2/7/14: Building permit for construction trailer move-on
10/17/13: $7.8 million building permit issued for this project on Memorial Road in the location shown on the graphic below,


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This will be a 58,028 square foot venue featuring bowling, laser tag, video gaming, restaurant & bar services.


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About Main Event (http://www.mainevent.com/):


Main Event Entertainment is an expanding, Dallas-based company that was founded in 1998 and currently operates high volume family entertainment centers throughout Texas. Main Event Entertainment, LP operates as a subsidiary within Ardent Leisure Group of Australia. Voted in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex as “Best Place to Bowl” as well as “Best Party Place” by the Austin Chronicle and “Best Indoor Play” by Austin Family Magazine, Main Event family entertainment centers house 45,000-75,000 square feet of high quality recreational bowling, billiards, laser tag, a unique selection of interactive games, a tempting array of quality food and beverage, as well as complimentary Wi-Fi and flexible meeting and event space with VIP accommodations for corporate meetings or group gatherings.



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Cool. I knew something like this would be a goldmine in the Quail Spring area. This is what I kept saying the old Ultimate Electronic building should be made into.

Wow. My kids will love this. We went to Gattitown over the weekend for the first time and thought it was ok. This place appears to be much more entertaining. What type of food will be served?

Looks like they have a pretty broad menu, including lots of specialty cocktails:

Main Event Bar and Grill - Main Event Food Menu (http://www.mainevent.com/eat/dining)

I was thinking of this place a few days ago.

But why not in Downtown area? ...lower Bricktown would be perfect. Quail Springs is busy, but not all that easy to get to. With all the hotels downtown / Bricktown, it would have been a better choice.. IMO.

Neon night putting?! That looks awesome! Build it now!!

I was thinking of this place a few days ago.

But why not in Downtown area? ...lower Bricktown would be perfect. Quail Springs is busy, but not all that easy to get to. With all the hotels downtown / Bricktown, it would have been a better choice.. IMO.Because not everything has to be downtown. This is a perfect area for this and I am very excited to see this here!

Yes, their focus is families and Memorial Road is the best place for them.

Remember, there will be laser tag soon in Bricktown, there is already bowling in Lower BT and of course Dave & Busters caters to the adult crowd.

Will this be anywhere near the Sky Golf proposal?

There is a large sign on Penn, north of the Super Target.

Yes, their focus is families and Memorial Road is the best place for them.

Remember, there will be laser tag soon in Bricktown, there is already bowling in Lower BT and of course Dave & Busters caters to the adult crowd.

I've heard our D&B is kinda lame and does not cater enough to the adult crowd.

This is definitely a Memorial type development...would like to see no more big-boxes downtown.

Will this be anywhere near the Sky Golf proposal?

East of Skygolf on the other side of the turnpike. Skygolf is going just south of Lowe's, which is directly south of QSM.

Will this be anywhere near the Sky Golf proposal?

Sky Golf is to be behind Lowe's while this will be 1 mile ENE.

The sign North of target is for an upscale childcare center. They are building it in front of the apartments next door to Sherwin Williams.

It should do well, I only ever went to the one in (north) Austin for IIDA fundraising events. It was a good time.

And, BOOM!!

Today, Main Event filed for a $7.8 million building permit for a 58,028 structure exactly as we had predicted and shown on this graphic:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/chisholmcreek1.jpg

As I mentioned in the retail thread, this seems a lot more fun than Dave and Buster's. Very excited for this.

Pete, how long do you think before they start turning dirt?


As I mentioned in the retail thread, this seems a lot more fun than Dave and Buster's. Very excited for this.

I'm totally down for playing glow in the dark putt putt! I still haven't been to D&B's.

Main Event's application for a liquor license and final plat of that property was continued from yesterday's planning commission to the meeting in two weeks.

This was at the request of Main Event.

I'm hearing that they are also putting one in Tulsa. Off of HW 75 by the Tulsa Hills.

Pete, how long do you think before they start turning dirt?



I'm totally down for playing glow in the dark putt putt! I still haven't been to D&B's.

That would be fun. We used to do glow in the dark bowling many years ago. Was really late at night and I was much younger then. Think about the options now for all these adult fun places where you can drink and get lit up and then call Uber!

Main Event is hoping to be open September of 2014.

This is the architect they are using:

Main Event Entertainment ? Multiple Locations - HODGES Architecture (http://www.hodgesusa.com/?project=main-event-entertainment-multiple-locations)

Main Event is hoping to be open September of 2014.

This is the architect they are using:

Main Event Entertainment ? Multiple Locations - HODGES Architecture (http://www.hodgesusa.com/?project=main-event-entertainment-multiple-locations)

If they have standard exteriors I would vote for the third one shown. It has a little more interest.

Building permit application last Friday for construction trailer move-on.

They should be turning dirt soon.

Awesome! We live about a mile away, and I showed my kids the pics from their website. They can't wait for it to open!

Drove by this location today and noticed they have cleared the land, put up a fence and brought in the trailer! This is officially underway!

Brianna Bailey's update.

Planned NW OKC entertainment center to feature bowling, laser tag, food and drink | News OK (http://newsok.com/planned-nw-okc-entertainment-center-to-feature-bowling-laser-tag-food-and-drink/article/3935305)


Dallas-based entertainment venue Main Event is coming to Oklahoma City with a new 58,000 square-foot venue just off Memorial Road that will feature bowling, laser tag, an aerial ropes course, games, restaurants and a full bar.


The company has been looking to expand into Oklahoma for the past several years, said Main Event CEO Charlie Keegan. In January, Main Event purchased 5.6 acres of land just northwest of W Memorial Road and N Western Avenue for $2 million. A building permit filed with the city shows the new Main Event will cost $7.8 million to build.

“With Oklahoma City we feel like we have some brand equity in the market and that we will do well there,” Keegan said. “We think a lot of people in OKC shop and eat in Dallas on occasion and are familiar with our brand from our presence there.”

The company hopes to have the new Oklahoma City Main Event open sometime in 2015.


“There’s a handful of sort-of entertainment districts in OKC, but we chose the Quail Springs area because we think it kind of fits our profile,” Keegan said. “We’re a bowling-anchored family entertainment center — because bowling appeals to a broad demographic, we have an adult component, we have a good teenage component and kid component.”

Their laser tag isn't that great

This reminds me a lot of Playtime Pizza in Little Rock. Should be a fun time. I always liked the glow-in-the-dark put put.

Maybe this will make laserquest lower their prices, right now they are the only legit lasertag game in town.

Maybe this will make laserquest lower their prices, right now they are the only legit lasertag game in town.

If this is anything like Playtime Pizza, it won't be real competition for Laser Quest. LQ has a pretty good arena. This appears to be very basic.

Maybe this will make laserquest lower their prices, right now they are the only legit lasertag game in town.

I feel like HeyDay is legit laser tag, but maybe that doesn't fit with "in town". Or maybe my idea of legit is, in itself, not legit.

So there is some significant action going on at this location now. Lots of equipment on site and lots of dirt moving. They have a very large area completely fenced off but it appears that there is also dirt work happening just east of the fenced off area. Is this an extension or an additional project?

So there is some significant action going on at this location now. Lots of equipment on site and lots of dirt moving. They have a very large area completely fenced off but it appears that there is also dirt work happening just east of the fenced off area. Is this an extension or an additional project?

Probably just the parking area, which is east of the main building.

Couldn't find any other building permits in that area.


Glad this is ramping up!

civil utilities i bet start going in the ground early April

Found and labeled the building plan which is in the article on the top of the page.

No glow in the dark golf?

The Main Events I've been to in DFW had the mini golf under the overhead ropes course. Don't know if that is the case here, but now that I am looking at it closer, it looks like the ropes course is over the games section, so I guess no mini golf.

This is their new prototype.

This project is moving along. Thanks to Plutonic Panda for the photo:

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Look how it backs up to a neighborhood! Thank god those aren't Mesta Park residents in there.

Look how it backs up to a neighborhood! Thank god those aren't Mesta Park residents in there.

I get your joke entirely, and it made me chuckle a bit, but it's an entirely unfair characterization. Two residents complained about Guyutes and a whole bunch of them signed the petition in support of it. Beating up MP residents just ain't cool. Oh yeah, I live in Paseo, just so that's out there.

6/6/2014

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Wow, had no idea this was so far along.. With this and the addition to HeyDey in Norman, we'll have some nice indoor activity/entertainment venues next year.

Yeah, it's a bit smaller than I had hope for, but it's nice!

Yeah, it's a bit smaller than I had hope for, but it's nice!

Looks huge to me. How big are they usually?

That looks like a great place to go. I like having Grandkids, lets me have fun with them and I get to do stuff that would seem odd if I went by myself. Blacklight miniature golf! I wish the air hockey tables were uv too.

Yeah, it's a bit smaller than I had hope for, but it's nice!

Yeah we know you hate it if it's not 50+ stories :-)

Yeah we know you hate it if it's not 50+ stories :-)I know man!!!! I mean, 50 stories is alright, but the party really only gets started when this city joins the mile high club ;)

Looks like Main Event has a place in mind for a Tulsa location as well:

An expanding family entertainment chain that offers bowling, multilevel laser tag, billiards, restaurants and more in one location plans to build a site in Tulsa.

Dallas-based Main Event Entertainment plans to locate its center at 7830 S. Santa Avenue

A commercial building permit filed with the City of Tulsa lists the estimated cost of the project at $6.2 million and the declared value of the proposed building at $11 million.

According to the permit, the proposed construction will be 150,000 square feet. In a previous company release, however, Main Event has noted that its locations range in size from 45,000 to 75,000 square feet.

OKC's location is supposed to be 58,028, so this one will be almost three times the size. Not sure why they would build one that big.

Main Event Entertainment to open in Tulsa - Tulsa World: Retail (http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/retail/main-event-entertainment-to-open-in-tulsa/article_44f086a2-50c9-5031-9e68-c4a4f58dca32.html)

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Building permits are often inaccurate.

I'm sure they'll be building almost the exact same plan as OKC, as it's their newest layout.

I've never actually gone to a Main Event in Texas, but drive by them all the time, they always look better on the outside than ~50,000 square ft.

BTW: I think the correct address for the one in Tulsa is 7830 S. Santa Fe Ave. Which I think is opposite the highway from Tulsa Hills, surrounded by apartment complexes. Seems like a little bit of an odd location.

8/26/2014

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Pete,
How in the world do you manage to keep up with this? It's quite amazing.

Prunie

This building is absolutely massive in person. It shocked me when I drove by it about three weeks ago.

That is good that this looks to be a "Full Size" Main Event and not a smaller version like Dave & Busters did.

They have come a long way since the pics PP took 45 days ago. The exterior looks very different from the one in Dallas we passed on the highway. I will try to swing by tonight or tomorrow and gets some pics to Pete.

main of the Main Events in Houston are part of a strip mall, and the ones in Dallas are pretty old. This new exterior is very nice.

They have come a long way since the pics PP took 45 days ago. The exterior looks very different from the one in Dallas we passed on the highway. I will try to swing by tonight or tomorrow and gets some pics to Pete.I planned to grab a couple pictures today on my way to class this evening. I'll snap some as well as Von

Does the exterior look like this?

http://www.mainevent.com/portals/0/locations/buttons/SAW_Locations_210x200.jpg

That's the recent Main Event that opened in San Antonio.

It has a much different look than the Main Event that opened a few years ago.

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