next door to the Hilton Garden Inn.

March 13, 2018

AM! Entertainment Center in Holland has some exciting new features for visitors to come check out.

February 26, 2018

Everyone has something to share and something to gain. F2FEC is the only industry event that is relevant to the needs, interests, challenges, and future of the entertainment center industry.

February 26, 2018

The play center featuring a floor full of arcade games, inflatable bounce houses and laser tag is officially open to the public as of Friday, Feb. 16. Co-owner Ryan D’Amico said that after all the work put into the venue with the hopes of opening in January, he is glad that it finally happened.

February 06, 2018

When Ocean5 opens in the new Olympic Towne Center — probably by late March — it will be the first-of-its-kind multi-purpose facility in the Northwest. Possibly even in the United States.

January 02, 2018

Last December, Wausau on the Water opened up its doors to the public and began what would be the future of Wausau’s River District. This December, they’re celebrating one year of business after becoming one of the most popular locations in the area.

January 02, 2018

The new year is bringing an exciting new place for kids in Glendale to play and have parties. Laser Bounce, a Long Island-based play center with laser tag, inflatable bounce houses and an arcade, is opening a new location in the Shops at Atlas Park. While there is no set date for the grand opening, Laser Bounce co-owner Ryan D’Amico said that he hopes to have the new site up and running by mid-to-late January.

November 21, 2017

Stars and Stikes co-owner Chris Albano speaks Thursday at the bowling entertainment center’s ribbon-cutting ceremony as his business partner, from left, Jack Canouse, Canouse’s wife Carolyn, and Albano’s wife Mary, listen.

November 21, 2017

Cinergy Entertainment is proud to announce that it has been selected as one of the top three for the 2017 Family Entertainment Centers of the world award by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA).

November 01, 2017

Cinergy Entertainment will break ground on October 17, 2017 at 2:00 PM in Amarillo, Texas, on their newest entertainment complex. The $27 million, 90,000 square foot complex will be located in the new development of Town Square Village at 9201 Cinergy Square in Amarillo, Texas.

October 31, 2017

The newly renovated Acadiana Lanes at 3227 Ambassador is set to open soon, hopefully this weekend, but that is dependent on final inspections.

July 11, 2017

Coming to Gig Harbor is an entertainment emporium with a two-story laser arena, 10-pin and duckpin bowling, a game room and space for parties that can host up to 400.

July 11, 2017

Cinergy Entertainment, a movie company specializing in family entertainment, announced that they will donate a percentage of all sales from all locations on September 8th, 2017 to the relief effort in Houston for Hurricane Harvey. Cinergy Cinemas is partnering with the United Way of Greater Houston Hurricane Relief Fund.

July 11, 2017

Passersby and visitors to Sonny’s Place, in Somers, may have noticed a large new building that was constructed this year, but wondered what it will be.

July 11, 2017

Preview: Take A Spin On the Hudson. Spins Bowl brings massive entertainment complex to Peekskill.

July 10, 2017

Hundreds of fun-seekers came out on Saturday to check out the new Lasertron Laser Tag Arena at the Community Bowling Center on Ribaut Road.

June 12, 2017

Love House Ministries’ Community Bowling Center in Beaufort is planning a laser tag bash on June 24.

May 25, 2017

Plaza del Rey and West Retail is proud to announce plans for a new 90,000 SF entertainment complex located at the Southeast corner of Loop 375 (Americas Boulevard) at I-10

May 25, 2017

The new entertainment center will feature bowling, multi-level laser tag, ropes course, fully-loaded game floor, cinemas, premium food offerings, a full-service bar, multiple event rooms, escape rooms, reserved seating, luxury recliner seating, and a Cinergy EPIC auditorium.

May 4, 2017

The original plan for Strike Zone Entertainment Center, set to open this month in Sebastian, started out as a place to play laser tag and turned into a state-of-the-art entertainment center that could attract patrons from throughout the Treasure and Space coasts.

April 17, 2017

A Georgia-based company is looking to bring more entertainment options to Huntsville with the construction of a new bowling alley.

February 18, 2017

Volcano Falls has operated with the LASERTRON LT-10 System since 2003! When the owners decided to upgrade their arcade and facility in 2017 they decided to also update the laser tag equipment to the new LT-12 Game System.

January 20, 2017

Updown Trampoline Park in Hattiesburg, MS recently installed a LASERTRON LED Arena and 24 state of the art laser tag vests.

January 17, 2017

Swaders Sports Park had operated their LASERTRON LT-11.5 Game System for 9 years before deciding to upgrade to the newer LT-12 System.

January 13, 2017

A family fun center with 26 bowling lanes, laser tag, a roller rink, bumper cars, a laser maze and restaurant and lounge area is coming to Clarksville’s once-empty Peddler’s Mall location.

January 9, 2017

Residents are flocking to the long-awaited Wausau on the Water, a family entertainment center on the city’s riverfront.