“Tivigeddon” started three years ago when, (long story short) a system was dropped during Armageddon and I decided that, rather than lose the entire day, I would Google a few laser tag sites along the route back to the hotel and play just for fun with anyone who wanted to tag along (pun intended). That’s how these post-tourney side quests began and now I plan them into my route ahead of time. However, I’m always happy to add a bonus stop and it wasn’t until the morning of Day 2 that I learned about a new laser tag arena, less than a year old, at Incredibowl Entertainment Toledo in Toledo, OH. It was so close to the tournament site that I knew this had to be our first stop at the end of the day. So we loaded up a couple of cars and Scuba, Dave, Logan and Tunns joined me for a game with staff members Brie and Rosie to experience this new arena.
We were greeted by John (the general manager) and Patrick (facilities manager), who led us back to the arena entrance and showed the CyberBlast Pro packs, all wireless charging on the racks.
We picked up our packs and Scuba and I took a selfie cam photo on the phaser together.
Then we watched the briefing video. Even though we were all familiar with the video content, what caught my attention here was the way the monitor was cleverly built into this Aztec ruins themed focal-point display. Presentation is everything and this was a very nice set-up inside the combined briefing/vesting room.
I do like to see the theming extend all the way through the experience, from the entrance to briefing and vesting, all the way into the arena for the “main show” and that’s what we found here.
The single-level arena is sharp looking and the HD graphics are easily recognizable as the work of Art Attack. In fact, based on this view, I’ll go out on a limb and guess that this is one of the very arenas currently pictured on the Art Attack home page.
It’s much brighter under the black lights than my photos reflect, but trust me when I say that the HD graphics pop, the arena looks impressive and the theme is well executed.
There are raised half-bridges for elevation on either side, each flanking one of the two animated projection targets.
I noticed plenty of additional targets scattered along the walls, but as always, I made a move for the bases first.
Scuba was ready to deny those base hits!
We enjoyed tagging around the space and the game was light, fun and a really great way to decompress following the tournament. We checked the scoreboard…Tunns, nicely done!
While my focus is always on the laser tag, Scuba kept his eyes on the arcade and the bowling. We agreed that that the long screen with animations popping up across the row of bowling alleys was a unique eye catcher.
And as we left, Scuba pointed out the step and repeat selfie wall, knowing that this is something I recently discussed at Amusement Expo, as I advocate for every entertainment center to have some kind of dedicated station branded with their logo as a place for photos. This matters because people can take pics of their memories AND promote your business (even if they don’t realize it) all at the same time.
Thank you to Incredibowl for the hospitality and a really enjoyable experience!
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