If you’ve always wanted to be part of the action in sci-fi movies, look no farther than a new laser-tag arena opening in Noblesville, just in time for Hamilton County schools’ winter break.
The new two-story arena is part of a 7,800-square-foot addition at Three-Two-Fun!! & Bowl 32 indoor amusement center at 845 Westfield Road, Noblesville.
Center owner David Small of Cicero touted his indoor recreational facility as “the first in the country to get 4-Dimensional Laser Tag.”
The game, where players escape the real world to enter a fantasy world, adds a fourth dimension where the game plays either with or against you. The arena features larger-than-life props, detailed murals, lighting effects and music.
Participants feel as if they’re stepping into another world when they cross a threshold into a “briefing room,” to receive their mission commands.
Next is a “vesting room,” where 26 lighted infrared-sensitive target vests await players, who learn how to suit up and use the laser-tag equipment.
Josh Solomon, operations manager for Three-Two-Fun!! & Bowl 32 in Noblesville, practices 4-Dimensional Laser Tag in a new laser-tag arena that will have its official ribbon-cutting and grand opening at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 29. (Photo provided)
Players enter an arena for a game of tag using guns that fire infrared beams. Games last 15 to 18 minutes.
Admission is $9 per laser-tag game or three games for $25. Birthday parties are available and include three-game sessions and a party room and pizza.
The laser tag is a highly engaging experience that combines immersive environments and group play. It’s an exhilarating game that allows players to escape reality and enter the fantasy world inside the laser-tag arena.
Small said guests may bring their own parties or can team up with others. Each game can play eight to 26 participants at once. But no worries if you’re solo. “We’ll get you in a game,” said Small, whose arena offers 36 different games. “So you’ll truly never have the same experience twice. It will always be different.”
An official ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening will be at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 29, with the arena open until midnight. The grand-opening celebration continues on Saturday, Dec. 30, with the arena open 10 a.m. to midnight, and then noon to “whenever” on New Year’s Eve.
Small said, “We’re excited to be the first to bring it to Noblesville, for our Hamilton County families.” He also hopes to keep families here in Noblesville and to bring in families from outside our communities, “which benefits all of us.”
When Small bought Cooper’s Stardust Bowl in 2015, his goal was to rebuild, rebrand and regrow the center. First came the rebranding, with the renaming of the center. Seeking a “true family entertainment center where you can go and do just everything,” the center is undergoing a $1.5 million renovation.
The addition, which has been under construction since fall 2017, will also feature a new game room, with 50-plus arcade games and new party rooms that seat up to 50 people each, that will open in January 2018.
Small has completely remodeled the interior and exterior, adding “top-of-the-line” scoring, new carpeting and furniture in the concourse, new front counter, new lighting, new video screens and new restrooms, plus new mini bowling and 32 Degrees restaurant and bar. Lanes 1 through 8 make up four VIP suites and may be sectioned off in two-lane increments, to serve 10 to 50 people, and on Fridays and Saturdays after 7 p.m. are designated for ages 21 and older. The restaurant menu was simplified and offers more and better food choices, with buffets available for parties.
The glow-in-the-dark miniature golf already in existence on the second level will be remodeled in February.
“I’m so excited to bring it to Noblesville and bring it to our community,” Small said. “… Just in time for winter break.”