Sega Park & Casino Colindale
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| Sega Park & Casino Colindale |
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| Location: Colindale, London, United Kingdom |
| Google maps: 51.592388,-0.257799 |
| Opened: 1994-09[1] |
| Closed: 2008-06-01 |
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Sega Park & Casino Colindale, formerly known as SegaDome, was an indoor Sega Park arcade centre located in the Oriental City shopping centre (previously Yaohan Plaza) in Colindale, London. The main entrance of the shopping centre featured a large image of Sonic the Hedgehog.
History and Layout
SegaDome was part of Yaohan Plaza since the centre opened in 1994. The venue was styled like a smaller version of Sega World Bournemouth. It featured white walls with flags of the world were decorated at the top, while painted murals of Sega characters like Sonic and Tails and third-party characters like Cool Spot appeared on the sides of the walls. Near the right of the entrance was a BowlEasy mini bowling alley. During its first few years, the venue was also home to a R-360 cabinet.
The venue remained in this guise until at least the end of 1999. Afterwards, the venue was refurbished and renamed as a Sega Park. Some changes included the addition of a Sonic-themed carpet and the removal of the murals. By 2001, Leisure Exchange had taken over the venue as with the other Sega Parks, and rebranded the venue as "Sega Park & Casino". With this change, many of the video games were removed and replaced with gambling machines, a pool table, penny pushers, claw machines, and other equipment that fit Leisure Exchange's criteria. One claw machine in particular sat outside the entrance. Nowhere between the rebranding and the closure was the venue ever refurbished, and by 2007, both the venue and the shopping centre itself were becoming increasingly rundown. This nature, alongside broken lights that weren't repaired, gave the arcade a very dorm-lit feel.
The venue continued to decline alongside the then-named Oriental City until June 1, 2008, when it was closed despite campaigns by the local East Asian community. The building sat abandoned and decaying until it was demolished in August 2014. A Morrisons Supermarket now sits on the site where the centre used to stand.
Branding
| Name | Branding | Date |
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| SegaDome | N/A | 1994-09 |
| Sega Park Collindale | Sega Park | 199? |
| Sega Park & Casino Collindale | Sega Park & Casino | 200? |
| Closed | 2008-06-01 |
Gallery
Sega Dome Colindale
The Sega Park rebrand
Bowling alley.
No smoking sign on entrance.
Oriental City entrance, 199x.
Oriental City entrance, 2007.
Closeup of damaged signage, 2007.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Sega Park & Casino Colindale/Magazine articles.
References
| Sega-related venues in the United Kingdom |
|---|
| Sega World |
| Bournemouth (1993-2000) | London (1996-1999) | Tamworth (199x-xxxx) | Wolverhampton (199x-xxxx) | Birmingham (199x-xxxx) |
| Sega Park |
| Glasgow (1993-200x) | Acton (1994-199x) | Colindale (1994-2008) | Southampton (1996-2013) | Wood Green (199x-xxxx) | Basildon (199x-2005) | Reading (199x-199x) | Bristol (199x-200x) | Havant (199x-199x) | Harlow (1997-2003) | Tower Hill (xxxx-200x) | Harrow (200x-200x) | Holborn (200x-200x) | Brighton (2002-2006) |
| Sega Zone |
| Brixton (199x-xxxx) | Catford (199x-xxxx) | Woolwich (199x-xxxx) |
| Sega Megaworld |
| Croydon (199x-199x) | Harrow (199x-199x) | Romford (199x-199x) |
| Sega Prize Zone |
| West Midlands (2015-2020) | Southport (2016-2019) | Hatfield (2016-2020) |
| Others |
| Metropolis (1992-199x) | Planet Sega Queensway (199x-200x) |