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'''Planet Sega Queensway''' was an indoor arcade located within Queens Ice & Bowl at 17 Queensway (part of the Queens Court building), Bayswater, London, United Kingdom. Its exact opening and final closing dates are not known, however it must have been open in 1996 because a ''[[Sega Rally]]'' contest was held (and won) there.{{ref|http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Be+the+Sega+rally+champ+FREE.-a061309548}} The bowling centre website suggests Planet Sega still existed as late as 2000.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20000305100030/http://www.city2000.com/tl/queens.html}}
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'''Planet Sega Queensway''' was an indoor arcade located within Queens Ice & Bowl at 17 Queensway (part of the Queens Court building), Bayswater, London, United Kingdom. It opened around April 1994 as "Sonic Zone"{{fileref|KensingtonPost_UK_1994-04-28_37.png}}, but it's final closing date is not known. In 1996 a ''[[Sega Rally]]'' contest was held (and won) there.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20230414205116/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Be+the+Sega+rally+champ+FREE.-a061309548}} The bowling centre website suggests Planet Sega still existed as late as 2000.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20000305100030/http://www.city2000.com/tl/queens.html}}
  
 
The Queens Ice & Bowl complex still exists as of 2014, though Planet Sega is gone.
 
The Queens Ice & Bowl complex still exists as of 2014, though Planet Sega is gone.

Latest revision as of 07:37, 17 July 2023

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Planet Sega Queensway
Location: Queens Ice & Bowl, Queensway, Bayswater, London, United Kingdom
Google maps: 51.510789,-0.187271
Opened: 1994[1]
Closed: 20xx

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Planet Sega Queensway was an indoor arcade located within Queens Ice & Bowl at 17 Queensway (part of the Queens Court building), Bayswater, London, United Kingdom. It opened around April 1994 as "Sonic Zone"[1], but it's final closing date is not known. In 1996 a Sega Rally contest was held (and won) there.[2] The bowling centre website suggests Planet Sega still existed as late as 2000.[3]

The Queens Ice & Bowl complex still exists as of 2014, though Planet Sega is gone.

Magazine articles

Main article: Planet Sega Queensway/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) | 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)