In The United States
The main national industry group in the U.S. is the National Association of Family Entertainment Centers (NAFEC), which is perhaps incongruously a division of the International Laser Tag Association (ILTA). NAFEC provides an industry-facing website, FECOperator.org.
Some U.S.-based companies also have venues in Canada (noted above), but this is rare due to the legal/political difficulties involved in cross-border corporations.
American FECs vary wildly in themes, size and features. Some of the larger businesses in this category have included:
- Adventure Landing (Jacksonville Beach, Florida, 1995)
- All-American Sportpark (Las Vegas, Nevada, 1996)
- America's Incredible Pizza Company (chain, based in Springfield, Missouri, 2002)
- Boomers! Parks (chain)
- Brunswick Zone XL (bowling/pool/video game chain)
- Bullwinkle's Family Fun Center (small chain in Washington state and Oregon, based in Tukwila, WA)
- Castle Park (full amusement park with FEC section, Texas)
- Chuck E. Cheese's (chain, based in San Jose, California, 1977)
- Cinetropolis (Mashantucket, Connecticut, 1994)
- CJ Barrymore's (Clinton Township, Detroit, Michigan)
- Club Disney (Thousand Oaks, California, 1997)
- Dave & Buster's (Dallas, Texas, 1982)
- Discovery Zone Play Place (Lenexa, Kansas, 1990)
- DisneyQuest (part of Walt Disney World, Florida, 1998)
- GameWorks (Seattle, Washington, 1997)
- Gatti's Pizza
- Go-Karts Plus
- Golfland Sunsplash (full waterpark and miniature golf course with FEC section, California and Arizona)
- Ground Round
- Hinkle Family Fun Center (Albuqueruque, New Mexico)
- John's Incredible Pizza Co. (1997)
- Kidmazeum (Cedarhurst, Long Island, New York, 1993)
- Legoland Discovery Center (Schaumburg, Illinois, 2008)
- Malibu Grand Prix
- Muligan Family Fun Center (three-venue Southern California chain, based in Torrance, CA)
- Peter Piper Pizza (chain)
- Putt-Putt Fun Center
- Puzzle Place Play Centers (chain, based in Chicago, Illinois, 1997)
- Regal FunScape (chain; movies, minigolf, video & "VR" games, food court, etc., depending on location)
- Scandia Amusement Park (full amusement park with FEC section, California)
- Sony Metreon (San Francisco, California, 1999–2006, Japan-owned)
- Swings -N- Things Family Fun Park (Olmsted Falls, Ohio)
- NASCAR Speedpark (NASCAR racing theme; four U.S. locations)
- The Alley Indoor Entertainment (bowling, kart racing, etc.; Wichita, Kansas)
- Universal CityWalk (part of Universal Studios Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, 1998)
- Universal CityWalk (part of Universal Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida)
- uWink (2007)
- Wannado City (Sunrise, Florida, 2004–2011)
- Xscape (Indianapolis, Indiana, 2008)
- ZDT's Amusement Park (full amusement park with FEC section, Texas)
- Zuma Fun Centers (formerly PARC Fun Centers; chain in the American South, based in Pineville, North Carolina)
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