A husband and wife team are hoping for a national roll out of their VR gaming centres following success at their first venue.
Rachel and Kaiyn Crooks have opened a second Gaming Hideaway in Bishop Auckland, just over a year after opening the inaugural site in Thornaby. The centre, based on Newgate Street in the County Durham town, gives gamers the chance to play the latest console games and virtual reality experiences, including racing car, machine gun and helicopter simulators, slides with rollercoaster experiences and a 360 degree virtual reality ride.
Mrs Crooks said the firm is now actively seeking additional sites around the region, as well as eyeing a potential UK roll out. It follows the success of the Gaming Hideaway Teesside, which opened just as the UK was coming out of lockdown. The couple were unsure how the entertainment complex would fare, having invested a six-figure sum and putting all their resources into it.
