The Rapidly Expanding Social Darts Concept
Will Open in an Iconic Union Square Building in 2025
CHICAGO, July 24,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- State of Play Hospitality
("State of Play" or "the Group"), the leading international social
entertainment operator, announced today that it has signed a lease
in New York City to open Flight
Club, an upscale technology-enabled Social Darts® concept, at 31
Union Square West. Flight Club New York will be the Group's first
venue in Manhattan, its ninth
lease for the Flight Club brand in North
America and a global flagship.
The spectacular 10,700-square-foot former bank, spanning both
the ground floor and basement with a patio on 16th
Street, most recently housed the Blue Water Grill restaurant and
has a storied history. Built by the Bank of Metropolis in 1902-03
as their prestigious new headquarters, 31 Union Square West is a
stunning 16-story Renaissance Revival building designed by
architect Bruce Price. It was
designated a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks
Preservation Commission in 1988 and added to the National Register
of Historic Places in 2003.
The opening of Flight Club, scheduled for late 2025, adds yet
another exciting hospitality chapter to the building's rich
history. The site has previously been home to Zippers, a nightclub,
in the early 1980's followed by Metropolis, a high-end restaurant
with a basement club, in the latter part of that decade. Blue Water
Grill opened in 1996 and enjoyed huge success for over 20
years.
Toby Harris, CEO of State of
Play Hospitality, commented, "We've been looking
for the right real estate opportunity to land Flight Club in
New York for over five years, and
this site has the potential to be a genuine landmark for the city
and the Group. Both 31 Union Square as a building and the stunning
split level Flight Club space are as close to the physical brief
for the brand that we could wish for. It's exciting and humbling to
be opening our North American Flight Club flagship at such a
legendary location and I'm confident that, by complementing and
retaining the character of the building, we will be able to do it
justice."
Inspired by the rich heritage of darts from British pubs and
Victorian fairgrounds, Flight Club has revolutionized the
traditional game of darts with technology that provides automated
scoring and various multiplayer games for all group sizes.
Alongside next-generation gameplay, Flight Club combines an upscale
food program and delicious craft cocktails within a high-quality,
design-led events and entertainment environment.
State of Play Hospitality launched the first Flight Club in the
U.S., under license, in the downtown Loop area of Chicago in 2018. Since its highly successful
North American debut, State of Play has brought Flight Club to
Boston, Houston, Atlanta, Las
Vegas and Denver, and has
new venues opening in late 2024 in both Washington D.C. and Philadelphia.
For more information, please visit StateOfPlay.com and
FlightClubDartsUSA.com.
ABOUT STATE OF PLAY HOSPITALITY
State of Play
Hospitality is a rapidly growing international operator of
tech-enhanced social entertainment concepts. State of Play has
created and operates several category leading concepts in the US
and UK including Bounce, Hijingo and Flight Club (under
license in North
America). All of the group's concepts
offer design-led, immersive environments, upscale food
and beverage programs as well as highly engaging
gameplay. Learn more at StateOfPlay.com.
ABOUT FLIGHT CLUB
The world's first Social Darts®
experience, Flight Club was founded in London in 2015 to usher this once pub-like
pastime into the 21st century. Flight Club fuses craft cocktails
and upscale cuisine with its signature technology-driven
Social Darts® experience to create a truly unique entertainment
experience. With 6 locations operating in the
US, under State of Play
Hospitality, and 20+ worldwide, Flight Club
continues to bring friends, families, and colleagues together in a
unique social environment. To date over 7 million people
have experienced Flight Club and over 500 million darts have
been thrown. Learn more at FlightClubDartsUSA.com
PR CONTACTS:
Julie
Singley, Julie@Alchemy-Agency.com
Jesslyn Wade,
Jesslyn@Alchemy-Agency.com
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