Arcade opens in Pizza Ranch on East 10th

Oct. 18, 2019

FunZone has opened in the Pizza Ranch on East 10th Street.

The restaurant turned some of its party room space into an arcade with prizes.

The  room is filled with a dozen games, and two more are coming, said Preston Plautz, who’s part of the franchisee group that owns the restaurant and one in Brandon.

There’s “something for everybody,” Plautz said. “From 2 years old to 100 years old, you can definitely find something to play.”

While the restaurant is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, the FunZone is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

“Obviously, over the weekend when it’s busier later, we understand that we might have to stay open, so we’re not going to kick people out. They can still keep playing.” Employees just need a little time to clean up the space before closing, he said.

The FunZone uses a debit-like card that can be loaded with credits and keeps track of the amount of tickets won while playing games. One nice feature of the cards is that they can be registered, so if a player loses a card, a new one can be reloaded with credits and tickets that are tracked in the system, Plautz said.

The restaurant at 3809 E. 10th St. has been busier since damage from a tornado last month forced the city’s other Pizza Ranch location  to close for repairs. The West 41st Street site, which is owned by another franchisee, is not expected to reopen until next year.

The damage was “unfortunate, but we doing our best to take on what we can and do our best to stay on top of it,” Plautz said. “It was a quick adjustment, but we all came together just as a crew and a management team and really started to work together, understanding and knowing how much busier we were going to be with the 41st Street store going down.”

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Arcade opens in Pizza Ranch on East 10th

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