GameWorks Las Vegas

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GameWorks Las Vegas
Location: 3785 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109, United States
Opened: 1997-05-10[1]
Closed: 2012-03-11[2]

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GameWorks Las Vegas was a GameWorks entertainment center opened by Sega GameWorks. Launched in May 1997 on the lower floors of Showcase Mall as the second location after GameWorks Seattle, GameWorks Las Vegas was the largest facility to be opened under the chain at 47,000 square meters; it being the company's flagship venue in the United States.

Despite its flagship status and position as a major family tourist attraction on the main Vegas strip, the venue's subsequent poor attendance and high rent costs led to it contributing to the venture's unprofitability; shortly after being sold by Sega alongside the other remaining locations, GameWorks Las Vegas was closed permanently in March 2012 in favour of a new lower-cost location aimed at locals.

Homages to the location can be found in L.A. Machineguns and the more recent StarHorse4.

History

Main article: GameWorks Las Vegas/History.

Credits

  • Design: Cunningham Group
  • Principal in Charge: Jim Sheidel
  • Project Manager: Jonathan Watts
  • Design Team: Tracy Wade, Mike Prendergast, Shaun Jennings, Pauline Lyders
  • Interior Design Team: Tom Bolin, Jan Dufault, Jim Lewison
For GameWorks
  • Project Manager: Tim Sepielli
  • Director of Design Production: Jim Scheiter
  • Sr. Concept Designer: Stuart Bailey
Source:
Entertainment Destinations; Martin M. Pegler

Magazine articles

Main article: GameWorks Las Vegas/Magazine articles.

Photographs

Main article: Photos of GameWorks Las Vegas

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Associated-Press-Domestic-News-Nevada-United-St-/e8612b40fde6da11af9f0014c2589dfb/25/0 (Wayback Machine: 2021-12-06 23:27)
  2. ↑ https://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/feb/23/gameworks-leaving-strip-shifting-efforts-find-new-/ (Wayback Machine: 2012-02-27 01:20)


Sega-related venues in the United States
GameWorks
Seattle (1997) | Las Vegas (1997) | Ontario (1997) | Grapevine (1997) | Tempe (1997) | Auburn Hills (1998) | Orange County (1998) | Miami (1999) | Sawgrass Mills (1999) | Chicago (1999) | Columbus (1999) | Irvine (1999) | Lone Tree (199x) | Tampa (2000) | Newport (2002) | Minneapolis (2002) | Long Beach (2003) | Las Vegas at Town Square (201x)
GameWorks Studio
Austin (199x) | City of Industry (199x) | Daytona (199x) | Henderson (199x) | Indianapolis (199x) | Kansas City (199x) | Littleton (199x) | Orlando (199x) | Philadelphia (199x) | San Antonio (199x) | Tucson (199x)
Sega City
Indianapolis (1995) | Cedar Park (1995) | Irvine (1995) | Lone Tree (1996) | Albuquerque (1997) | Baltimore (199x) | San Jose (199x)
Kingdom of Oz
Westminster Mall (19xx) | West Covina Fashion Plaza (19xx) | Puente Hills Mall (19xx) | Old Towne (19xx) | Tanforan Shopping Center (19xx)
Sega Center
Anaheim Plaza (19xx) | Carson Mall (19xx) | Fashion Valley Shopping Center (19xx) | Fox Hills Mall (19xx) | Los Cerritos Center (19xx) | Montclair Plaza (19xx) | Puente Hills Mall (19xx) | Sherman Oaks Galleria (19xx) | Tanforan Shopping Center (19xx)
Sega's Time-Out
Fox Hills Mall (19xx) | Golden Ring Mall (19xx) | Great Northern Mall (19xx) | Time-Out on the Court (19xx)
Sega Station
Boulder Station (1997) | Kansas City (1997) | Sunset Station (1997)
World Sports Grille
Tucson (2008) | Seattle (200x) | Detroit (20xx)
P.J. Pizzazz
Eastland Center (1980) | Garden Grove (1982) | Puente Hills Mall (1982)
Others
Game City (1992) | Grand Slam Canyon (1993) | Midway (1993) | Sega VirtuaLand (1993) | Innoventions (1994) | Sega Speedway (1995) | Stage 35 (xxxx) | Sega Sports at Centerfield (2000)
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