Welcome to Location Watch, a curated look at brand new arcade locations that have recently opened their doors, all over…
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Location Watch March 2022: New Arcades Open In Japan, The USA, The UK, & Australia
Welcome to Location Watch, a post that looks at tracking the opening of new arcade locations around the globe. Since…
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Location Watch: Miniboss, The Paradox Arcade+Bar; Bowlero (CA); Pixels & Pints (CAN) & More
Today’s Location Watch post is strongly focused on new locations in California, but we have a couple of others to…
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Law Watch: Six Charged In Making Counterfeit Pac-Man Games; Man Arrested For Living Between Arcade Games
Well this is certainly a weird way to break up the slow news cycle, with more legal news and the…
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Two Businesses With Arcade Machines Busted For Gambling In California
One challenge of operating an honest business is when dishonest ones come around, break the law and reinforce negative stereotypes…
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New Locations: The Grid Arcade Bar (MN); Big Al’s (CA); Little Big Thrills (MN); 1up Arcade (AU); Rock N’ Fun (HI)
Time for new arcade locations and updates! These have been accumulating for a few weeks as I’ve been very busy…
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New Arcades: Harp-Cade (NJ); Bar 145 Reset (OH); The Dam Sports Arcade (OR); Flippin Great Pinball (FL); Netherworld (Au); Dave & Busters (CA)
It’s that time again to check out the accumulated news of the latest arcade locations to pop-up out there. But…
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New Arcades: Dave & Busters (NY & TX); Great Escape Social Eats & Crafts (IA); Coin-Op Game Room 3 (CA); HubZero (Dubai)
Any day is a good day for new venue news. Here are the new places to look at: Two Grand…
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Newsbytes: Round1USA In San Jose, CA; Various Pinball news items; Big Buck News
Insert something clever about the weekend here! For some news roundin’ up: Round1USA San Jose Grand Opening Sep. 4th. –…
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Super Arcade Denied A Permit To Operate In the City of Azusa, CA
(Thanks to @supcat and @mosesplan on Twitter for the tip) When people ask me for advice on opening an arcade,…
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