The high cost of running a store in central New York coupled with the impact of Covid-19 has seen a prestige location shut its doors permanently.
Source: Courtesy of RePlay
The Modern Pinball location in 3rd Avenue, had become something of a visitor attraction and had won awards with Trip Adviser for three successive years.
However, the impact of the virus forcing temporary closure and the high costs involved in the location were too much. Owner Steve Zahler told RePlay magazine: “We have been closed since March and add to that the financial impact of a high-rise building next door still under construction for almost two years with its scaffolding, continuous street closures and re-routing of vehicles and pedestrian traffic. It was a business killer for the whole street. We lasted this long while at least 75 per cent of the retail businesses around us either closed or changed hands since we opened in 2013.”
