Chaos Room
Address: 894-D S. Main St., Centerville
Phone: (937) 436-1010
Web: chaosroom interactive.com
CENTERVILLE — Chaos Room is exactly like playing video games in your living room.
That’s if your living room has theater-style seats, huge video screens, even plates of steaming chicken wings.
Chaos Room, a gaming center where customers can play games such as Guitar Hero, Madden 2010, Halo 3 and Call of Duty on large, high-definition screens, has opened in Centerville Square Shopping Center on South Main Street.
The facility has 14 screens, ranging between 12 and 18 feet in length, poised in three rooms on which customers can play games on Wii, Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 systems.
Prices start at $5 for 30 minutes. An all-day pass is available for $25.
Jonah Sandler, 27, said he opened the gaming concept in December, after more than a year of planning and preparation. Sandler, who holds a master’s of business administration from the University of Chicago, said he chose the Dayton area as the site of Chaos Room because he thought the market needed more family entertainment. Sandler also is considering licensing arrangements where the name and concept could be offered in other markets, he said.
The 894-D S. Main St. entertainment venue offers the gaming rooms as well as facilities for corporate or private parties.
A restaurant next door caters parties and provides food to Chaos Room customers, Sandler said.
The gaming and entertainment software sectors draw billions in consumer spending.
In 2008, computer and video game companies sold 298.2 million units, generating $11.7 billion in software revenue and $22 billion in revenue overall, according to the Entertainment Software Association, an industry trade group.
CEC Entertainment, parent of the Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant chain, equips its locations with traditional arcade games, simulators and other attractions, said Brenda Holloway, a spokeswoman for the Irving, Texas-based firm.
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