Posted on 04/27/2021 10:31:04 AM PDT by mylife
Plans for an axe throwing bar, completing a four-floor takeover of Aberdeen‘s former British Home Stores shop and indoor market building, have been approved.
Boom Battle Bar was pitched as a stop gap in the history of 91-93 Union Street, after the demolition of the market building was signed off last year.
The plans – including axe lanes, mini golf, curling, shuffleboard, pool, table tennis and marble tables, and smart darts – will tie in with the wider leisure complex in the BHS building, expected to open soon.
Formerly a flagship store for the retailer, it closed in April 2016.
The C-listed building, in the Union Street conservation area, has since sat empty, gaining the attention of vandals, until plans for a trampoline park were passed last March.
Next door, Flip Out will include a 12,000 sq ft assault course, 10,000 sq ft inflatable system, laser tag and a five-a-side football pitch.
The nationwide firm gained permission to set up on levels one, three and four of the site previously – but this latest permission means level two is also now part of the scheme.
related to levels one, three and four of the site.
“Boom Battle Bar is a concept bar that has been developed in Flip Out proposals across the UK.
“Following the closure of British Home Stores in April 2016, the former BHS property had been vacant for a considerable period of time and had been the focus of vandalism and anti-social behaviour on several occasions.
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good one!
Welcome to Frontier Bris
Everyone remembers that one!
WORKED IN THE NORTH SEA {LITERALLY) FOR YEARS. BASED OUT OF ABERDEEN. GOT TO KNOW THE GRANITE CITY, AND SCOTS, PRETTY WELL. DRUNKEN BELLIGERENT SCOTS AND THROWING AXES.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG???
reminds me of my buddy CW “its still in play!!”
I’d give the guy a free throw just for style.
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