After three weeks of tedious negotiating and redlining, I finally was able to sign the lease this week. Coolness! Look out, there's 3,705 square feet of arcade awesomeness coming your way.
In May I had a truck do a run across the Northwest stopping in six cities to pickup seventeen arcades (we're up to 72 arcades and 3 pins so far with more lined up). One of the games was a Mr. Do which was in a horrific homemade cab. I was pleasantly surprised when two week's later an empty Universal cab showed up for $15 on Craigslist about 15 minutes from my house. But, with three storage units, my garage and my living room filled with arcades, the cab had just been riding around in my truck for a couple of weeks.
So... the Universal cab was the first item to be moved into the space. Note the green wall at left and the wall with the door at right... those walls are coming down which will leave a large open space:
Later the same afternoon NAVL showed up with a few more goodies. Thanks to Michelle at NAVL or STI or wherever she is... she made it super easy:
I actually leased two adjoining spaces so I decided to punch a passageway through the wall. The demo crew doesn't start until Monday and I just didn't want to wait. And hey, how often do you get to axe through a wall anyway:
The finished product:
And from the other side:
Again, the yellow wall with the door will come down:
And this is the space on the other side of the wall I punched through:
Next step is removal of the drop ceiling and wall demolition. More updates and photos to come!
In May I had a truck do a run across the Northwest stopping in six cities to pickup seventeen arcades (we're up to 72 arcades and 3 pins so far with more lined up). One of the games was a Mr. Do which was in a horrific homemade cab. I was pleasantly surprised when two week's later an empty Universal cab showed up for $15 on Craigslist about 15 minutes from my house. But, with three storage units, my garage and my living room filled with arcades, the cab had just been riding around in my truck for a couple of weeks.
So... the Universal cab was the first item to be moved into the space. Note the green wall at left and the wall with the door at right... those walls are coming down which will leave a large open space:
Later the same afternoon NAVL showed up with a few more goodies. Thanks to Michelle at NAVL or STI or wherever she is... she made it super easy:
I actually leased two adjoining spaces so I decided to punch a passageway through the wall. The demo crew doesn't start until Monday and I just didn't want to wait. And hey, how often do you get to axe through a wall anyway:
The finished product:
And from the other side:
Again, the yellow wall with the door will come down:
And this is the space on the other side of the wall I punched through:
Next step is removal of the drop ceiling and wall demolition. More updates and photos to come!
Last edited:



