Post by Nyu Nozomi Hyuga on May 22, 2016 21:58:27 GMT -5
Mike Watson invested 80k into opening Super Arcade in Azusa; city continues to change requirements, backs bigger arcade across street
Super Arcade closed its doors in November of 2014, and despite a year and a half worth of efforts by owner Mike Watson, the plan to open a new location in Azusa, California still hasn't come to fruition.
A recent article in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune informs us that Watson has now spent $80,000 trying to get his building up to code.
The city's Planning Commission has denied Watson not once, but twice now, citing the attraction of questionable clientele as a central reason. Now that he's trying to move into a different local, Super's owner is continually faced with surprises that deny him progress.
"The city could have given me a list of corrections in one bunch, but instead, they are doing it in increments,” Watson told the Tribune.
After making multiple improvements and signing the property lease, Watson was again hindered when the city deemed the building seismically unsafe. The necessary alterations to fix this would cost about $150,000.
City Manager Troy Butzlaff commented on this, stating, "It’s been approved and it’s ready to go.It’s just that the owner doesn’t have the capital to do the necessary improvements."
On the 16th of this month, the city approved a project that would allow for a bowling alley and arcade to open up right across the street. At this point, Watson does not have a proposed date for any official opening.
Source: eventhubs
