I know Schanks started allowing families a few years ago. We held a company function there and families were all there, kids totally overrunning the arcade area.
When it was new they were great. Then they maintenance seemed to drop off, the mini-putt was dirty and crappy, the video games were broken a lot of the time, then they got rid of NTN/Buzztime, so the only reason to go was to watch sports. When projection TVs were the only way to see sports on a large screen, that made sense. Now even small places can buy a bunch of large flat screens and not lose any seating space.
Time just passed them by.
And I too spent Y2K at Schanks (South).
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