ESPN Zone to close in Chicago!!!! (locations, closing)

[grapico]

Originally Posted by Balancer

Yea well, when I'm not eating at Gibsons or Mortons I don't mind having a BBQ chicken with veggies and potatoes for 6 bucks.

And I never understood people that went to arcades to play video games that are available on home systems. Seems like spending $20 to play a game for a day is a pretty big down payment on a game that goes for $60 in the store. Just a thought though.

i dont go to arcades or have a home system since I was like 14 (super nintendo)... but i will play it if i am there. video games started to disinterest me when i discovered this thing called girls. similar principle to a lot of things like camping gear, renting a movie i will only ever watch once, or even owning a car, i do it so infrequently it is cheaper to just rent it or borrow somebodies.

as for the food, i guess i'd just had bad experiences there, for the 6, would rather get a super sized burrito or a couple dogs.

[Craziaskowboi]

They had an ESPN Zone in Atlanta, and from what I remember, the food was too expensive for the quality.

[Swandaddy]

The big huge fun arcades can be fun to have around--especially racing games b/c you can actually sit in them and have a gas pedal and a gear shift/etc. On that thought what I wish someone would do would be to combine the best of the old world (arcades) with the best of the new world (current home gaming systems) to where when you play competitively you can actually meet people instead of using some stupid headset to talk to them.

Anyway, the other thing I'm going to miss, unless I can find another one, is a sports bar that has that room w/ the big huge leather couches and especially that uber gi-normous 8 foot tall TV. I've been to a few other sports bars but haven't found a TV that size or the couches--maybe there probably is I dunno????

[OrangeAndBlue]

Originally Posted by slow_nerve_action

The answer to all of the above is the Jorts Brigade of St. Louis whenever the Cardinals are in town to play the Cubs.

LMFAO

[MannheimMadman]

Originally Posted by Lookout Kid

It sounds like the ESPN Zone franchise is closing doors nationwide. Planet Hollywood left years ago. I'm predicting that Rainforest Cafe will be the next to go... Who the heck goes to that place?

Me, when my girlfriend begs and whines to go there.

I feel stupid sitting there, like I'm part of some ABC family movie.

[crbcrbrgv]

Originally Posted by Avengerfire

I once knew a hooker in the 90's in Wicker Park...oh wait...

Was that you I was yelling at from my porch to get out of the gangway?

[BRU67]

Originally Posted by PacificWest

ESPN Zone to close in Chicago!!
http://www.wgntv.com/news/wgntv-espn-zone-chicago-closing-june08,0,7262211.story


This really saddens me, very much disappointed , i love this place! Hopefully, they can replace it with something just as entertaining.

It was ok and you hate to see something close. Used to go there on occasion in the early 2000s and it was fun, and had a lot of TVs with different games on, which was kind of unique for the times. But it honestly didn't offer anything that Buffalo Wild Wings, Jake Melnick's, or scores of other sports bars do now. Time just passed it by.

[jlawrence01]

Truly the WORST meal that I ever had in Chicago and about 30% more than its competitors.

[tb4000]

OF course if you live here you're not gonna be all upset about it, because these types of joints have always been for the tourists, or those younger cats that work in the Loop but commute from like the suburbs or whatever. A lot of the places lose their mystique after a while.

[urbanologist]

Originally Posted by Toxic Toast

Why?



We do not have ESPNZone down here, we do have Jillian's downtown and Dave & Busters in one of the burbs we swalloed.

I've been to both ESPNZone in Chicago and Jillian's off Meridian in downtown Indy. I prefer Jillian's easily