Brunswick Negotiating Purchase of eSkape
Officials from Lake Forest-based Brunswick hope to convert eSkape Entertainment Center into a Brunswick Zone XL this fall.
eSkape Entertainment Center is on its way to new amenities, new ownership and a new name. Brunswick unveiled plans Monday night to take over the facility and convert it into a Brunswick Zone XL, an entertainment center that the company’s website says offers “extra large fun.” Mike Long, Brunswick’s vice president for service, said the company is negotiating with eSkape to acquire and rebrand the facility. He shared plans to make a series of interior improvements with village officials during their committee of the whole meeting. Those plans include adding arcade games and billiards tables; converting The Arena, which currently hosts bands, into a laser tag area; adding a new restaurant and lounge area, and converting the current restaurant…
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Mark Hansen
12:05 am on Friday, August 24, 2012
At the same time I am excited, I bet I will be left disappointed. For starters I can't believe you are pointing the finger over at fighting games. I don't personally play fighting games, but the community surrounding those games is one of the best in the American arcade scene so I can't believe you would shun such a important group of gamers, especially when the arcade market is pretty much dead … more ›