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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Fox Sports Grill Expands



It appears ESPN Zone and Champps Entertainment, two chains that target customers who want to dine in a sophisticated sports environment (another variation on FF&F, see above article) are getting a competitor. Fox Sports Grill has opened its second unit in Irving, CA. ESPN Zone, owned by Disney, currently operates eight locations and Champps Entertainment operates or franchises 51 Champps Americana units.

The newest Fox Sports Grill occupies 27,000 square feet, which is 50% larger than its first location in Scottsdale, AZ. The new unit includes a bowling alley, billiards, indoor putting green, games, cigar lounge, private dining room and a sports bar. The dining room will be a television-free zone. Fox hopes to differentiate itself from its competitors by appealing to the local market rather than the tourist-driven market and by having more of a restaurant focus (there IT is again!).

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 ]