Stinger Report

The culmination of development and investment towards creating a changed landscape for the consumption of entertainment, has been personified by the start of 2022. The conditions seem to be right for leading entertainment brands towards consolidation, mergers, and growth. The market, through increased investment, sees major corporations looking towards creating franchised ecosystems across the leading platforms, and a physical presence is now becoming as important as a digital, online and connected presence. Amusement Investment Developments in the Out-of-Home Entertainment venue scene have continued to pick up speed. Much of this is fuelled by a growth in investment in this area, with the Family Entertainment Center (FEC) business projected to grow to $40.8b by 2025, according to industry analysis evaluation. This growth has continued since the valuation of $18.9b in 2017 (revealed in corporate reporting by Launch Trampoline Parks). This has […]

The New Year sees an incredible movement of interest and investment into the Out-of-Home Entertainment landscape, although some of these developments have taken some time to consolidate. The previous attempts in the 1990s, to define a new era of amusement and entertainment space for a more diverse audience, took on a new relevance as the ghosts of those attempts raised their heads again, both in the final consolidation of one, and the re-emergence of concepts from another. The Location-Based Entertainment (LBE) market and the emergence of Social Entertainment are about to see a new phase of activity, and we hope the lessons from the last failed attempts have been learned.  Collapse Of Hollywood Arcade Chain Speculation had been high that the true manifestation of the impact of the Global Health Crisis and lockdown on the entertainment scene had not yet […]