Limerick Businesses Closed V 2.0 [Mod note post 1]

Meant to do the same myself. Problem is everyone I know said they "must go there someday" but I don't know anyone who actually went.

If Level Up Arcade couldn’t get the Mary I crew midweek they were screwed from the start. It’s an awful location - not particularly walkable

Ya agreed on the fast-paced bowling setup/crazy golf setup working better

I will say, I liked the idea of it and respect it. A lot of money pumped into it gone to waste I’d say. Will be hard to sell off the machines at any profit. Pinball/Arcade machines trading at an all time low

It had Daytona 2 for about 6 months along with Sega Rally, Manx TT, etc. But all difficult machines to keep running due to their aging hardware. From week 3 onwards it pretty much always had Street Fighter 2,3 and USF4. Also always had either a Mortal Kombat 2 and 3 apart from possibly a 2 month period in the middle along with tonnes of super rare stuff like Paperboy, Mai Mai, Killer Instinct 2, NBA Jam, Tekken 7, Outrun and tonnes more throughout its time. The place was entirely Retro, Japanese and pinball focused for the first two years, and some more family games appeared towards the end but never wanted the modern ticket redemption junk, proper games only, cycled through machines every couple of weeks so over 100+ went in and out over the three years. It was a proper passion project for the city and very unique in the country, it's difficult to get a site anywhere near that size unfortunately any more central incl the function room and games area, tried a lot of things but yes location was definitely a big part of the issue.

That’s been like that for couple of years now!

I only had a look around for a possible future event I obviously missed an area. It was all physical basketball games and the likes from what I saw.

Im gutted for you I know ye put the elbow grease in from your posts in the Arcade&Retro forum and Twitter but modern Ireland just isnt set up for anything interesting like that especially Limerick, mediocrity is the order of the day, coffee shops, charity shops and UK chains like Sports Direct are all thats wanted or can survive. I hope you get back on the horse some day, I guarantee if the location is a bit more convenient Ill bring a few shift nights out from work into ye.

I'm just going off what I have seen work.

I don't think 18 to 20 year olds with no culture of arcade gaming are the right target market. As you said yourself students more so than others wouldn't appreciate it. It doesn't seem like that was the plan anyway people just assumed that because of the location.

Themed bars are very rare in Ireland so it's a pity alright. I was told there is crazy golf going in under Hunters but no idea where they are with that right now.

It seems there is work going on in there. They had a sign up with the closing duration on it, but seems to have been covered over.

Also the t-shirt place in the Parkway has closed their store to go totally online.

I know it's technically Clare, but I see the Sports Factory in Corbally is 'closed for renovations'. Hope it doesn't mean in reality that they're shutting down quietly etc. since they've given no indication of a reopening date. Advanced bookings must have been scarce.

I will say, I love it there (only been once), but the price to quality ratio is non-existent. It was very pricey for what you got. €22 per adult (you'd be there no more than an hour at most) and a lot of the activities were rubbish, so I'm not sure how things could be changed to add value there.

Same building as National Kart Centre and Kidzone or something is there too I think (if I remember right)

Ya that's the industrial estate.

Sports Factory is the business closing for 'renovations'

Not Limerick specific but Parcel Motels are closing at the end of the month. I used get parcels delivered to Cirkle K on Dock Rd and collect on the way home from work