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- From: ckalin@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Christopher Allen Kalin)
- Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
- Subject: Re: VR theme park
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 16:20:24 GMT
- Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- In article <UfLUqkK00Vp_ABREx2@andrew.cmu.edu> "Carey D. Clevenger" <cc79+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
-
- >Somebody tried this a few years ago--they were going to open big
- >"BattleTech Arenas" in shopping malls, similar to the "Photon Arenas"
- >that started in the early 80's. I never saw one--whether they really did
- >have them or not, I am not sure. I just remember hearing that they cost
- >about $1 mill each and were multi-player interactive.
-
- Yes, they actually have started to open them. BattleTech Center has been in
- the North Pier Mall in Chicago for over two years now. They just opened one
- in Tokyo, and they're setting up for them in New York and San Francisco.
- I've been regularly going to the one in Chi-town, and it is AWESOME. Makes
- the two hour drive from Milwaukee worth it, especially now that Virtuality
- is across the hall!
-
- Chris Kalin
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