How Arcades Are Reinventing Fun (youtube.com)
Chucky Cheese, Dave and Busters, and independents.
Dave and Busters sold food for profits, and used free games to bring customers in. Pivot to sports, and then sports fatigue. Birthdays, corporate outings, mostly people don't go otherwise. Novelty. Repeat business means giving deals, like any business.
New, more physical games where several people (up to 8) play against each other. Social angle.
Alcohol isn't as big a thing as past generations. So need to find other draws for people to go out.
VR machines (but this is limited because it's one person at a time), things people don't have in their houses yet.
Nights with movies, live music, comedy.
Some cooperate with local restaurants to bring food to the customers.
25% can be events (people renting the whole venue).
Little appetite for vintage gaming machines. People only ask for more gaing PCs.
You need a lot of space.
They charge like $25 to use everything for like a whole day. But that's not profitable (in NYC). But it fills the space with people. And those people feel they have a place they belong, so when events come up they want to go there. OS.
It's easier to get money from big corporate brands than from people with one disposible income.
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