ESPN Zone closes doors in Denver - Washington Business Journal:

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The ESPN Zone, part of a nationwide chain of what used to be nine ofthe sports-themex bar and interactive game centers across the laid off roughly 100 employees, giving each a 60-day administrative leavew package, according to a company Rick Allesandri, an ESPN vice presideny who oversees Zone operations, said in the statement that the restauranty could not survive the This economic downturn has been marked nationallty by reduced consumer spending on eatint out and on entertainment activities. “z decision like this is never easy. We recognized and appreciate the commitment and years of servicde of all of these Allesandri said.
“Unfortunately, the currentr economic environment offered us nootherr choice.” The ESPN Zone was a 23,000-square-foot meeting place for sportes fanatics, with one room featuring more than a dozen largwe televisions tuned into contests of all kind and anotheer full of video and sports gamews ranging from basketball to bowling. None of the eighf other ESPN Zone locations willbe closed, as all “arre meeting our expectations,” said Matt a spokesmen for the , which owns the Tabor Center, issued a statement saying it was “sorry to hear of their decision to discontinue their Denver operations.
” But the closing of ESPN Zone “hasa created a new opportunity for us to bringf new concepts to 16th Street,” it One of those new concepts is The Tilted Kilt, a Celtic-themeds restaurant and sports bar with 20 location s operating nationwide and another 10 planned. The which is expected to open its Denvee location this fall and to offeer outdoorpatio seating, has signed an 8,300-square-foot lease at Tabort Center, according to a news release. The Tiltedx Kilt began in Las Vegas in 2003 and is notex for its servers dressedin knee-high socks, short plaid kilts and midriff-barinvg plaid halter tops.
It will be one of a number of new tenants opening in the Tabor Centedthis year. “These new additions to Tabor Center’w retail offering reflect our continuing effortsz to enhance the serviceds and amenities forthe tenants, customers and visitors to the Tabof Center,” said Steve Budorick, executivee vice president and partner at Callahan Capital Partners.