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  BATTLEFIELD SPORTS HITS SALISBURY!!  

Virtual Laser Warfare is now open in Salisbury. We are currently waiting for more details. However basic details such as phone number and location can be found in the Battlefield Sports section.

UPDATE: Virtual Warfare is the only indoor operator of the Battlefield Sports system in the UK. All prices and packages now appear on the Indoor section Virtual Warfare (BFS Indoor) Pictures to follow shortly...

ARTICLE DATED 08/01/07

  QUASAR BASILDON CHANGES!!!  

Basildon Bowl & Quasar have replaced their old Quasar equipment with a brand new 30 pack Quasar Elite system and have also re-vamped the arena.

ARTICLE DATED 07/01/07

 Q2000 COMES TO NOTTINGHAM 

Megabowl Nottingham are pleased to welcome their brand new Q2000 arena!

Officially opened on December 6th 2006

For more details check the Q2000 section of the site.

ARTICLE DATED 09/12/06

 NEW OUTDOOR TAG SYSTEM HITS THE UK!! 

Laser Combat Technologies has arrived!

Their first arena is in Uckfield. Please check the drop down menu for Laser Combat Technologies (LCT) and more details on this new system.

ARTICLE DATED 20/11/06

 FELTHAM MEGABOWL WELCOMES Q2000 

As promised the new arena's have started to be opened!! For more details please check the arena in our Q2000 section.

ARTICLE DATED 20/11/06

 KINGSTON UPON THAMES CLOSES 

This arena is presumed closed. We have been trying to contact them constantly since August and have had no response.

article dated 20/11/06

 STREATHAM MEGABOWL CLOSES 

We have been informed by The Megabowl Group today that Streatham Megabowl has closed down. No reason have been given however they have told us that new arenas WILL be opening soon around the country.

ARTICLE DATED 16/11/06

 LASERARENA @ LIW 2006 

Laserarena Recently visited the Leisure Industry Week Trade show in Birmingham. For the details of what we got up during the day please click here.

ARTICLE DATED 05/10/06

 Q2000 OPENS AT PRESTON!! 

Preston Megabowl have just officially announced the installation of their brand new Q2000 equipment. This site has been in operation for a while now using Megazone system T. This site has had its new tag equipment since the 15th of September.

ARTICLE DATED 28/09/06

 QUASAR ELITE PRESS RELEASE 

Quasar Manufacturing Ltd (UK) would like to announce the availability of Quasar Elite in the regions of Spain, Portugal, Russia and Ukraine, through local distributors in those areas.

Distributors for Spain and Portugal are Quasar Elite Spain, more information can be found at www.quasarelite.es

Distributors for Russia and Ukraine are Quasar Elite Russia, more information can be found at www.quasarelite.ru


If you would like to learn more about becoming a Quasar Elite operator you may contact us or visit us at one of the following trade shows:

LIW Show, 26-28th September, NEC Birmingham, UK - where we shall have a fully playable arena so you can experience Quasar Elite.
EELEX 2006, 27-29th September, Moscow, Russia 

SIF. Salón Internacional de la franquicia, 26-28th October, Valencia, Spain

We look forward to seeing you

Press Released by Quasar Manufacturing Ltd (UK)

ARTICLE DATED 17/09/06

 MEGAZONE RETURNS TO BIRMINGHAM 

Thats right!! Megazone have opened a new centre in Star City!! So you players that mourned the loss of Megazone in the area just 5 months ago can now play Zone once again. Details on the site now!

ARTICLE DATED 28/08/06

 LASERQUEST HUDDERSFIELD IS NO MORE!! 

Laserquest Huddersfield have closed their doors for the last time.

However! It will be reopening on 22nd July as a Megazone!

We are told the arena will be Bigger and better than ever after its refurbishment. We look forward to seeing it soon.

ARTICLE DATED 17/07/06

 MEGAZONE OPENS IN GLASGOW 

Megazone have opened a new centre in Glasgow. The centre is within an existing Karting complex. 

For more details please click here

ARTICLE DATED 17/07/06

 ADVENTURE SPORTS COMES TO THE UK 

Adventure Sports USA have opened one of their first sites in the UK. This outdoor equipment promises great things and we look forward to visiting the new sites soon!

For more details please click Here

ARTICLE DATED 14/07/06

 BATTLEFIELD LIVE INSTALLED IN HERTFORDSHIRE 

Battlefield Live have just installed their latest set of equipment in Hertfordshire. More details to follow this weekend.

ARTICLE DATED 24/06/06

 LASER FUSION BRISTOL 

Laser Fusion are in the process of building their newest site at Bristol. More details will follow on this new system as soon as we have them...

ARTICLE DATED 24/06/06

 SOUTHEND ON SEA QUASAR CLOSED 

Southend on Sea Quasar has closed. We are informed that the Parent company that the centre was installed at has been sold and the new owners did not want Laser Tag as part of their facilities.

We would like to wish the previous owners and Staff members all the best in the future.

ARTICLE DATED 24/06/06

 QUASAR ELITE INSTALLED AT GREAT YARMOUTH 

Great Yarmouth have now replaced their Quasar equipment for the New Quasar Elite system.

ARTICLE DATED 15/06/06

 ARENA CLOSURES 

Q2000 Newport has closed. This arena was within a Bowling Complex.

ARTICLE DATED 13/03/06

 QUASAR ELITE INSTALLED AT ACOCKS GREEN 

Acocks Green, Birmingham have now replaced their Megazone equipment for the New Quasar Elite system.

The arena will be reopening for business on Thursday 16 March.

ARTICLE DATED 13/03/06

 CHELMSFORD MEGAZONE CLOSED 

This arena has closed. We received confirmation today. Reasons are unknown.

We would like to wish all of the staff and owners our best wishes for the future.

ARTICLE DATED 13/03/06

 Q2000 DEVELOPMENTS 

Q2000 have developed a brand new set of arena maps AND an amazing briefing video. These High Tech fly-thrus enable you to see the arena in 3D before you go. These plans and the video are available to view on the Q2000 section of this site and are being installed at all Tenpin/Megabowl sites over the next few weeks.

ARTICLE DATED 13/03/06

QUASAR ELITE INSTALLED AT BUTLINS 

Skegness Butlins have now replaced their Megazone equipment for the New Quasar Elite system.

ARTICLE DATED 23/02/06

 QUASAR ELITE INSTALLED AT SHEFFIELD 

Sheffield Quasar have now replaced their Quasar equipment for the New Quasar Elite system.

ARTICLE DATED20/02/06

 QUASAR ELITE INSTALLED AT TORQUAY 

Torquay Quasar have now replaced their Quasar equipment for the New Quasar Elite system.

ARTICLE DATED 02/02/06

 BATTLEFIELD LIVE INSTALLED IN NEWCASTLE 

Laser Battlefield is the Newest Outdoor combat experience to hit the UK market. Opened today with 2 separate sites for totally unique gaming, this promises to be something really special. 

Find this new site under our Battlefield Sports drop link. 

ARTICLE DATED 01/02/06

 QUASAR ELITE INSTALLED AT NORWICH  

Norwich Q-Zone have now replaced their Quasar equipment for the New Quasar Elite system.

ARTICLE DATED 13/01/06

  LEICESTER Q2000 CLOSED 

We have been informed today that the Leicester Q2000 site situated within the Megabowl complex has now closed. This arena closed on Monday 9th January 2006 due to redevelopment of the area. 

Again all we can say it a shame to loss another UK arena but do wish all the staff the very best of luck in their future. 

ARTICLE DATED 12/01/06

 QUASAR ELITE BOURNEMOUTH OPENING DATE CONFIRMED 

This brand new arena has been confirmed to open on 27th January 2006. 

Details are now up on the site and also a link to their web site.

ARTICLE DATED 11/01/06

  ABERDEEN QUASAR CLOSED 

It has come to our attention that Aberdeen 's Quasar site has been closed since New Years Eve.

It is a shame to see the New Year in with yet another closure.

Lets hope the next news article is bearing better news.

Good luck to the staff at Aberdeen .

ARTICLE DATED 9/01/06

 NEW FORUM ADDED 

After several request by the user of the forum, we have now updated to a PHP powered forum with no adverts or pop-ups. We would like to thank you again for your support and we hope that this forum has many more topical subjects of world laser tag

The Team @ Laser arena 

ARTICLE DATED 06/01/06

  CHESTER QUASAR ELITE SITE VISIT 

Laser arena visited Chester QE last week to see their new kit and to update our review. We had previously visited when this was a Laser Quest.

To see the review please click here

ARTICLE DATED 28/12/05

 QUASAR ELITE REPLACES MORE KIT 

More sites are now using the Quasar Elite kit. Please check out the Quasar Elite section to find out more!

ARTICLE DATED 28/12/05

 QUASAR ELITE BOURNEMOUTH OPENING SOON!! 

Brand new arena due to open on 20th January 2006. This arena is situated close to the Pier. We will have more details on this arena in the near future.

ARTICLE DATED 28/12/05 

  CAMBRIDGE LASER QUEST TO CLOSE 

This 12 year old arena is to close. Having been the source of entertainment for a generation of taggers it will finally close its doors on Saturday 31st December. The end of an era.

On the bright side as a final farewell the management are offering 2 games for the price of one for everyone.

Good luck to all the staff of LQ Cambridge

ARTICLE DATED 27/12/0

 DEREHAM LASER QUEST CLOSED 

This short lived arena has closed. The equipment is to be put to good use in one of the other Big Apple sites. Watch this space for where...

ARTICLE DATED 20/12/05

 LASER QUEST YEOVIL OPENS ITS DOORS 

Megazone Yeovil closed its doors one week ago and has now reopened as a Laser Quest. We would like to wish the new owners of this site all the best for the future and look forward to hearing from you soon!!

ARTICLE DATED 19/12/05

  HULL LASER QUEST CLOSED 

Hull Laser Quest is now closed and its equipment has been auctioned off!! We understand that the site will be redeveloped as an apartment complex. As soon as we hear details of the new owners of the kit and where it is being installed then we will let you know.

ARTICLE DATED 15/12/05

  MOVE OVER QUASAR, QUASAR ELITE IS HERE  

More Quasar centres have had their equipment replaced with the New Quasar Elite kit this week. To find out which ones please check the Quasar Elite section of this site.

ARTICLE DATED 30/09/05

  LASERARENA VISIT LIW  

We here at Laserarena had the great privilege of visiting the UK's Biggest leisure trade show. Click here to see a review of the day

ARTICLE DATED 25/09/05

 Official statement from Quasar Manufacturing Ltd

The rumours are true, the biggest shake-up ever in the Lasertag Industry is now upon us.

Boasting new design vest and phaser, red and blue team colours, entirely new hardware and software, an unrivalled support package, a whole array of marketing and promotional material, and many other features besides.

Quasar Elite™, the future of Lasertag Worldwide™.

www.QuasarElite.com

Visit us at the LIW show in Birmingham on the 20th-22nd September for the official launch of Quasar Elite™.

Article Dated: 12/09/05

 QUASAR SHAKEUP 

 SOMETHING IS COMING... SOMETHING BIG... 

 CHECK BACK MONDAY EVENING (12TH) FOR MORE INFO 

Article Dated: 10/09/05

 NEW MEGAZONE NOW OPEN!!! 

Wellingborough in Northamptonshire is proud to present its newest attraction. A 21 gun Megazone arena that has 3000 square feet of playing space over 2 floors!!

Housed in Wellingboroughs old cinema this arena has plenty of history. There may even be a ghost or two in the older parts of the building which are over 200 years old!

For more details on this new arena please click here!!!

Article Dated: 23/06/05

BRISTOL Q2000 TO CLOSE

As some visitors to the laser arena forum may have noticed, rumors that purport to the closure of Harry's Amusements Q-2000 are rife.

These have been confirmed as true. We have had confirmation from the management to say that the doors will finally close as from Sunday 6th February. 

Article Dated: 1/02/05

 

  LASERARENA LOST!!!  

As you may be aware Laserarena has been offline. Our main server in Manchester suffered a major crash and all data was lost. This has now been resolved and we hope that the problem will not arise again.

If you notice that your arena's details are not up to date then please email us and let us know. We will update them as soon as the data is verified with the management of your arena.

Thank you all for your continued support. We wouldn't be here without you.

Lyndsay Latimer 27/11/04

 

  NEW COLONY FOUND IN SELBY NORTH YORKSHIRE! 

Selby has just opened the doors to a brand new centre which caters for minors and adults alike and incorporates Q2000 and Bowling. This new centre has been kind enough to send us their details, which can be found here.

We would like to welcome Selby to the world of Laser Tag!

Article Dated:19/9/04

 

NEW DARKLIGHT ARENA OPENS! 

The countries newest arena is here. Darklight have just opened a new arena in Gloucester. The arena is themed throughout with an ancient castle theme and looks amazing. JDK Karting are the hosts to this 'step into the past of our future' and have kindly provided us with pictures and details.

For the Details please click HERE

Article Dated: 28/2/04

 

 ARENA TOURS 2004  

The arena tours of 2004 have been done! This year we have visited the following arenas:

Megazone Morecambe

Laser Quest Carlisle

Quasar Wigan

Laser Quest Warrington

Megazone Preston

Megazone Northampton

Laser Quest Skegness

These have been done over a longer period this year and began back in April. We hope to visit one more arena this year although we are unsure as to which one.

All of these arenas are wonderful and we have enjoyed visiting each and everyone. For reviews, Pictures and arena plans please visit the arena pages.

Article Dated: 30/8/04

MORE MEGAZONES BECOME QUASAR!!!  

Three more Megazones became Quasar this month, with the system changeover at the following arena's:

Nottingham

Norwich

Sheffield

These arena's are all fully operational and are available for bookings.

Information supplied by Richard Clarke.

Article Dated: 30/8/04

  NORTHAMPTON ZAP ATAX & LASERZONE JOIN FORCES  

Whether you enjoy the odd laser game or you are a complete fanatic, you are likely to be interested in this latest Northampton laser tag news!   The owners of Zap Atax and Laser Zone are delighted to announce that Zap Atax, is being incorporated into the new Laser Zone site in Gladstone Road, Northampton.   From Sunday 18th July, games will no longer be available at Grove Rd.  

Instead, future bookings need to be made at 

Laser Zone on 01604 595535.

CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE PRESS RELEASE

Press release supplied by Philip Staniford of Laser Zone & Hullabaloo Northampton

Article Dated: 13/7/04

  LQ HEADQUARTERS CLOSES!!!  

It is with great regret that we inform you that Bolton Laser Quest has closed!!!

The arena and the headquarters have been relocated to Parrs Wood near Stockport.

As soon as we get the details on this new arena then we will give them to you.

Article Dated: 20/4/04

 THREE NEW QUASAR ARENAS 

AMF have replaced all of their Megazone equipment with Quasar!!

The arena's affected are as follows:

AMF Shrewsbury

AMF Torquay

AMF Wigan

These arena's all have opted for a 20 pack systems and are all operational now.

This information has been supplied by Bob Webb of Quasar UK

Article Dated: ?/3/04

NEW DARKLIGHT ARENA OPENS! 

The countries newest arena is here. Darklight have just opened a new arena in Gloucester. The arena is themed throughout with an ancient castle theme and looks amazing. JDK Karting are the hosts to this 'step into the past of our future' and have kindly provided us with pictures and details.

For the Details please click HERE

Article Dated: 28/2/04

ARENA CLOSURE 

Laserarena are unhappy to report yet another arena closure. This time it is Abingdon Megazone. The new owners have decided that Laser Tag is not something that they wish to keep on the premises and as a result Abingdon loses its arena. We would like to wish Uncle Wiggy all the best in his future.

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 ARENA TOURS 2003 

Laserarena would like to apologize to those arenas we have visited. 

Due to previous engagments and day jobs we have not yet been able to complete the reveiws for your facilities. This will be rectified in the very near future and the first of the new reviews now online are Darklight Barrow-in-Furness and Actual Reality Oldham.

 NEW ARENAS NOW OPEN!!! 

There are two new arenas that have opened.

Trafford Centre Laser Quest - Manchester: This new centre has cost in the region of £300,000 to build and promises to be one the best if not the best arena/s in the country. For more information on this new arena please visit their website www.lqtc.co.uk 

Brean Laser Quest - Weston Super Mare: Now open at the Brean leisure park. This new arena has been designed in collaboration with Nathan Hicks, one of the men behind Laser Bristol. To see the other facilities at the park please visit www.brean.com .

  Laserarena are proud to present..................  

Arena in progress

We decided long ago that we would like to know what it takes to build your own arena. Well here is the day by day, week by week account of an arena being put together and some of the pitfalls along the way. The idea is simply to show you the player and you the potential arena operator, just how much hard work and commitment it takes to open your own Laser Tag Heaven. 

 

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