Auntie Charo's Soapbox

It was a rumor long before my long vacation....I was surprised it was still opened when we returned......but after the end of this month, only the echo of the likes of young children, their friends, tourists and young military men and women-folk coming in for a few games and beers here and there will fill the emptiness where Gameworks now holds court.
Owned by DFS/Louis Vuitton(sp)it's said they're planning to put something else there......at least that's what they said in last night's tube news. Of course that's what they'd say, it's the politically the correct thing to say. What they meant to say is that the company wasn't making money and that they're not in the business of losing money and they're going to close it down and put something there that will make money....you see, the economy thingy that everybody's talking about ain't really 'that' great, we're still pushing up hill like that little blue train and we're still all grunting, 'I think I can, I think I can', we're far from, 'I can, I can' or 'I did, I did'!
What's sad about the closing of Gameworks is that it was a gathering place for the local kids(the middle class ones that could afford the prices) to go there, as well as the many military men and women that would gather there for some good, clean fun...and there were many of them that frequented the place. Thankfully, there's still Planet Hollywood and Hard Rock. In the meantime, whenever an establishment closes, it isn't because the owners want to open a bigger, better shop, it's really because the establishment wasn't making money....even if the mouthpeice says otherwise!
So, Gameworks, it was nice having you as a neighbor, sorry to see you go!