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24 Mar, 2021 |
Baton Rouge's Bowling Alley, Circle Bowl, which has been around for 62 years, will close its doors on April 1st. The bowling alley made their announcement via Facebook, claiming COVID "shutdowns, mandates and other restrictions" as the main reason for the closure.
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22 Mar, 2021 |
| Release late last year, Sega's Astro City Mini Arcade cabinet is set to
be released for North America and the UK. Pre-orders for the mini
cabinet open on the 26th of March for $129.99 USD. |
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26 Mar, 2021 |
| SEGA Amusements International Ltd which is a wholly owned subsidiary of SEGA CORPORATION headquartered in Japan and has been at the core of distribution of amusement games to EMEA and USA markets is being acquired by its management team. Industry veteran, Paul Williams who has been employed by SEGA for 22 years has led a Management Buyout (MBO) of the company. |
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1 Apr, 2021 |
Andamiro USA, a division of South Korea's Andamiro Co. Ltd., announced
the official retirement of SpongeBob Pineapple Arcade, effective
immediately. The final inventory of SpongeBob Pineapple units
sold out in March. Parts and service support for the retired amusement
machine line will be available for seven years from its retirement date.
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18 May, 2021 |
The Lucky Snake, built by Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein, held a VIP opening last weekend for the $7m Lucky Snake. The Lucky Snake is the largest amusement arcade on the US East Coast and has opened at the Showboat Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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20 May, 2021 |
Lockdowns are being eased in France as bars and restaurants have been given the go ahead to reopen, but only with limited capacity. Groups of six can now eat together in outdoor terrace venues, and the national curfew is being eased from 7pm to 9pm.
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20 May, 2021 |
UK tenpin bowling operator Hollywood Bowl plans to open between 14 to 18 new venues, even though it had a huge pre-tax loss in the first half of its financial year to the end of March. It plans to open the new venues by 2024, as well as one of its Puttstars mini-gold outlets.
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31 May, 2021 |
Glow Golf Hawaii is set to open at the Pearlridge Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. The indoor mini-golf course is a glow-in-the-dark course which features interactive holes with complimenting artwork.
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16 Jun, 2021 |
| Andamiro USA Corp., a leading arcade amusement company, is relocating
its business operations from Gardena, California, to Irving, Texas. The
new Texas-based headquarters and warehouse will be fully operational by
late June, before the company's building lease in California ends on
June 30. |
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3 Sep, 2021 |
| This is Spinal Tap Pinball has been announced by Homepin as their second pinball release.This is Spinal Tap Pinball, the fully licensed pinball is based on the 1984 Movie, “This is Spinal Tap” a mockumentary about the failing fictitious rock and roll group, Spinal Tap, and their attempts to get back on the top of the charts. |
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