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General Chat => Meetings, Exhibition, Events... => Topic started by: ckong on June 03, 2012, 04:17:09 AM

Title: The other Arcade at Laconia .....
Post by: ckong on June 03, 2012, 04:17:09 AM

....  which is located at

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010683.jpg)

a boulevard at Lake Winnipesaukee, near Laconia

The name of the Arcade is

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010611.jpg)

and it is actually a pretty entertaining place. It has all sorts of games, both really ´ancient´ (meant positively), classic and modern. It really is not bad at all and it has that American feel about it, also because of the place where it is located (Weirs Beach).

Here are some pictures

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010614.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010615.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010616.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010617.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010618.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010619.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010620.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010621.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010622.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010623.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010624.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010625.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010626.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010630.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010631.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010633.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010634.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010636.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010637.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010638.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010639.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010640.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010641.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010642.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010643.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010644.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010648.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010650.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010651.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010652.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010653.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010654.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010656.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010657.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010658.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010659.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010660.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010661.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010662.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010663.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010664.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010665.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010667.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010669.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010670.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010671.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010672.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010673.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010674.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010675.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010677.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010678.jpg)

And on the other side of the road of Weirs Beach you will find one of the last remaining drive-in movie theaters in The States, which is still showing the latest movies

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010682.jpg)

But this drive-in did have its best days decades ago. It now has completely decayed, which is a shame. I had expected to see something like in Grease, but this is how it was:

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010686.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010688.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010687.jpg)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Laconia%20-%20Weirs%20Beach%20Arcade/P1010690.jpg)

not a place to get romantic.  :(

Title: Re: The other Arcade at Laconia .....
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on June 03, 2012, 07:46:14 AM

The arcade looks like a nice place, the drive in is indeed a bit sad looking, but maybe in the dark with a bunch of cars watching the movie it is better looking than the empty parking place that it looks now ?

Title: Re: The other Arcade at Laconia .....
Post by: Belike on June 03, 2012, 09:09:59 AM

Very nice place, thanks for the other bunch of pics. ;)
Those old electro mechanical games look kick ass! :D

Title: Re: The other Arcade at Laconia .....
Post by: gyruss on June 03, 2012, 09:22:18 AM

what a charming little place, it's a perfect set for a zombie film.  ;D Thanks for the pictures.

Title: Re: The other Arcade at Laconia .....
Post by: jinxz on January 13, 2013, 09:32:54 PM

My apologies for bumping an old topic but after going through the photo's again I realized that the electrical arcade 'batting practise' that you photographed was featured in an episode of 'american restoration'. They restored that arcade to it's smallest detail. The story is that the arcade owner replaced the original wooden ball with a metal ball and didn't pay attention to the destruction that it caused :)
The epsiode is called 'american restoration S01E22 batter up'.

Title: Re: The other Arcade at Laconia .....
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on January 14, 2013, 05:38:48 AM

Thanks !

Downloading it now, its 505 days old on usenet, so i'll put it in my FTP later  ;)

EDIT:

Its there  ;D

Title: Re: The other Arcade at Laconia .....
Post by: Luigi on January 14, 2013, 08:48:02 AM

Oh, I missed that thread in June.

What a wonderful and lovely place, lots of classics and a great atmosphere...I wish I could visit in the evening :)

Title: Re: The other Arcade at Laconia .....
Post by: level42 on January 15, 2013, 07:45:54 PM

Mmmmm, the half moon is so-so IMHO....

Since Fun Spot is "around the corner" I didn't spend a dime in there...somehow the pics by Erik make it look better than I have it in my memory...


On the other side, it's an arcade, still operating today, amen !  ;D