Family Entertainment Center Design
We offer a wide range of services for the development of complete outdoor and indoor family entertainment center facilities, spanning concept development, site evaluation, feasibility studies, master plans, attraction design, preparation of construction plans and specifications and ongoing consulting services post construction.
Indoor attractions can include mini-lane bowling, laser tag, laser maze, bumper cars, soft play, toddler play areas/parents lounges, indoor mini-golf, glow golf, roller skating game rooms, redemption centers, birthday party rooms and food services.
The importance of proper attraction placement includes their relationship to the point of sale and redemption center counters, food services, maintenance and storage areas and related elements. It includes provision for properly sized entrances, aisle widths, initial placement of attractions, periodic relocation of games, moving elements into maintenance room for repairs and related issues.
Each project is analyzed to determine the specific mix of attractions that will best serve the age groups targeted in the primary market. We recognize that every facility must serve several age groups or it will fail.
Almost all facilities will have birthday party rooms, redemption centers, food services and restrooms. They also require offices, mechanical rooms, and storage areas. There are hundreds of potential indoor attractions that could be considered. Over the years, however, there have been a number of attractions that have proved themselves throughout the industry. We recommend to our clients that they consider using proved elements when establishing their initial attraction mix, withholding consideration of new or exotic attractions for later phases. Among the various proven indoor attractions we have incorporated into other facilities are mini-lane bowling, go-karts, mini-golf, game rooms, laser tag, laser mazes, escape rooms, soft play, toddler play with parent lounges, bumper cars, climbing walls and ropes courses attractions, such as go-karts, mini-golf, laser tag and other anchor attractions. Today's industry has moved toward redemption games being the major component of modern game rooms.
Representative Projects
282 Family Fun Park - Caron, Saskatchewan (Scheduled Opening 2019) Development of concept plan and final design for seasonal outdoor family entertainment center containing 835-foot reversible family road course go-kart track, 18 hole miniature golf course, WaterWars, outdoor soft play, picnic pavilion, sand volleyball court, bunny corral and point of sales building. Plans for future addition includes a country store.
Pinballz - Buda, Texas (Scheduled opening late 2019) Project consists of developing concepts and final plans for the addition of Complete outdoor attraction package for existing indoor FEC. Outdoor attractions include 18-hole ADA compliant miniature golf course, 800-foot outdoor family road course go-kart track, 10- boat bumper boat pond, sand volleyball court, outdoor beer garden and expanded parking, sand volleyball court and bumper boat pond.
Fort Frenzy - Fort Dodge, Iowa (Open December 2013) Complete outdoor/indoor family entertainment center consisting of 25,000 square foot building (formerly industrial building) with 850 foot family road course go-kart track with electric (battery Powered go-karts) designed to operate in both directions, 18-hole miniature golf course (second 18-holes to be constructed next year), eight boat bumper boat pond with battle zone containing water cannon, outdoor stage and future plans for "Adult"slick road course go-kart track. The building contains 6-lane Highway 66 mini-bowling alley, laser tag, bumper cars, birthday party rooms, toddler area/parent's lounge, food service area, game room, skating rink and banquet hall.
Zoomers Amusement Park - Fort Myers, Florida (Opened June 15, 2012) Complete outdoor/indoor family entertainment center consisting of 13,500 square foot building with 850 foot family road course go-kart track with 850 foot dual pit family road course go-kart track, 300 foot combination "Adult" slick road course/"Rookie" go-kart track, all designed to operate in both directions, an 18 hole ADA compliant miniature golf course, 10 boat bumper boat pond, dual WaterWars, midway with kiddie coaster, tilt-a-whirl, train ride, five flat rides, gem mine and amenities. The building contains birthday party rooms, roller ball miniature lane bowling, a game room, redemption center and food service. Project resurrected a failed (prior to opening in 2006) family amusement park that contained an elevated wood go-kart track and ground level go-kart track with a bridge. Both were demolished because of improper design and construction and replaced with the new tracks and miniature golf course.
Tree Top Family Adventure - Birmingham, Alabama (Opened May 1, 2010) Complete outdoor/indoor family entertainment center consisting of 18,000 square foot building (formerly industrial building) with 850-foot family road course go-kart track with dual pits designed to operate in both directions, 18-hole ADA compliant miniature golf course with waterfall, stream and receiving pool and dual WaterWars. The building contains 4-lane Highway 66 mini-bowling alley, laser tag, laser maze, large soft play structure, toddler area/parents lounge, birthday party rooms, redemption center and food service area.
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