Vol. III, No. 6, Summer 2003

  1. From the Editor
  2. Theming: Essential to Quality-of-Place
  3. Foundations Entertainment University
  4. Austin Park 'n Pizza Experience Opens
  5. Parents More Fearful of Child Abductions?
  6. They Get 'IT' - The LBE Killer App
  7. Noise, Another LBE Myth
  8. Fox Sports Grill Expands
  9. Pizza Today Magazine Features White Hutchinson
  10. Market Feasibility Studies
  11. IALEI to Pursue Education
  12. Gameroom and Arcade Price Wars
  13. Food Trivia - Birth of the Chip
  14. Baby and Homemaker Boom, Families and More
  15. Christian Family Entertainment Centers
  16. Google Search Now on Web Site

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Noise, Another LBE Myth

One of our articles posted on our Web site is, "How Would You Like to Spend a Day Inside a Pinball Machine?" Originally published in June 1997, the article discusses another myth of entertainment center design, acoustics. No, LOUD and NOISY are not good!

One of our Web site visitors from Canada recently e-mailed us the following:

"I was reading your article about sound and decibel levels in FECs. My child recently went to Fantasy Fair in Woodbine Mall in Toronto, where they have these ball shooters that make a huge BANG BANG sound. The sound was so loud that I believe it damaged my child's eardrums and he has been suffering severe headaches and mood-disorders ever since. That was 2 weeks ago!"

In this instance, not only has the facility lost a customer, but it has possibly injured a child, and for sure, this mom will spread a lot of negative Word-of-Mom about the facility. LOUD and NOISY: It's not good for business.

You can read our original article here.

Vol. III, No. 6, Summer 2003

  1. From the Editor
  2. Theming: Essential to Quality-of-Place
  3. Foundations Entertainment University
  4. Austin Park 'n Pizza Experience Opens
  5. Parents More Fearful of Child Abductions?
  6. They Get 'IT' - The LBE Killer App
  7. Noise, Another LBE Myth
  8. Fox Sports Grill Expands
  9. Pizza Today Magazine Features White Hutchinson
  10. Market Feasibility Studies
  11. IALEI to Pursue Education
  12. Gameroom and Arcade Price Wars
  13. Food Trivia - Birth of the Chip
  14. Baby and Homemaker Boom, Families and More
  15. Christian Family Entertainment Centers
  16. Google Search Now on Web Site

[ Index of Previous eNewsletters ]