Let’s go ! With family, friends or colleagues: the first customers of Hall U Need inaugurated its restaurant, its bowling alleys, its arcade games or its pinball machines this Wednesday. Obviously, with the second act of deconfinement and weather more conducive to outdoor recreation, you should not expect the crowds on great days. But the first customers are thrilled. Amandine and Olivia came from Mouvaux and Saint-André. They flashed on the place. ” It’s super big and the decor is really great! »
Very trendy, the industrial style, obviously, it pleases. But the nod to history too. Installing such a site in an old factory makes sense for Ludovic, who works at Antique dealer village of Saint-André. ” It will revitalize the city. The all-in-one concept is awesome! It was missing in Lille. This is a comment that will encourage the managers of the site, who target a regional clientele. ” The goal is to make us known as a tourist attraction », Explains Laurence Zeeraed, communications manager. ” It is a complex where everything is carefully thought out so that family and friends have fun., underline Clément and François, disembarked from Lille and the Ardennes. We wish this place a long life, especially since reviving a historic place is also important. »
A competitor for Lille?
Élodie, Myriame and Mélody are among these first clients who think that Hall U Need will overshadow others. ” It will replace Lille, especially since the prices are reasonable. » « In Lille, we don’t have a complex where we can go around “, Abounds Lydie, who also appreciates the” access facility “. All the first customers surveyed are ready to come back.
But the bet has not yet been won for Cyril Parenna who, like everyone else, still has to deal with a curfew at 11 p.m. for a few days before closing at 1 a.m. on Friday, 2 a.m. on Saturday and especially midnight on Sunday. ” It’s a place dedicated to all audiences, it’s intergenerational », Insists Laurence Zeeraed. Will Hall U Need be a family gathering and in addition to being a new address for night owls? This is another bet.
Finally, the dream of its creator is to multiply the concept all over France. There, we pass another milestone. This Beatles fan (hence the name of the resort) who comes from the world of tourism will not be able to settle for a simple Let it be (so be it), it will take … much more. But remember, in the 90s, bad tongues were cheap at the large cinema complex installed not far from there, in Lomme. More than twenty years later, the juggernaut is still there.
What we liked
From the large indoor leisure complexes, we knew the brands that we find in shopping areas and the behemoths that we find on the other side of the Atlantic. There, like the first visitors, what we liked first was the decor and the location. Installed such a complex in an old factory, it is a bet. But that automatically guarantees an atmosphere.
Another positive point, Cyril Parenna, the boss and designer of the project, comes from the field of tourism, but it is above all… a quadra who grew up in the region. So pinball machines, bowling, arcade games and a restaurant that promises to broadcast the matches of the Euro, we validate. Question of generation …
Finally, there is this other bet: to install such a complex in Saint-André. The Andresians crossed this Wednesday were the first to point out: “ We don’t have to go to Lille and there is room to park. Here too, we validate.
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