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An entertainment center is an area, mainly found in a living room, family room or snug, that houses electronic devices such as TVs, games consoles and sound systems.
Many entertainment center ideas are defined by one piece of furniture, usually a large unit or cabinet space where electrical items and accessories neatly slot into place, and often work in unison with living room TV ideas. However, there are many versatile TV stand ideas and designs out there to choose from that can best integrate into your home and work alongside your living room ideas.
Whether you create an entertainment area in the corner of a living room that is zoned through different furniture pieces such as sideboards and shelving, or build a bespoke, floor-to-ceiling cabinet to house your central electronic items, there are options for all spaces, both large and small.
We have gathered our 10 favorite entertainment center ideas to help you make the most out of this versatile storage and display space in the home.
1. Create a bespoke, built-in unit
(Image credit: Ginny Macdonald Design, photography by Raquel Langworthy)
One of the most popular entertainment center designs, built-in cabinet ideas for family rooms can cater perfectly to the size of your electronic devices, giving them an eye-catching, elevated platform. A built-in unit can also create an organized area in a room where all electrical objects and accessories are easily stored close together in one place.
In this family room by Ginny Macdonald Design , she states of the process, 'accommodating a modern and accessible wall of cabinetry with asymmetrically placed closed and open shelving was the primary focus of the design work for the family room'.
If you're looking for TV wall ideas, a unit like this can take up a full wall space in a room, and creates not only a stylish entertainment center, but a central, practical storage and display space in a busy family room.
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Many entertainment center designs are built upwards, making the most of the floor to ceiling wall area in a room. However, low-level designs can create a cozy, intimate feel and free up wall space to allow you to get creative with artwork and other wall decor ideas.
In this relaxed living room, rich with texture and calming color palettes, the entertainment center is defined by a long, low unit. The design provides the perfect platform for a TV, as well as creating an inviting display space to decorate with accessories, plants and ornaments.
This entertainment center fits in perfectly with this laid-back living room design and complements rather than commands the space, one to remember for small living room TV ideas.
3. Add personality with decorative objects
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'A simple tip that can help your entertainment center stand out and reflect your style and personality, creating areas that can house decorative objects and meaningful items will only make for a more eye-catching and memorable design,' says Jennifer Ebert, Homes & Gardens' Digital Editor.
In this coastal inspired living room by Margaret Ash Design , the tall entertainment center creates a beautiful viewing area for both the TV and a collection of decorative items. Painted in white, this allows for the mounted items to truly stand out, with the overall appearance and styling of the center adding a subtle element of grandeur to the space.
Accessorizing around your TV and other electronic items can also soften their sometimes harsh appearance in a room.
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For many of us, sitting around an entertainment center is where we spend a lot of time with friends and family, so why not create a striking, stand-out design that adds a unique feature to a room and ignites conversation.
In this living room, the entertainment center is defined by the use of a statement, blue painted design. This use of paint not only cleverly zones the area, but creates a decorative and colorful statement in the neutrally styled space.
Finished with colorful books and accessories, the contemporary design makes for an eye-catching focal point in the room.
5. Use natural materials
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Working with natural materials and creating designs inspired by the natural world is renowned to create a timeless and calming atmosphere in the home.
'You are going to spend long periods of time looking at your entertainment center - especially if there is a TV, so choosing a design made from natural materials is always going to be relaxing on the eye,' says Homes & Gardens' Editor in Chief Lucy Searle.
In this cozy snug area, the wooden entertainment center beautifully complements the light wooden beams. The wooden design works in harmony with the soft upholstery and neutral color palette to create a welcoming and calming space to sit in and relax.
6. Uplift the space with wallpaper
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If your entertainment center is more of an area in a room rather than one furniture piece, using wallpaper in this section can create more of a united space as well as a colorful feature wall.
Wallpaper ideas not only inject color and pattern into a interior, they can also be used to create cleverly zone areas in a room.
In this modern, open-plan living room, the wallpaper beautifully frames the TV and the low and wall-mounted cabinets. Great for living room wallpaper ideas, thinking about the space that surrounds your entertainment center and enhancing this with wallpaper can create a stylish and cohesive design.
7. Embrace color
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'Whether you get creative with paint ideas on a bespoke cabinet, or choose a custom colored sideboard, integrating your entertainment center into a striking, monochromatic scheme can create a beautifully immersive design atmosphere,' says Homes & Gardens' Editorial Director Sarah Spiteri.
In this living room, defined by an elegant, teal palette, the color of the built-in unit takes the lead from the blue wallpaper design. Combined with the subtle use of elegant contrasting colors such as pink and orange, the overall effect creates a stand-out living room space that celebrates the power and effect of color.
For more guidance on color pairings, our color wheel guide is helpful.
8. Keep things discreet
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From clever paint ideas to sleek storage cabinets and organizers, there are many discreet entertainment center ideas to choose from, fitting for both small and large spaces alike.
In this living room, the cabinets and shelving that make up the entertainment center blend in perfectly with the all-white painted walls and ceiling. The design is both practical and long-lasting, and allows for other, colorful accessories and furniture pieces to take center-stage.
9. Add drama with sliding doors
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A sliding screen can add a unique, tactile feature to an entertainment center. Creating a playful element of surprise, a screen can also act as a canvas for a unique, decorative design.
In the gorgeous pink living room by Laura Butler-Madden , the screen is painted with an intricate bird mural, transforming the screen into a unique piece of art.
Another reason to use a sliding screen is if you feel like your electronics and devices are disrupting the flow and feel of a design in a room, a screen can easily hide them out of sight when not in use - ideal for bedroom tv ideas.
10. Combine open and closed storage
(Image credit: Jessica Bennett of Alice Lane Interior Design, photography by Nicole Hill Gerulat)
A simple idea but one that will make your entertainment center into a versatile storage and display space, combining open and closed storage features allows for a design that prioritizes both style and practicality.
In this living room by Jessica Bennett of Alice Lane Interior Design she states of the design, 'the original media cabinet was dark and heavy and didn’t allow for a large TV. We designed an off white cabinet that layered the TV over the built-ins and allowed for flexibility to switch out the electronics easily in the future'.
This entertainment center not only considers changing gadgets and electronics in the future, but establishes a unique, layered design where functional items are stored inside the bottom cabinets and decorative pieces are positioned to beautifully frame and elevate the TV viewing area.
What should I put in my entertainment center?
Entertainment centers are mainly used for TVs and their accessories, but other electronic items are often positioned in these spaces such as games consoles, record players and speakers.
When you have decided what main electronics are going to be housed in your entertainment center, start getting creative with accessorizing and styling. Plants, ornaments, picture frames and books are just some of the items you can use to add personality and style to your entertainment center - for more inspiration, explore our top tips when styling a shelf.
Whether you want your entertainment center to have a separate theme and color palette to the rest of the room, or the opposite, and plan for it to perfectly integrate into your existing scheme, combing practical, essential items with decorative pieces can establish a one of a kind design that truly reflects your style.
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After studying English Literature at University, she worked as an Ecommerce Website Editor, Content Writer and Buying Intern at multiple independent businesses within the luxury retail and lifestyle sectors. Her role at Homes & Gardens unites her love, experience and passion for the world of design and desire to create inspiring written content. She enjoys nothing more than discovering new trends, brands and products, whether that be in fashion, interior design or lifestyle.
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If the kitchen is the heart of the home, the living room is the nervous system. Entertainment centers are a central part of any living room (but can also be found in playrooms, movie rooms, and even bedrooms).
They typically hold your television, movies, and various electronic devices, including video game consoles.
Entertainment centers are centerpieces that get plenty of visual attention, especially if you’re watching a movie, so it’s important that they look their best. The options for designing and decorating your entertainment center are practically limitless. Add a festive garland to celebrate the holidays or a floral arrangement to keep things looking (and smelling) fresh. Whatever your preference, there are plenty of variations to choose from. Here’s some inspiration.
Face Seating Away
Try facing couches and chairs toward each other instead of directly at your entertainment center and TV. That encourages more social interaction among your family and house guests and encourages them not to just stare at the TV in silence. You can always rearrange when you’re ready to watch a movie together.
Cover Wires
Piles of DVDs and tangled cords can instantly make your space look and feel cluttered.
Hide them away with cabinet doors on your entertainment center to clean things up a bit. This seemingly simple tactic can make your entertainment center look much more sleek and clean.
Extra Storage
Are you a movie buff? Make room for your collection by adding lots of shelves and drawers for extra storage. If you don’t have enough physical copies of movies to fill them up, add other decorations, like books or sculptures.
Full Wall Entertainment Center
Build or buy an entertainment center that perfectly fits the width of your room. The shelving systems will look like built-ins, making your home look classically chic.
Upgrade Hardware
If you’re looking for a way to rejuvenate your current entertainment center for a small amount of money, update the hardware. Buy new drawer pulls to instantly give your entertainment center a brand new look and feel. You can easily interchange the hardware yourself in minutes. Upgrading hardware is an inexpensive and extremely easy way to update the look of any piece of furniture.
Add Greenery
Houseplants are great mood boosters, and they can make any space look fresh and inviting. Add a few plants to your entertainment center for a simple yet sophisticated decor piece. Place smaller plants on the entertainment center itself or consider adding larger potted plants, like fiddle leaf fig trees, on either side of it on the floor.
Clean and Simple Entertainment Center
Consider mounting your TV, hiding devices, and going with a clean, white entertainment center to tone things down. Screens can be visually noisy, so keeping the things around it simple makes the space a little more relaxing.
Place Your Entertainment Center Against a Textured Wall
Add interest by placing your entertainment center against a textured wall, like exposed brick or stone. If you don’t already have a textured wall in your home, consider installing a shiplap wall to make one.
Add Decorative Shelves
Install simple shelves above your entertainment center to place small decorative items, like potted succulents or holiday knick knacks.
This will add an adorable touch to your space, making it feel more like home without adding unnecessary clutter to your entertainment center. You won’t have to worry about your decorations getting in the way of the TV, either.
Light It Up
If your entertainment center is the focal point of your room, decorate it so that it stands out. Add string lights around it, which especially looks nice around the holidays, or small tabletop lamps next to the TV to flick on when you want soft lighting.
Surround It With Shelves
Televisions are practically an entertainment necessity these days, but they can look clunky and dark. Allow yours to blend into your entertainment center by surrounding it with shelves. Fill the shelves with interesting decor pieces and lots of books. You can even use the shelves to store your movies (if you still have physical copies, that is).
How to Build Floor-to-Ceiling Shelves
Buffet Entertainment Center
A buffet table, otherwise known as a sideboard or buffet, is a long and low furniture piece.
They’re typically found in dining rooms where they display and store items like serving ware and linens. But these pieces are very versatile. Use yours as a makeshift entertainment center for an entertainment center with a twist.
Built-In Entertainment Center
Install your entertainment center so that it's flush with your wall to give it a vintage built-in look. Doing this will make room for your TV and entertainment center without cramping the living room, which will save valuable floor space.
Decorate With Floating Shelves
Floating shelves are a great way to decorate without cluttering your space. Add a few above your entertainment center and place photos, decorations, or anything else you want on them. Shelving above your entertainment center will draw the eye up and relieve some of the attention your entertainment center gets, allowing you to keep its decor clean and simple.
Cover It With Curtains
Entertainment centers don’t always match your home’s look, especially if you’re going for a very minimalist style.
Solve this problem by installing a curtain rod across the entirety of your room and hanging a soft, flowy curtain. Use the curtains to cover up your entertainment center when you’re not using it.
Apply Statement Wallpaper
Bring your living space to life with statement wallpaper, like wallpaper with a bold print or an intricate design. This will liven things up without making it look too busy. Since you’ll be staring at your entertainment center anyway, why not add some extra style?
If you’re a renter and wallpaper isn’t an option, you can still get this look. There are plenty of retailers who sell removable wallpaper or decals that you can take off before you move out without worrying about ruining the paint.
Black and White Theme
Most televisions are matte black or very dark gray. Decorate around your TV with contrasting furniture and decor, like a crisp white entertainment center and white walls. Add a few black furniture pieces throughout the room to keep it visually interesting.
Off-Center Television
Typically, your TV is the centerpiece of your entertainment center. Go against the grain and place it off-centered so that it isn’t the focal point of the piece. Decorate with plants, photos, cabinets, and other pieces to draw the eye all around the entertainment center.
Go Retro
If you’re going for a mid-century modern look, consider thrifting a vintage television and side table to act as your entertainment center. This is especially great if you’re not an avid TV-watcher because older televisions are fairly small.
Hidden Cabinets
Entertainment centers can be bulky. If you have a small space, bulky furniture pieces are a big no. Utilize the built-in entertainment style and paint your storage cabinets the same color as the wall, essentially hiding them from plain view.
Inset Entertainment Center
Set your TV and entertainment center into the wall and add an accent piece, like a colorful panel, behind it.
You won’t be able to stop staring at your entertainment center, even when the TV is off.
TV Cutout
Consider adding a TV-shaped cutout in your wall to place your television. Underneath, you can install cabinets, either built-in or not, to hold the accessories you would put in any typical entertainment center.
Add Statement Art
Decorate your entertainment center with a statement art piece that matches the look of your home. This will prevent the entertainment center (and your big, black television) from sticking out like a sore thumb. With a statement art piece, your entertainment center will blend into the rest of your decor. Make your own art to save money.
Entertainment Center With Sliding Dors
Install sliding doors on your entertainment center, no matter what its material is. Add modern hardware to make the piece look classy and use the sliding doors to hide your wires and not-so-aesthetic accessories, like movies and video games.
Combined Furniture Pieces
Combine multiple shelving units of the same aesthetic (maybe even the same brand) to create your own one-of-a-kind entertainment center. Use a combination of bookshelves, dressers, and TV stands for a multi-functional piece.
Small Shelves Under Mounted TV
Separate your television and cabinet-style entertainment center with a strip or two of thin shelves. The shelves can hold things like DVD players or video game consoles, keeping the top of your entertainment center clean and making room for decor pieces if you’d like to add some interest.
Small Wooden Entertainment Center
Entertainment centers range significantly in size. To tone things down in your space, opt for a small entertainment center. Some people think TVs instantly make a space less cozy, so choose a wooden entertainment center to incorporate more natural materials and coziness. Small and wooden is the ultimate combination.
Layered Entertainment Center
Create your own entertainment center by layering furniture pieces.
Place a long dresser or shelf system on the floor for storage, mount your TV above it, and install a cabinet system above that. You’ll have plenty of storage space for your belongings and enough room to hide unsightly wires, too.
Corner Entertainment Center
It can be tough to arrange your dream living room in a small space. Corner entertainment centers help solve that problem. They’re specifically designed to fit perfectly in the corner of a room, which is normally a difficult area to furnish. That frees up the rest of the space in your home for important furniture pieces, like sofas.
Repurposed Vintage Crate
Make your own entertainment center with a vintage crate. You can often find vintage crates at your local thrift store. Find one that’s in relatively good shape (or restore it yourself), add legs if needed, and voila! You’ve got your own shabby chic entertainment center.
DIY Pallet Entertainment Center
Wood pallets are relatively easy to find—they’re commonly used for shipping, and most retailers don’t have a need for them after they’ve received their products.
Ask around and find a free one. Pallets are extremely versatile, and they make excellent DIY entertainment centers.
Repaint Thrifted Furniture
Refreshing thrifted furniture is eco-friendly and inexpensive. With some sanding, a few coats of paint, and sealant, you can have an entertainment center that looks as good as new. DIYing your own piece also allows you to customize it to match your room’s current aesthetic.
Add a Decorative Ladder
If your entertainment center is tall and wide, consider using its shelves to display your favorite books. Add a ladder to make it look even more like a miniature library. Just specify whether or not it’s functional to visitors.
Allow Air to Circulate
Electronic devices get hot when they’re running, so consider placing your entertainment center a few inches away from the wall to increase ventilation and prevent your devices from overheating.
Barn Door Entertainment Center
Barn doors are door panels hung from the top on a horizontal rod that allows them to swing from side to side to open and close.
They are a trendy alternative to the classic hinged doors and look great in farmhouse style homes. Use this tactic on your entertainment center to give it a rustic feel.
Transformed Dresser Entertainment Center
Instead of going out to purchase a piece of furniture specified as an entertainment center, repurpose a dresser. This could be the dresser from your old bedroom, a thrifted piece, or even a brand new one. If needed, transform it with a coat of paint and updated hardware to make it look super stylish.
Cube Shelf Entertainment Center
Cube shelves are popular for storing things like books, toys, and even craft supplies. There’s really no limit to what you can put in them. Transform your cube shelves into a makeshift entertainment center. Use the cubbies to hold all of your accessories and decor pieces.
Reclaimed Wood Entertainment Center
If you love the environment, you’ll love using reclaimed wood to make an entertainment center.
Visit your local reuse store or use scrap wood from your woodshop to create your very own simple entertainment center out of reclaimed wood. This DIY is both eco-friendly and budget-friendly.
Shiplap Built-Ins
Some older homes come with built-in shelving that makes the space look classic and streamlined, not cluttered. If your house doesn’t have them, don’t worry. You can make your own with shiplap, an easy-to-work-with wall material made up of white panels. When put together, shiplap creates a muted stripe pattern. The pattern is subtle and simple yet stylish and modern.
Hang Art
Hang a piece of art above your entertainment center to bring more attention to the space. Choose a piece from your favorite artist or channel your inner Picasso and paint one yourself. Either way, make sure the colors match the rest of your space so everything ties in nicely.
Store Accessories in Fabric Bins
You can soften things up by using fabric bins or wicker baskets in place of cabinets and drawers.
Simply remove cabinets or drawers from your entertainment center and replace them with the bins or consider purchasing a new entertainment center with space for them. Bins and baskets create a more natural look, but they still provide ample storage space for all of your things.
Industrial Shelving Entertainment Center
Industrial shelves are surprisingly simple to DIY. In just a weekend, you can make your own. You can even use reclaimed wood as the shelf material to make it a more budget-friendly DIY.
Simple DIY Entertainment Center
Build your own DIY entertainment center that’s strong enough to hold your TV and has the storage space to hide your wires and accessories.
Set up Decorative Bookends
While books can be decorative and stylish on their own, sometimes they need a little sprucing up. Use your entertainment center to display books and decorative bookends. If you don’t already have fun bookends to display, shop for them at your local thrift store or home goods store.
There are plenty of options on the market, so you’ll be able to find ones that match your look.
Personalize With Photos
Make your space more your own by adding personal touches, like family photos. Your entertainment center is the perfect surface to place photo frames on. The more, the merrier!
If you like displaying your photos elsewhere, you can personalize your entertainment center in other ways. Display your kids’ artwork (or yours) or trophies.
Place a Blanket Ladder Nearby
There’s not much better than cozying up on the couch to watch a good movie. Adding a blanket or two in the mix is even better. Your blankets can double as functional decor, too. Display them with a blanket ladder to make your living space feel even cozier and to keep your blankets within reach the next time you want to curl up for a movie night with your friends.
Light Candles
Lighting candles is a great way to improve the ambiance in any space.
Add one (or multiple) to your entertainment center to light on cozy days indoors. You can make your own candles with a few simple supplies or buy your own from your favorite home goods store.
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Frame the TV
Make your TV stand out by framing it. You can do this in a few different ways. You could literally frame it with a DIY or custom frame or you can place a decorative backboard behind it to help it stand out.
To make a decorative backboard, nail or glue multiple pieces of reclaimed wood side by side. Install it on the wall above your entertainment center and mount your TV over top to make it pop. Then store your things in a cabinet-style entertainment center below it.
Hide TV Behind Cabinet Doors
Choose an entertainment center with cabinet doors that can close over your TV. That way, you can hide it when you’re not using it.
Armoire Entertainment Center
Using an armoire as an entertainment center is a great option if you like to hide your TV on occasion for whatever reason.
Some people prefer to hide their TV because it takes up valuable decorating space while others prefer to make their space look free of modern electronics. Either way, an armoire will help you achieve the look you want.
IKEA Hack
IKEA is a relatively inexpensive furniture store, so it’s no surprise that there are plenty of DIY tutorials out there instructing consumers how to “hack” their products. That involves making them over to personalize them and make them look even more stylish. Purchase multiple IKEA pieces, like bookshelves and dressers, and combine them to make the ultimate DIY entertainment center.
Go Without a TV
Instead of displaying a television, display a fabulous work of art or a beautiful potted plant on your entertainment center. Without a TV, you won’t be putting extra focus on electronics (which some people don’t love). You can always watch a movie on your laptop or consider using a portable TV that you take out only when you need it.
Add Seasonal Garlands
Rotating your decorations seasonally keeps things fresh and interesting. Add a seasonal garland to your entertainment center to keep it looking up-to-date and trendy. Purchase or make your own holiday garland in the winter, flower garland in the spring, shell garland in the summer, and a garland of maple leaves in autumn. You can also make garlands out of cranberries and dried oranges, which look and smell wonderful during the holidays.
Bamboo Entertainment Center
Bamboo is a strong, natural material that’s often used to make furniture. If your first priority when it comes to home decor is sustainability, opt for a bamboo entertainment center.
Keep It In Sight
Set up your entertainment center so that it's level with your line of sight from the couch. This will make watching a movie a much more enjoyable experience because you'll be able to properly focus on the television without maneuvering around or craning your neck.
Sports and entertainment center
Sports and entertainment center
The concept of continuity of architectural heritage, a combination of history and modern technologies surrounded by nature, using relief and a panoramic view of the city
Object: Sports and entertainment center / Address: Moscow region, city Bronnitsy, Lev Tolstoy street, 14 Customer: LLC "SHALET" / Design stage: development and approval of the territory planning project, obtaining initial permits and GPZU, general design, 2013-2014
Construction: 2014-2015
The need to build a centralized sports and entertainment facility is fixed in the master plan for the development of the city of Bronnitsy, Moscow Region. A plot of land along Lev Tolstoy Street in the area of the Small Moscow Ring was allocated for the construction of the complex.
The concept of the architectural solution of the sports and entertainment center is based on the idea of the relationship between the historical environment of a small provincial town with traditional buildings and modern architecture.
The main southeast façade symbolizes modernity. Two glass volumes built on the basis of a parabola are inscribed in the main deaf "box" of the building. Cantilever ledges form the main directions of approach to the building. nine0007
Light glass structures, like the glazing of the first floor of the main facade, give the massive, extended building airiness and plasticity. The northeastern facade faces the historical part of the city and conceptually combines the past and the present. The use of supergraphics on the facade makes it possible to designate the symbolic connection of the new building with the architectural heritage of the city — the silhouette of an old city panorama is laid out of facing tiles on the facade, as a symbol of the interpenetration of eras and styles. The theme of parabolic volumes is repeated in the planning solutions for the improvement of the territory in front of the main facade with the center of the composition in the form of a stele with the coat of arms of the city of Bronnits.
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Two glass volumes built on the basis of a parabola are inscribed in the main blind "box" of the building.
Particular attention in the project is paid to the organization of park space on the slope and bank of the Kozhurnovka River from the northwestern side of the site. The use of the park is aimed at both visitors to the complex and residents of the city. For the arrangement of the park space, the natural relief of the ravine is used and is a system of interconnected terraces, paths, stairs and viewing platforms. nine0007
The route along the paths offers a panoramic view of the historical part of the city, the central streets and the main attraction of the city - the Church of the Archangel Michael.
The space-planning solution of the sports and entertainment complex is based on a functional scheme that allows the maximum separation of the movement paths of guests and staff: the lobby group, grocery supermarket, passenger elevators, escalators on the first floor are close to the main entrance, and economic and production services, loading of shopping squares - to the opposite end of the building.
On the second and third floors there is a cinema, a nightclub, a restaurant, a fitness center with a swimming pool, a bowling alley, retail space, and a SPA-salon. nine0007
The north-eastern facade faces the historical part of the city and conceptually combines the past and the present
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Floors of the building
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Building area 9004 M²
Upper mark
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People at all times appreciated interesting and exciting leisure, and therefore the idea of entertainment business has always been quite relevant. It remains so today. We will talk further about how to open an entertainment center.
Documentation
When compiling a business plan for an entertainment center, it should be borne in mind that one of its first points should be the registration of a legal entity. For an institution of this kind, the form of an LLC is best suited. In addition, you should keep in mind that depending on what services you will offer to the guests of your center, you may need to obtain a number of permits: from the sanitary and epidemiological station and the fire department. You won't be able to start working without them. nine0003
Location
The business plan of an entertainment center involves the selection of a suitable location for placing an institution. An excellent option would be its location in the mall. However, as a rule, all the large entertainment complexes in shopping malls have long been bought out, and therefore it can be quite difficult to find a suitable place. Therefore, it makes sense to think about renting or building a separate building for your leisure center.
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Choosing the specifics of the entertainment center
In total, there are four types of such institutions in the world: simple, family, children's and adult. As a rule, today they are included in one large shopping and entertainment complex. A few years ago, you could meet them as separate establishments.
Today, however, fashion dictates its own terms, and developers, when creating a business plan for a shopping and entertainment center, necessarily include a variety of places for leisure activities. After all, modern consumers no longer want to be content with just shops, but also demand spectacles. nine0003
In a word, the entertainment component is the detail that will turn an ordinary indoor shopping pavilion into a popular mall. As a rule, a leisure center brings the owners of such establishments much less profit than shops. However, due to its presence, the shopping and entertainment complex attracts more customers and tenants, which has an extremely positive effect on the income of its owners.
Thus, experts have calculated that the organization of a leisure center increases the attendance of the mall by 20-30%. This allows owners to increase the cost of renting space by 20-25%. Now we propose to dwell in detail on each of the options for organizing an entertainment complex. nine0003
The simplest leisure center
This format has long been known abroad under the name "arcade" and in recent years has become quite widespread in our country. It is an entertainment area that provides additional services to visitors to large non-gaming facilities.
As a rule, the equipment of such a center consists exclusively of a different number of slot machines (most often video simulators). As a rule, drinks and food are not sold here. However, souvenir shops are often located nearby, where you can also buy tokens for machine guns. This concept allows the owners of the leisure center to save on the arrangement of the booth and the wages of the cashier.
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Also, in institutions of this kind, as a rule, there are no animators. Slot machines for the most part are not subject to any renovation, but are used until they fail or become obsolete morally and technically. Thanks to this approach, investments in the creation of an entertainment zone and its maintenance are minimal.
In terms of location, arcades are most often located in clubs, bars, cinema foyers, airports, railway stations, etc. The area of such an entertainment area, as a rule, does not exceed 300 square meters, which can accommodate up to 50 slot machines. nine0003
Family leisure center
Similar entertainment establishments in the USA have been successfully operating for many decades. Gradually they appear in our country. Such leisure complexes are oriented to families who come to them for the whole day.
In this regard, the business plan of an entertainment center of this format must necessarily take into account, along with the arrangement of attractions, also the organization of cafes and restaurants.
They are located either in separate buildings outside the city (due to the fact that the land is cheaper there) or all in the same mall. nine0003
A family leisure center must live up to its name and offer visitors a wide range of entertainment for different ages. So, for adult clients, it is necessary to organize a bar with alcoholic drinks, bowling, billiards, etc., and for children, various attractions, slot machines, etc. will be required.
If you are planning to open a family leisure complex in a large suburban area, it makes sense to organize outdoor entertainment: karting, minigolf, paintball. You will also need to hire children's animators. As for the equipment for the family entertainment center, it will consist of slot machines and attractions themselves, as well as furniture and all the necessary items for organizing cafes, bars and restaurants. nine0003
Children's leisure center
This format can certainly be called the most successful.
After all, the children's entertainment center (DRC) is visited not only by families on weekends and holidays, but also by schoolchildren who run here after school. In addition, such places are a great place for birthday parties, school parties and other similar events designed for young clients. In addition, a children's center can get by with a much smaller area, unlike a family center, because there is no need to organize bowling, billiards, a bar, a restaurant, etc.
The main emphasis in the FEC is on entertainment equipment: slot machines, small attractions for the little ones, etc. Such a leisure center can be located both in a large mall and in separate buildings in densely populated areas of the city. To provide additional services, it is advisable to hire animators, as well as organize a cafe with a special children's menu.
Adult Leisure Center
This format of an entertainment facility is still practically not represented in our country.
However, in his homeland, in America, he has already earned recognition. What is an adult leisure center? Such an institution combines various elements of pastime preferred by office workers, managers and business people. As a rule, visitors come to the center of this kind on their way home from work. nine0003
VRC combines a bar with alcoholic drinks, slot machines designed for adults, TV screens broadcasting sports events, bowling, billiards and other entertainment that is interesting to the target audience. As for the location of an institution of this kind, it should be deployed exclusively in the business center of the city.
Opening a leisure complex: the financial side of the issue
A business plan for an entertainment center cannot do without calculating the costs of opening it, as well as the expected level of income and payback period. As for the initial investment, depending on the chosen format of the institution, as well as on its location, their amount will be from 200 thousand to 2 million dollars.
