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  • Kids United to open its first Long Island location | Long Island Business News

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    United, a  concept, will soon open its first Long Island location. 

    The franchise leased a 2,030-square-foot space in the Regency Center at 1975 Front St. in East Meadow. The new , owned and operated by franchisee Daniel Berroya, is expected to open next month. 

    Kids United is a youth athletics franchise focused on soccer. It offers a program of sports, movement, and enrichment activities for children through age nine. The concept includes age-specific class offerings, and a Parent & Me program designed to build confidence, coordination, and early motor skills in young children, according to a written statement. 

    Founded in 2018, the Staten Island-based Kids United now has 18 locations open and 64 in development, according to its website. Existing Kids United locations are open in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Nanuet, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Texas, Illinois, Florida and Utah. 

    The average total investment to open a Kids United franchise is around $275,000, and the average unit volume for each location is $652,300, according to the company. 

    Kids United joins the ‘s tenant roster that includes anchors Stew Leonard’s and Marshalls, and Wingstop, Pearle Vision, Dunkin’, and others. 

    Deanna Durso of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty represented Kids United, while Edward Gottlieb of Schuckman Realty and Sean Mirkov of Regency Centers represented ownership in the East Meadow lease transaction. 

    “The addition of Kids United brings an exciting new family-focused amenity to the East Meadow Regency Center,” Gottlieb said in the statement. “We are proud to have represented the landlord in securing a tenant that complements the center’s strong retail lineup and serves the local community.” 


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  • What Mikey Day Watches (and Reads) With His Son

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    Ask a kid who Mikey Day is and they won’t rattle off his SNL bona fides or call out his recent guest spot on Abbott Elementary. They won’t cite his work as the Dollar Rental Car spokesperson or the fact that he penned 2021’s Home Sweet Home Alone alongside longtime writing partner Streeter Seidell. Instead, they’ll point to just one thing: his role as the host of Netflix’s hit baking series Is It Cake?

    “If I meet a kid and they’re between the ages of 4 and 9,” Day says, “I know they’ll have watched Is It Cake? A lot of SNL hosts with kids that age have even come to me and said, ‘I’ve got to get a picture with you at some point, because my kids love your show.’ It’s crazy.”

    And it’s because of kids, Day thinks, that Is It Cake? has been able to soldier on. “I think that after season one, adults would have been like, I get the concept, I’m ready to move on. But when kids like something, they’re all in, so that’s great,” he says. “That means we get to keep doing it.”

    With new holiday-themed Is It Cake? episodes hitting Netflix today — just in time for family movie nights and Thanksgiving baking marathons — we asked Day what he’s watching, playing, and reading with his 13-year-old son, Abbott.

    Photo: Warner Bros./Everett Collection

    Everything’s so different now with the internet and streaming. I don’t know if my son has ever watched a regular TV show like how I used to. His mother and I have made a point of showing him classic movies. We’ll announce them, though, like “It’s movie night on Sunday and we’re all going to sit down for two hours and watch something,” because kids are so used to the internet and YouTube that the idea of committing to something for two hours can seem astronomical to them.

    We’ve shown Back to the Future, Gremlins, The Princess Bride, and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Back to the Future went over the best and we ended up showing him the entire trilogy. It’s my favorite movie so I think he was a little biased going into the first one, but he really liked it. Weirdly, though, he did say the third one was the best — I think because he liked the flying train.

    I’ve also shown him clips from movies like Spaceballs, just because I mentioned it, and then he wanted to watch that.

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    My son is really into the Jurassic Park franchise now, too, mostly because he saw Rebirth after getting into the commercials this past summer. He wants to watch all of them, but I’m trying to show them to him in the order of how good I think they are, so we started with the original after we saw the most recent one, then we went over to Jurassic World. But slowly, I think we’re going to watch them all.

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    My son really likes this anime called One Piece, which he found independent of me. I try to sit with him to watch stuff like that, but it’s intense. It’s just very loud. Like all the people he watches playing video games online, they just scream all the time.

    I kind of missed the whole anime thing as a kid. I’m sure if I’d done it, I’d be more into it now, but he loves it.

    He’s been One Piece characters for Halloween a few years in a row, too, which I love because that’s how I was with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I did try to show him the ’90s TMNT movie, which changed my life as a kid because I was so enraptured by it, but I think I tried to do it a little too young because he was pretty unimpressed. Maybe if we came back to it now he’d like it.

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    My son is super into YouTube. So much so that he’ll ask, like, “When is Josh Plays Minecraft X1 or whatever going to host SNL?” One time, MrBeast was backstage at SNL and so I briefly introduced myself to him when I walked by. When I came home, I was like, “You know who I met? MrBeast.” On SNL you meet a lot of famous people, but for my son, when I said I met and talked to MrBeast for 30 seconds, that’s what he thought was super exciting.

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    We play games together sometimes, but I play a lot of console games and he’s more into mobile games. I’ve played some Roblox with him and there are certain games that I like more on there than others, but I try. We used to play Lego Ninjago together, but now he plays mobile stuff like Brawl Stars, and I’m not as into that. I feel like I’m constantly like, “Want to play this game I found?” Like there’s this one called Split Fiction, and he’ll be nice about it, but he’s also like, “I’m good.” Like, “Yeah, maybe this weekend!” He just politely puts me off.

    I guess it’s understandable. He’s 13. I don’t know if I was watching a lot of stuff with my dad when I was in eighth grade.

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    There’s this Sesame Street book called There’s a Monster at the End of this Book that I loved as a kid that we’d read to my son all the time when he was little. I loved that.

    We also had a storybook version of Back to the Future that I read him long before he saw the movie.

    I tried to get him into Harry Potter, even though I never really read that as a kid, but I think we did it too early because it was just too dense. It was like “Dad, I’m 4. I’m checking out.” Maybe if we’d done it when he was a little older we might have captured his imagination, but we missed the sweet spot.

    He does love to read, though. He just finished all the Hunger Games books, so that’s cool.

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    I used to show my son clips from Airplane! all the time, so eventually I got to the point where it was like, “All right, I’ve got to just show him the whole movie,” which he loved. He thinks it’s so funny.

    There’s this other Albert Brooks movie, Defending Your Life, which I think is criminally underrated. We showed him that, which was fun, because he really liked it and it’s one of my favorite films of all time.

    I think when he gets old enough, I’ll show him the British Office, which is my favorite piece of media of all time, but I don’t want to hit it too early. Maybe when he’s in high school.

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    Because of where I work, he’s been exposed to some sketches from SNL, but he doesn’t actively seek it out. Sometimes he’ll sit down and watch stuff, but it’s not appointment viewing. I’ll make a point of showing him stuff sometimes, like years ago we did a Mario Kart sketch with Pedro Pascal that he thought was pretty funny, and during election years he’ll watch a little more because his mom gets really into it and talks about the election a lot so he’ll know all the players involved, but I think it just hits different for him.

    I used to tape Saturday Night Live off Comedy Central as a kid, when they’d show the episodes edited down to an hour and I’d be confused because at good nights people would be dressed as things that I hadn’t seen in the episodes. My son has been to the studio and everything, but I think for him, the show is just Dad’s job, and that’s fine with me.


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  • The 20 Best Movies on Netflix for Kids (And Their Parents)

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    This article is updated frequently as titles leave and enter Netflix. *New additions are indicated with an asterisk.

    Netflix has massive catalogs of TV shows aimed at children, but parsing their library of movies for kids (or, ideally, titles the whole family can enjoy) can be pretty challenging. That’s why we’re here to help. From Netflix Originals like The Sea Beast or Orion and the Dark, to timeless family hits like Matilda or The Lego Movie, these films below offer a little something for everybody on family movie night. We’ve also included a rating alongside each one.

    Critic Brian Tallerico watches and writes about movies and TV every day. To curate this list, he dives into Netflix’s catalogue every month to surface family-friendly titles both kids and adults can enjoy — using his taste and a lifetime of cinema study as his guide, instead of whatever the algorithm happens to be pushing. After triple-checking to make sure they’re still available, he watches each and writes his recommendation. We highlight more than just the crowdpleasers: Family movies may be intended for kids, but that doesn’t mean their artistry or ideas don’t have the potential to be just as interesting. Read on to find something to watch.

    Year: 2017
    Runtime: 1h 28m
    Director: David Soren
    Rating: PG

    Fox adapted the hit book series by Dav Pilkey into a film that underperformed enough at the box office to make it unlikely we will see another. That’s too bad because David Soren’s family flick is clever and funny. It’s a sweet study of friendship, creativity, and a different kind of heroism. And it features a villain named Professor Poopypants.

    Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

    Year: 2013
    Runtime: 1h 34m
    Directors: Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn
    Rating: PG

    A rare animated sequel that’s just about as funny as the first film, this 2013 sequel built on the visual wit and sharp characters from the 2009 movie. Bill Hader and Anna Faris lead a stellar voice work as Flint Lockwood are forced to return to Swallow Falls to save the day. It’s inventive and very fun.

    Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2

    Year: 2010
    Runtime: 1h 34m
    Directors: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
    Rating: PG

    Who could have guessed that the tale of an awkward supervillain named Gru (Steve Carell) who has his heart melted by three orphaned girls would launch one of the biggest franchises in the world? Since this film was released, there have been three direct sequels and two Minions movies, along with tons of toys, specials, video games, and even a theme park attraction. It’s Gru’s world.

    Year: 1982
    Runtime: 1h 54m
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Rating: PG

    Steven Spielberg’s 1982 sci-fi classic has held up masterfully, now speaking to a new generation just as much as it did to their parents and grandparents. Henry Thomas plays Elliott, a boy who becomes friends with an alien who he dubs E.T., who just wants to go home. It’s a beautiful, heartwarming masterpiece.

    E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

    Year: 2019
    Runtime: 1h 38m
    Director: Sergio Pablos
    Rating: PG

    A little movie that could, this animated Christmas adventure was so critically beloved that it competed with giants like Pixar and DreamWorks for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. It’s a delightful little fable about a postman who ends up stationed so far to the north that he meets a reclusive toymaker there named Klaus. Yes, it’s a Santa Claus origin story. With lovely, old-fashioned style, this is the kind of joyous film that the whole family can watch any time of year.

    Year: 2025
    Runtime: 1h 39m
    Directors: Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans

    One of the most impressive pop culture phenomena of 2025 has been the unreal success of this Netflix original about a K-pop girl group called Hunter/x that also happens to fight demons between #1 hits. Songs like “Golden” have become huge pop hits outside of the flick, one that people are obsessively rewatching for a reason — it’s fun, relatable, and catchy as hell.

    Year: 2016
    Runtime: 1h 42m
    Director: Travis Knight
    Rating: PG

    Great Laika films drop in and out of the streamers, but this masterpiece has actually been one of the hardest to see. Revisit the story of a young boy on a journey to defeat his evil aunts with the power of his strings, and the partnership of a snow monkey and a beetle. Yeah, it’s crazy, but it’s also gorgeous and deeply moving, one of the best family films of the 2010s.

    Year: 2021
    Runtime: 1h 54m
    Directors: Mike Rianda, Jeff Rowe
    Rating: PG

    Originally planned for a theatrical release by Sony (with the much-worse title Connected), the studio sold this off to Netflix during the pandemic…and probably regretted that decision. One of the most critically and commercially beloved animated films of 2021, this is an incredibly smart and sweet family vacation movie, a comedy that’s as much about a tender relationship between a father and daughter as it is the fact that they end up having to save the world together.

    The Mitchells vs. the Machines

    Year: 2023
    Runtime: 1h 39m
    Directors: Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
    Rating: PG

    Based on the comic by ND Stevenson, Nimona is a queer parable about a shape-shifter who refuses to adhere to society’s rules for what she should look like or whom she should present as. When Nimona (Chloë Grace Moretz) meets a knight, Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed), who is falsely accused of killing the queen, the two team up against the repressive regime. Nimona’s action is staged in a stylized blend of 2-D and 3-D animation and crescendos toward a kaiju-size climax. But the way the film foregrounds their friendship is what makes it beautiful. —Eric Vilas-Boas

    Year: 2024
    Runtime: 1h 32m
    Director: Sean Charmatz
    Rating: PG

    The great Charlie Kaufman wrote a kids movie! This new animated Netflix original owes such a debt to Pixar films like Toy Story and Inside Out, but it carves out its own personality too. It’s about a kid (Jacob Tremblay) who’s afraid of just about everything, and how he overcomes his fear one night on a journey with the literal dark (Paul Walter Hauser). The story wraps in on itself in a way that one would expect from Kaufman, but never gets too complicated for the little ones too. Honestly, it’s better at doing the Pixar Thing than most recent Pixar movies.

    Year: 2014
    Runtime: 1h 35m
    Director: Paul King
    Rating: PG

    One of the sweetest family films ever made adapts the classic talking bear to modern London when Paddington (Ben Whishaw) finds his way there from “Darkest Peru,” looking for a new home. He finds one with an average family led by Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins, but crosses paths with a nefarious taxidermist (a wonderful Nicole Kidman) who tries to take him down. This is such a gently funny and likable movie. You kind of have to be a jerk to hate it.

    Year: 2022
    Runtime: 1h 56m
    Director: Guillermo del Toro
    Rating: PG

    The Oscar-winning director took his visionary skills to stop-motion animation with this instant classic, a retelling of the beloved fairy tale about the wooden boy who longed to be real. With spectacular voice work, this version reimagines Pinocchio during the period before World War II, allowing him to explore his themes of innocence and violence again. It’s a deeply personal, beautiful film.

    Year: 2012
    Runtime: 1h 37m
    Director: Peter Ramsey
    Rating: PG

    Based on the book series The Guardians of Childhood, this imperfect but fun film was the directorial debut of the man who would go on to helm one of the best animated features ever made in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Isla Fisher, and Hugh Jackman lead a high-powered voice cast in the story of how imaginary children’s characters like The Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny have to save the world.

    Year: 2022
    Runtime: 1h 55m
    Director: Chris Williams
    Rating: PG

    One of 2022’s most surprising hits for Netflix has been this film from one of the creators of Bolt and Big Hero 6. It’s a blend of a lot of things that have been done before with echoes of How to Train Your Dragon, Moana, and Pirates of the Caribbean (with a little Kaiju too) but this is a detailed adventure film that really plays to everyone in the family.

    Year: 2016
    Runtime: 1h 26m
    Directors: Chris Renaud, Yarrow Cheney
    Rating: PG

    It may not be as big as the little yellow guys, but this is an essential building block in the history of Illumination. A pre-cancellation Louis C.K. voices a spoiled house pet whose life is turned upside down when a new dog joins the family, voiced exuberantly by Eric Stonestreet. Their conflict spills into the streets and brings in an ensemble of fun vocal performances, especially Kevin Hart and Jenny Slate.

    Year: 2019
    Runtime: 1h 27m
    Directors: Richard Phelan, Will Becher
    Rating: G

    Shaun the Sheep is an international treasure. The silent comedy star leads one of the most consistently hilarious franchises of all time in his own TV episodes and feature films. This one is a brilliant Netflix original from Aardman Animations about how everyone’s favorite ovine helps a stranded alien return to his own kind.

    A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

    Year: 2001
    Runtime: 1h 30m
    Directors: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson

    How culturally seismic was this skewering of fairy tales? It was announced in 2020 that it would be inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. That’s how big. It’s the first non-Disney film to get that recognition. As for the movie itself, it’s held up remarkably well, a modern classic with great voice work and clever writing.

    Year: 2016
    Runtime: 1h 48m
    Director: Garth Jennings
    Rating: PG

    A charming little jukebox musical, Sing stars Matthew McConaughey as a koala who needs to put on a show to save his theater. It’s a simple but charming film with great tunes sung by an excellent voice cast, especially a movie-stealing Taron Egerton.

    Year: 2025
    Runtime: 1h 22m
    Directors: Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham
    Rating: PG

    It’s been 21 years since a proper Wallace & Gromit movie but it turns out that the cheese-loving inventor and his trusty sidekick are as funny and clever as ever. This excellent family comedy sees Wallace invent a robot gnome (named Norbot) to help Gromit with duties around the house, but the villainous Feathers McGraw hacks the android and chaos ensues. There’s something extra-wonderful about a stop-motion film, one that requires so much hands-on work, being one of our best anti-AI movies.

    Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

    Year: 2024
    Runtime: 1h 41m
    Director: Chris Sanders
    Rating: PG

    This award-winning adaptation of the novel of the same name by Peter Brown is a gift to viewers of all ages. A blend of Monet and Miyazaki, it stars Lupita Nyong’o as Roz, a service robot who ends up mothering a goose named Brightbill (Kit Connor). It’s a beautiful, moving piece of family filmmaking.

    Year: 2020
    Runtime: 1h 32m
    Director: Kris Pearn
    Rating: PG

    Remember when Tim Burton made weird, slightly disturbing kids movies? This truly inventive 2020 comedy feels inspired by those flicks as four kids decide that they’re going to replace their apathetic parents with ones that actually care. Based on the book of the same name by Lois Lowry, this flick includes voice work by Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Terry Crews, and Ricky Gervais, and it’s probably the best family movie on Netflix that you probably haven’t seen.

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  • Buddi — the Streaming Service Dedicated to Family-Friendly Pet Content | Animal Wellness Magazine

    Buddi — the Streaming Service Dedicated to Family-Friendly Pet Content | Animal Wellness Magazine

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    Explore buddi, the pet-friendly streaming service offering commercial-free content for animal lovers. Join today and support pets in need!

    When Layla Kasha’s cat, Hermiz, got sick with kidney disease, she wasn’t sure where to turn for information. Her veterinarian didn’t have the answers she was looking for, and she wished she had the information she needed to make the right choices for her kitty’s health and well-being. Layla had the idea of creating a pet-friendly streaming service where animal lovers of all ages could go to find both educational and entertaining content about dogs, cats, and other companion animals.

    She shared the idea with her husband, Ryan Sullivan, a fellow animal lover with media expertise as the owner of two advertising agencies. And that’s how buddi was born!

    Launched in 2024, buddi is a full-fledged streaming service by pet people, for pet people. It’s a subscription-based service that specializes in fetching family-friendly content about animals, so you can find all your favorite movies, shows, and documentaries in one place. And unlike other streaming services, it’s completely commercial free and only costs $7.99/month or $79/year. buddi offers educational content as well and is a source for pet parents who want to learn more about health, nutrition, grooming, traveling with companion animals, and more.

     

    A Streaming Service You Can Feel Good About

     

    buddi is full of feel-good content for families, it’s all about animals, and it’s a streaming channel with a heart: for every new subscriber, buddi donates $1 to their Champion of the Month, an animal-based charity that changes every month.

     

    buddi may still be brand new, but it’s quickly becoming the favorite streaming service of  animal parents. And it’s no surprise: Layla and Ryan are devoted animal lovers themselves, and are always on the hunt for new content to add to the platform — including additional licensed movies and shows, buddi originals, and other fresh content. Tune in to see what exciting programming is coming next.

     

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  • Stars and Strikes Announces Grand Opening Event in Summerville, SC

    Stars and Strikes Announces Grand Opening Event in Summerville, SC

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    Company’s 13th location to open to the public on Saturday, Nov. 17 with discounts, prizes and giveaways.

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    updated: Nov 9, 2018


    SUMMERVILLE, S.C., November 9, 2018 (Newswire.com)
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    Georgia-based Stars and Strikes recently announced the Grand Opening Party for their brand-new Summerville, South Carolina location. The event takes place on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and features the largest discounts of the year.

    Discounts and specials at the Grand Opening Party include:

    Opening the first Stars and Strikes in South Carolina is a milestone for our company. Summerville’s large population of close-knit families makes the city an ideal location for us. Stars and Strikes is known in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee as the ultimate destination for family fun. We will extend this reputation to the greater Charleston area. There is truly something for everyone at Stars and Strikes.

    Chris Albano, Managing Partner

    ●       $2 games of bowling

    ●       buy-one-get-one free games of laser tag & bumper cars

    ●       buy-one-get-one free game cards

    ●       prize giveaways

    The Stars and Strikes Grand Opening Celebration also includes remote broadcasts from local radio stations, face painting, activities and much more.

    The Summerville location is Stars and Strikes’ thirteenth location and their first in the state of South Carolina. The company has invested over $7 million in the new facility, creating over 100 jobs.

    The 57,000 square foot facility located at 4570 Ladson Road houses 24 bowling lanes, 8 of which are VIP lanes in the signature Main St Lounge. In addition to bowling, Stars and Strikes features a 7,000+ square foot arcade that is home to over 100 popular video and redemption games. The expansive arcade includes a prize store where players can browse for prizes that can be purchased with game prize tickets. The facility also encompasses a two-story laser tag arena, bumper cars, the 7/10 Grille restaurant and a large full-service bar surrounded by big screen TVs for sports viewing.

    Stars and Strikes fills a need for premiere event space in Summerville, with private party rooms, and an upscale corporate event room that seats 200 with a full, private bar. The Main St Lounge features VIP bowling lanes in an upscale setting that is ideal for corporate and group events of all sizes.

    “Opening the first Stars and Strikes in South Carolina is a milestone for our company. Summerville’s large population of close-knit families makes the city an ideal location for us,” said Chris Albano, managing partner and co-founder of Stars and Strikes. “Stars and Strikes is known in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee as the ultimate destination for family fun. We will extend this reputation to the greater Charleston area. There is truly something for everyone at Stars and Strikes.”

    MEDIA CONTACT: Scott Harris, 678-780-9227 or Sharris@Starsandstrikes.org

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  • Stars and Strikes Rolls Into Smyrna, TN

    Stars and Strikes Rolls Into Smyrna, TN

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    Company celebrates their 12th location with a Grand Opening Event on Saturday, September 22

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    SMYRNA, Tenn., September 14, 2018 (Newswire.com)
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     Georgia-based Stars and Strikes recently announced the Grand Opening of their brand-new Smyrna, Tennessee location. The event takes place on Saturday, September 22, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and feature the steepest discounts of the year.

    Discounts and specials at the Grand Opening include:

    Opening the first Stars and Strikes in Tennessee is a milestone for our company. Smyrna’s large population of close-knit families makes the city an ideal location for us. There will truly be something for everyone at Stars and Strikes.

    Jack Canouse, Managing Partner

    ●       $2 games of bowling

    ●       Buy-one-get-one-free games of laser tag & bumper cars

    ●       Buy-one-get-one-free game cards

    ●       Prize giveaways

    The Smyrna location is Stars and Strikes’ twelfth location and their first in the state of Tennessee. The company has invested over $7 million in the new facility, creating over 100 jobs.

    The 55,000 square foot facility located at 333 N Lowry Street will house 24 bowling lanes, 8 of which are VIP lanes in the signature Main St Lounge.  In addition to bowling, Stars and Strikes features a 7,000+ square foot arcade that houses over 100 popular video and redemption games.  The arcade includes a prize store where players can browse for prizes that can be purchased with game prize tickets. The facility also encompasses a two-story laser tag arena, bumper cars, 7/10 Grille restaurant and a large full-service bar surrounded by big screen TVs for sports viewing.

    Stars and Strikes fills a need for premiere event space in Smyrna, with private party rooms, and an upscale corporate event room that seats 200 with a full, private bar. The Main St Lounge features VIP bowling lanes in an upscale setting that is ideal for corporate and group events of all sizes. “Opening the first Stars and Strikes in Tennessee is a milestone for our company. Smyrna’s large population of close-knit families makes the city an ideal location for us,” said Jack Canouse, managing partner and co-founder of Stars and Strikes. “There will truly be something for everyone at Stars and Strikes.”

    The new Stars and Strikes offers affordable birthday party packages for any budget. Stars and Strikes was voted the #1 birthday party destination by Atlanta Parent magazine.

     ABOUT STARS AND STRIKES

    Stars and Strikes Family provides a fun and friendly atmosphere for families to enjoy. Stars and Strikes currently employs over 1,100 people throughout the Southeast. 

    For more information, interviews or press images, contact:

    Scott Harris, Director of Marketing

    678-780-9227

    Sharris@StarsandStrikes.org

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  • Stars and Strikes Stone Mountain Receives a Complete Renovation

    Stars and Strikes Stone Mountain Receives a Complete Renovation

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    Company spends over $1 million to remodel and upgrade one of its original locations

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    updated: Jun 18, 2018


    STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga., June 18, 2018 (Newswire.com)
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    Georgia-based Stars and Strikes recently announced that renovations to its Stone Mountain location are complete.

    The 50,000+ square foot facility located at 1741 Mountain Industrial Boulevard – convenient to Highway 78 and Interstate 285– recently underwent a thorough remodel and upgrade. These renovations include:

    We are excited to unveil the renovations to all of our guests. This revitalized space offers a place for our guests to get away and play with friends and family in an upscale, family-friendly atmosphere. The Stone Mountain community has always supported us, and we wanted to provide them with the best family entertainment experience possible.

    Chris Albano, Managing Partner

    ·         Exterior remodel featuring a new color scheme, new signage, and improved landscaping

    ·         A re-imagined interior with a new floor plan, new color schemes, and premium flooring

    ·         An upgrade to the furniture at each bowling lane. These new furnishings include comfortable couches that create a relaxing, open atmosphere

    ·         New state-of-the-art scoring monitors at every bowling lane

    ·         The creation of twelve VIP Bowling Lanes on the center’s main concourse

    ·         Construction of the company’s well-regarded, full-service Blue Bar concept that features multiple HD screens for sports viewing

    ·         Addition of the latest and greatest arcade games throughout the facility.

    “We are excited to unveil the renovations to all of our guests. This revitalized space offers a place for our guests to get away and play with friends and family in an upscale, family-friendly atmosphere,” said Chris Albano, managing partner and co-founder of Stars and Strikes. “The Stone Mountain community has always supported us, and we wanted to provide them with the best family entertainment experience possible.”

    Stars and Strikes is excited to continue to be an active member of the Stone Mountain community. The company invested over $1 million in the renovation, creating over 50 jobs, most of which will be filled locally. For more information or to apply for employment, visit www.StarsAndStrikes.com.

    For more information, interviews or press images, contact:

    Scott Harris at 678-780-9227 or Sharris@StarsandStrikes.org

    ABOUT STARS AND STRIKES

    Locally owned and operated, Stars and Strikes Family Entertainment Centers provide a fun and friendly atmosphere for the whole family to enjoy. In addition to state-of-the-art bowling lanes, attractions include bumper cars, two-story laser tag, arcade games and a bar and restaurant with healthy choices and classic American favorites. Stars and Strikes currently employ over 900 people throughout Georgia and Alabama. There is something for everyone at Stars and Strikes. For more information, visit www.StarsAndStrikes.com or call 678-965-5707.

    Source: Stars and Strikes

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