Englewood Fun Center shuttered after 17 years in business

Mini-golf, batting cage and bounce facility closes, months after city rejected go-kart plan
The Englewood Fun Center has closed after 17 years in business. FILE

Credit: JIM NOELKER

Credit: JIM NOELKER

The Englewood Fun Center has closed after 17 years in business. FILE

The Englewood Fun Center has closed after nearly two decades in operation, according to a Thursday post on the facility’s Facebook page.

“It is with great sadness that we have to inform the community that, effective immediately, Englewood Fun Center is closing our doors after 17 years,” the post reads. “We want to say thank you to all that made memories with us over the years.”

The post adds that customers who have parties booked at the center, located at 569 S. Main St., will be contacted for a refund of their deposits.

The Englewood Fun Center on South Main in Englewood wants to build a go kart track around their mini-golf area. This aerial shows the mini-golf, in the center, surrounded by vacant land, apartments and houses. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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The facility offered mini-golf outdoors, plus batting cages, games and a bounce area indoors.

The Facebook post did not offer any reason for the closure, and Englewood Fun Center owner Barry Deam did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.

Earlier this year, Deam sought permission from the city to construct an outdoor go-kart track on the business property, but the city’s planning commission shot the idea down in March.

In a report submitted to the planning commission, city Development Director Bill Singer stated staff did not recommend approval of the conditional use, citing issues with the go-kart track, including noise that could negatively affect the nearby residential district.

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