This new Puyallup entertainment center has arcade games, bowling, billiards and pingpong

BY ANGELICA RELENTE AUGUST 13, 2022 5:00 AM

The South Sound just gained another entertainment center for all ages, and you can find it in Puyallup. Round1 will open its doors on Saturday, Aug. 13 at the South Hill Mall at 3500 S. Meridian. The first 300 customers who attend the grand opening at 10 a.m. that day will receive a Round1 t-shirt. The facility will be next to Macy’s. Round1 offers several arcade games, bowling lanes, billiards, pingpong, music and more. Visitors don’t pay an entrance fee. Instead, they pay for the games they choose to play.

The 52,000 square foot facility also has a lounge area where patrons can eat and drink. They’ll serve pizza, chicken tenders, mozzarella sticks, wings, burgers, soft drinks, draft beer, wine and liquor, according to the company’s website. Plans for private party rooms with karaoke are in the works.

Annie Heilman of Puyallup celebrates with her mom, Beth Heilman, after making a strike while bowling during the family & friends soft opening of the Round 1 entertainment venue at the South Hill Mall in Puyallup, Washington on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Tony Overman toverman@theolympian.com

Each Round1 facility has about 1 million visitors per year, according to a news release. About 48 locations currently exist in the country with more on the way. The company originated in Japan in 1980. The only other Round1 in Washington state to date is at Southcenter Mall in Tukwila.

Round1’s Puyallup location will be open from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday.

Ivana Que (left) and Jin Wu of Puyallup battle in a car race on the “Maximum Tune 5DX” driving video game during a family & friends soft opening of the Round 1 entertainment venue at the South Hill Mall in Puyallup, Washington on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Tony Overman toverman@theolympian.com

 

ANGELICA RELENTE 253-274-7323 Angelica Relente covers topics that affect communities in East Pierce County. She started as a news intern in June 2021 after graduating from Washington State University. She was born in the Philippines and spent the rest of her childhood in Hawaii.

 

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