GAMES bar could be opening in Reading, bringing entertainment to The Oracle.
BBB Reading Ltd has submitted a licence application to open Boom Battle Bar at the former Lakeland store, off Minster Street.
It would include Bavarian axe throwing, “crazier golf”, electric darts, shuffleboard, and beer pong.
Boom Battle Bar has franchises in Cardiff, Eastbourne, Lakeside, Liverpool and Norwich, and is looking to Reading for one of its next locations.
The company is owned by the people behind Flip Out adventure and trampoline parks, which has sites in Aylesbury and Basingstoke.
It describes itself as the best place to get socially competitive with friends.
The licence application is to open from noon to midnight from Sunday to Thursday and from noon to 2am on Fridays and Saturdays.
Alcohol, hot food and hot drinks would be on sale during the same hours from Monday to Thursday, but would end half an hour before closing on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Indoor sports and recorded music would end at closing time from Sunday to Thursday, but half an hour earlier on Fridays and Saturdays.
