PICTURES have shown Colchester city centre’s newest bar coming together.
Allstars Battle Bar is expected to open next month and will boast axe throwing, table tennis and shuffleboard among a host of activities.
The venue will also offer crazy golf, augmented reality darts and a karaoke room.
It is to be housed in the former Argos shop in Long Wyre Street which has been vacant since October 2020.
Pictures shared with the Gazette have shown the works underway inside the building as opening day edges closer.
Manager Karl Zabroski, 38, said he is “very excited” to see the vision come together and open the bar’s doors.
He said: “I am very passionate about getting people out having fun again, especially in light of all the problems with people not being able to socialise during Covid.
“People now realise that going out for drinks is not really enough these days. They want to go out and have proper fun and engaging activities.”
Allstars will be unique in Colchester but could face stiff competition if plans for a Boom Battle Bar in the vacant Debenhams site come to fruition.
Mr Zabroski, who works at Boom Battle Bar in Ipswich, said he was not fazed by the possibility, adding: “Allstars is going to be an evolutionary step as a social, competitive gaming bar.
“It is something that on paper would be similar to Boom Battle Bar but we are looking to evolve the whole experience which, for our customers, will be completely different.
“It won’t be a place for people to just get drunk. It will be a place that encourages people to have fun and meet new people.”
He continued: “People see these places with axe throwing as a man cave but it is not. We are very welcoming to all genders.”
