The increasing trend for experiences rather than traditional entertainment has seen the UK nightclub scene hit hard, to the tune of an estimated £200m, according to a report in The Guardian.
Dancefloors across the country have been turned into trampoline parks, mini golf venues, gyms and food markets.
Adam Breeden, co-founder of Social Entertainment Ventures, the company behind some of London's most popular LBE venues, such as All Star Lanes, Bounce ping pong and Flight Club darts, told the paper that he was catering in part to “kidult” impulses. The willingness of people to choose games for a night out, rather than supposedly cooler dance music, showed that the young generation had the confidence to pursue what it really wants.
A manager of a doomed nightclub in Leeds commented: “Kids now are more financially aware and more health aware than what we were going into the ’90s and the noughties. I know a lot of kids who will be going to the gym instead of staying up all night.”
A further example of the shift highlighted Rush trampoline parks in Birmingham and High Wycombe, where laser light shows and DJs on Friday and Saturday nights now welcome adults, along with an alcohol licence.
