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The “temporarily closed or worried about having to close my arcade” thread

By pookycade

4 years ago


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    #998 3 years ago

    Press Start in Reno is a barcade with a variety of pins and video games. They had to shut down several months ago due to the governor's order but were allowed to reopen about a month ago. That was very short lived because the governor changed his mind and bars are now closed. Press Start found a new, temporary business model; arcades are allowed to operate in NV so they closed their bar and are operating on a fee based model. Because they are no longer a bar, they are now open to all ages so hopefully people will bring their children/young adults. Let's hope it's enough to get them through the shutdown.

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    #1208 3 years ago
    Quoted from pookycade:

    It’s too bad that pin companies won’t place games on location at a nominal rate as some kind of advertisement to home buyers. Also too bad that operators can’t band together at some group rate discount buy. My suspicion is that places like yours encourages home pin buying, but I’ll fully admit that is just my supposition with absolutely no proof behind it

    The gaming industry has this as part of their business model. Gaming device companies like IGT will place a machine in a casino and share the gaming proceeds. New gaming devices are pretty expensive and the casino is never sure how popular a new game will be so it reduces the risk of buying new games for the casino. IGT will also lease games and resell used games so they have a machine for every budget.

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    #1363 3 years ago
    Quoted from beergut666:

    I would love for someone in this state to explain to me why a gym can be open on Saturday and you can't.

    C'mon man, it's science!

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