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As a horde of dazzled children whirred around him, Rick Andrego summed up the sensory overload of buzzers, bells and bouncing music; jumping neon lights; and wafting wood-fired pizza aromas this way: “It’s like a casino for kids,” he said. Andrego, who was one of the first customers to set foot in Mankato’s new Wow! Zone Family Entertainment Center Friday, was partially correct as he watched two daughters and three nieces buzz around the arcade. The 43,000-square-foot indoor playground is also a place for corporate, school or church parties; beers and burgers with friends; a quiet dinner with someone special; or some combination or another of all those things. Doug DeMarce, co- buy cheap wow gold owner, opened the business with little fanfare Friday morning, hoping to give his staff a slow start. There was a hockey tournament in town, however, and word had gotten around the arena.

So several teams of out-of-town youngsters came ready to put the place to the test. A couple groups of parents sat in Wowzer’s Bar watching the action through a glass garage door. Toward the back of the building, a few families and a couple groups of kids were trying out the 16-lane main bowling area. Pizzas and hot dogs cheap wow gold were cooking behind the snack bar for anyone who wanted to have a bite. And warcraft gold the nine-hole black light mini golf course was waiting for anyone who wanted to take a quieter break from the bustling arcade. The biggest draw in the building was the two-level laser tag arena. Sara Galema of Mankato and Paula Thompson of Lake Crystal used words like “awesome” and “cool” to describe their 12-minute las buy world of warcraft gold er tag session. The 15-year-old friends used the time to blast away at Galema’s eight-year-old brother and his friend. Up to 20 people can be in the laser tag arena at one time, said Bryon Murphy, Wow! Zone employee.

Two teams can do battle by trying to knock out command centers, there can be free-for-alls where it buy cheap wow gold ’s everyone for themselves. The building also includes a separate eight-lane bowling alley, with fancier seats and surroundings, for private gatherings. A nearby closed area for parties can be used by o wow powerleveling ne group or separated into as many as four separate suites. During the day, the building will be well lit and family friendly. Later, after the smaller kids leave, the main lights are turned down and the building’s colorful light system kicks in. “Later on at night it becomes more of a nightclub atmosphere,” DeMarce said. A $20 variety pack buys two games of bowling, a game of laser tag, one round of miniature golf and 10 game tokens.

Transaction cards, which can be used anywhere in the building, are also available. “You can play an arcade game with it, you can bowl with it, you can buy a beer with it,” said Jim Kopischke, co-owner. Andrego learned the cheap fast wow gold cards can also help you, and the kids, spend a fair amount of cash in 90 minutes. WoW Gold

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