GameWorks

GameWorks is a chain of entertainment venues featuring arcade games, simulators, and full-service bars and restaurants. It was created in 1996 as a joint venture between Sega, Universal Studios, and DreamWorks SKG. GameWorks venues began opening across the United States in March 1997 with GameWorks Seattle, replacing the Sega City arcades as the United States' substitute for the Amusement Theme Park concept.

As of 2011, GameWorks is no longer owned or operated by Sega, with the majority of original venues now permanently closed.

Operations

Main article: GameWorks/Operations.

History

Main article: GameWorks/History.

Quotes

“	GameWorks is about fun, excitement, competition and bringing people together. It is also about escape, adventure, and connecting. It gives each person a chance to prove he or she is a star.	„
— Steven Spielberg

Venues

United States

• GameWorks Seattle (1997)
• GameWorks Las Vegas (1997)
• GameWorks Ontario (1997)
• GameWorks Grapevine (1997)
• GameWorks Tempe (1997)
• GameWorks Auburn Hills (1998)
• GameWorks Orange County (1998)
• GameWorks Miami (1999)
• GameWorks Sawgrass Mills (1999)
• GameWorks Chicago (1999)
• GameWorks Columbus (1999)
• GameWorks Irvine (1999)
• GameWorks Tampa (2000)
• GameWorks Newport (2002)
• GameWorks Minneapolis (2002)
• GameWorks Long Beach (2003)

Overseas

• GameWorks Guam (1999)
• GameWorks Rio de Janeiro (1999)
• GameWorks Vienna (2001)
• GameWorks Kuwait (2003)
• GameWorks Santo Domingo (2004)
• GameWorks Mexico (2006)

Unopened

• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (announced in 2001 but never materialised. The location would have been the first to incorporate a cinema)
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin (struck down in the Pabst City project vote)
• Westbury, New York (though a sign outside the Source mall touted its arrival, it never materialized; instead, 'Jillians' took over the location which is now Dave & Busters)
• Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (building built in Harrisburg Mall but the project was abandoned in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007–2010)

Videos

First 26 minutes of MTV launch party for the Seattle, Washington location (incomplete)

File:MTVPremiereParty 1997 GameWorks.mp4

External links

• Official website
• Sega closing 50% of GameWorks locations article by Dale North at Destructoid