Pins Mechanical and 16 Bit employ bright idea to sanitize equipment during COVID pandemic

Pins Mechanical and 16 Bit employ bright idea to sanitize equipment during COVID pandemic

ARCADE GAMES OR BOWLING WITHFRIENDS?AS REPORTER BRIANMAINS EXPLAINS, WHILEDEVELOPING NEW COVID-19 SAFETYPROTOCOLS HAS BEEN CHALLENGINGFOR LOCAL BARS ANDRESTAURANTS -- IT HAS BEEN ANENTIRELY DIFFERENT GAME FORTWO ENTERTAINMENT VENUESLOCATED IN OVER-THE-RHINE."For us, obviously bothfacilities are very high touchfacilities."CEO TROY ALLEN AND HIS STAFFAT COLUMBUS-BASED RISE BRANDSHAVE SPENT THREE MONTHS TRYINGTO COME UP WITH THE BESTSOLUTION IN ORDER TO REOPENITS SIXTEEN BITS ARCADE BARSAND PINS MECHANICAL DUCK PINBOWLING ALLEYS IN CINCINNATI,NASHVILLE, CLEVELAND,INDIANAPOLIS AND OTHERCITIES."For me, one of the mostimportant things was,especially with Pins, you havethis facility where people arecontinually handling andtouching the duckpin balls andyou have different groups onside-by-side lanes that aresharingthat."Or taking my kids there for anightout?"THEIR SOLUTION -- MEDICAL-GRADE ULTRAVIOLET SANATIZINGLIGHTS AT EVERY PINSMECHANICAL AND SIXTEENBITS.PAUL MONTGOMERY, GENERALMANAGER FOR RISE BRANDS INCINCINNATI BEGAN USING THOSEUV DEVICES WHEN SIXTEEN BITSON WALNUT STREET REOPENED LASTWEEK."We've got littlehandhelds that we usethroughout the night betweenuses.

But at night afterwardwe've got one where we've gotto throw on the glasses andput on the gloves.

It's apowerful one.

We treat all thegames and UV treat all thesurfaces before the nextday.""We are doing things a lotdifferentlynow."AT SIXTEEN BITS THAT INCLUDESNO SITTING AT THE BAR,ASSIGNING CUSTOMERS THEIR OWNTABLES AND HIRING DESIGNATEDSTAFF DRESSED IN GREEN VESTSTO DO NOTHING BUT CLEANMACHINES WHILE THE ARCADE ISOPEN."After everY game is beingtouched, it's being wiped downor being UV treated," FOR MOREINFORMATION ABOUT RISE BRANDSVISIT WCPO DOT COM.

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