Sega Park Brighton

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Sega Park Brighton
Location: Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Google maps: 50.819536,-0.135349
Opened: 2002
Rebranded: 2006 (as Leisure Exchange)

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Sega Park Brighton was an indoor Sega Park arcade located on Madeira Drive, Brighton, United Kingdom, which opened in 2002 by franchisee Leisure Exchange. It was on the seafront, close to Brighton Palace Pier.

Despite the signage not saying such, most listings online referred to the venue as Sega Park & Casino Brighton.

The venue briefly closed in 2006, but was shortly reopened under the "Leisure Exchange" name before closing permanently in Late-2007. The building remained empty for years after closure with its signage intact and following the Burger King's closure in 2015, the building was stripped up in 2017 and split into several units. In 2021, a portion of the building was repurposed as a video game-focused public bar called the "Loading Bar".

Layout

Sega Park Brighton was located in a long building with windows all near the front. As with other Sega Park venues during Leisure Exchange ownership, this venue heavily put its focus on gambling machines (mostly within the Sega Casino portion of the arcade), rigged penny-pushers and Claw Machines than the video games featured.

Unlike other Sega Parks, the venue had very little association or connection with Sega, as it was only an arcade opened by Leisure Exchange branded as such. It featured a space-themed carpet that the Bournemouth branch would use instead of a Sonic-themed one.

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Branding

Name Branding Date
Sega Park Bournemouth Sega Park 2002
Leisure Exchange Bournemouth Leisure Exchange Mid-2006
Closed Late 2007

Gallery

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega Park Brighton/Magazine articles.

References


Sega-related venues in the United Kingdom
Sega World
Bournemouth (1993-2000) | London (1996-1999) | Tamworth (199x-xxxx) | Wolverhampton (199x-xxxx) | Birmingham (199x-xxxx)
Sega Park
Glasgow (1993-200x) | Acton (1994-199x) | Colindale (1994-2008) | Southampton (1996-2013) | Wood Green (199x-xxxx) | Basildon (199x-2005) | Reading (199x-199x) | Bristol (199x-200x) | Harlow (1997-2003) | Tower Hill (xxxx-200x) | Harrow (200x-200x) | Holborn (200x-200x) | Brighton (2002-2006)
Sega Zone
Brixton (199x-xxxx) | Catford (199x-xxxx) | Woolwich (199x-xxxx)
Sega Megaworld
Croydon (199x-199x) | Harrow (199x-199x) | Romford (199x-199x)
Sega Prize Zone
West Midlands (2015-2020) | Southport (2016-2019) | Hatfield (2016-2020)
Others
Metropolis (1992-199x) | Planet Sega Queensway (199x-200x)