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utilize glow-in-the-dark technology, State. A list of planned attractions was
including the four bowling lanes, not announced.
laser tag arena, escape rooms and
30-game arcade. Glo Mini Golf offers n C.J. Barrymore’s in Clinton
individual attraction as well as pack- Township, Michigan, has opened a
age pricing. go-kart track. The three-story “Indy
SkyTrack” includes a 30-foot-tall “vor-
n Hollywood Bowl reported tex.” The expansive venue, which
strong revenue growth in the United serves the metropolitan Detroit area,
Kingdom and Canadian markets dur- also features bowling, an arcade, a
ing the first half of the year. The com- Ferris wheel and much more.
pany, which operates 71 centers in the
Shott has opened a 20,000-square- U.K. and 11 in Canada, saw revenue n 218 TapHouse has opened in
foot entertainment destination in increase 8.1 percent year to year, with Cloquet, Minnesota, featuring 29
Hyderabad, India. Bowling, laser the greatest growth in Canada, where self-pour beer taps, a bar serving
tag and an arcade are among the it was up 46.9 percent. That growth craft cocktails, pizza fresh from a local
attractions. The company’s ambi- was fueled, in part, by the opening of restaurant and three duckpin bowling
tious growth plans call for captur- two new centers. The company also lanes.
ing 40 percent of the FEC market in opened a new center and refurbished
India by next year. three others in the U.K. n Bay Tek Entertainment has
acquired MajorMega, a manufac-
n A new Launch Entertainment turer of VR attractions including
opened in San Bernardino, California, location has been earmarked for “Hyperdeck,” which adds environ-
joining its sister Inland Empire loca- Nashua, New Hampshire. It will be the mental effects such as wind, heat and
tion in Riverside. All of the attractions company’s first venue in the Granite motion to the VR experience; and

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