I played the world’s largest laser tag arena on Laser Tag Day! Being able to have this experience was the main reason I anchored my trip in the Midwest. I have been to the EDGE 618 on Belleville, IL a couple of times before, but playing a unique arena like this, which is completely unlike any other, was well worth making a visit on this day meant to celebrate the industry. It was a delight to visit with owners Keith and Mary Schell who have been so hospitable to me whenever I

My first stop on Laser Tag Day was to pay a visit to Scottie’s Fun Spot in Quincy, IL. This is a third-generation legacy family entertainment center in their 89th year of operation, which made it a particularly cool place to start the day! I met owner Jeff Scott who grew up in this family business following a virtual introduction by Clint Novak the night before. Jeff gave me a tour of the facility, which includes a 2400 square foot laser tag arena where they are running Helio

March 28th is celebrated annually as International Laser Tag Day in honor of the anniversary of the grand opening of the first commercial laser tag attraction, Photon in Dallas, TX on that date in 1984. Over the last 41 years the laser tag industry has grown exponentially and continues to thrive more than four decades later as a significant part of the amusement sector worldwide. Laser Tag Day is a reminder of where it all began and what we have to enjoy now. I selected four

Happy International Laser tag Day! Today is a day to celebrate the entire laser tag industry on the anniversary of the date when it all began 41 years ago with the grand opening of Photon in Dallas, TX in 1984. It is amazing that over four decades later laser tag continues to be loved and played all over the world, literally making this an international reason to celebrate! Wherever you are on the globe today, I am sending you my thanks on behalf of all laser tag players worl

Amusement Expo International proved once again to be a wonderful opportunity to check in with the industry leaders in the world of laser tag and amusement attractions during the two days of trade show activity taking place at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Wednesday morning began with the opening ceremonies and cutting of the ribbon to open the show floor. Once the show was officially underway, visitors from literally all over the world entered the event with booth spaces s

Tag 4 A Cause returned to Battle Blast Laser Tag in Las Vegas with a successful evening of fun, fundraising and fitness to support the local Las Vegas dog rescue organization, A Path 4 Paws. I love that this is a way to use laser tag as a catalyst for raising donations to help wonderful causes like we did on this special event night! After visiting one of A Path 4 Paws’ dog adoption events over the weekend and seeing their volunteers’ good work in action, I was especially ple

I heard through the grapevine that Spy Ninjas HQ in Las Vegas had ZTAG available to play in their Ninja Tag arena, so I had to check this out! I had never played ZTAG before (other than trying demos at the trade shows), so I was intrigued to see what this game was really about. Originally it was marketed as a phaser-free laser tag game, but to my mind this is better described as “proximity tag”. It works and “tags” when wrist units are in close proximity to one another. I loo

On this week’s episode of Laser Unfocused Tag Talk we hear from Noah Kim, the new owner of Ultrazone Portland, about his experience taking over a legacy laser tag center with a 30 year history in Oregon. ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xzXT3aqGa2edIlXpcaJBS ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laser-unfocused-tag-talk-with-tivia/id1632442213 ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/aRWsU-YcZ3g?si=VgrdjchXOthGYf61 Comments or Questions?  Contact: Tivia@tivia

This year I found myself being part of a planning team to put together the Laser Tag Summit. Essentially, this is a fresh start and a new name for maintaining a presence for laser tag education to happen via three discussion panels during this year’s Amusement Expo International in Las Vegas.  In the past this has been done under the umbrella of the Laser Tag Convention, but for the Laser Tag Summit, this is a new day, new name, new team and new start. The three laser tag pan

Tag 4 A Cause will be happening once again this Wednesday (March 19th) from 7-9 at Battle Blast Laser Tag in Las Vegas. Donations from this event will benefit A Path 4 Paws, a local dog rescue organization in Las Vegas. I wanted to see their good work for myself, so upon my arrival in Vegas I headed over to one of their adoption events that they hold every weekend. I arrived at the event to see volunteers walking the dogs, playing with them outdoors in front of the indoor ken