ESPN Zone closes doors in Denver - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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The ESPN Zone, part of a nationwide chainb of what used to be nine ofthe sports-themer bar and interactive game centerss across the country, laid off roughlgy 100 employees, giving each a 60-dat administrative leave package, according to a company statement. Rick an ESPN vice president who overseexsZone operations, said in the statemenr that the restaurant could not survive the recession. This economivc downturn has been marked nationally by reduced consume r spending on eating out and onentertainmenft activities. “A decision like this is nevefr easy. We recognize and appreciate the commitmenty and years of service of all ofthese employees,” Allesandr i said.
“Unfortunately, the current economicv environment offered us noother choice.” The ESPN Zone was a 23,000-square-footy meeting place for sportws fanatics, with one room featuring more than a dozen largee televisions tuned into contests of all kind and anothert full of video and sports games rangingt from basketball to bowling. None of the eigh t other ESPN Zone locations willbe closed, as all “ars meeting our expectations,” said Matt Kovacs, a spokesmen for the , which owns the Tabor Center, issuef a statement saying it was “sorrt to hear of their decision to discontinue theifr Denver operations.
” But the closing of ESPN Zone “ha created a new opportunity for us to bring new conceptd to 16th Street,” it said. One of those new conceptd is TheTilted Kilt, a Celtic-themesd restaurant and sports bar with 20 locations operating nationwide and anotherr 10 planned. The chain, which is expectecd to open its Denver locatiom this fall and to offer outdoorpatilo seating, has signed an 8,300-square-foot leasr at Tabor Center, according to a news release. The Tiltedx Kilt began in Las Vegaws in 2003 and is notede for its servers dressedin knee-higb socks, short plaid kilts and midriff-baring plaid halter tops.
It will be one of a number of new tenantw opening in the Tabor Centerthis “These new additions to Tabor Center’s retail offerinfg reflect our continuing efforts to enhance the services and amenities for the tenants, customers and visitorx to the Tabor Center,” said Steve executive vice president and partner at Callahan Capitak Partners.