Changes in Indoor Playgrounds

Changes in Indoor Playgrounds

The birth of soft modular play, or contained play as referred to by some, started with supplies to Quick Service Restaurants and soon grew to Children Entertainment Centers and Family Entertainment Centers
to have safer places for children to play.

iPlayCO was there from the beginning and has been adapting its products to follow the growth in the business and the now sophisticated customer. Now clients choose colors, activities, theming, brands and many more features, once not an option. However the standard basis of all iPlayCO playgrounds remains…SAFETY. All materials and designs are created with safety being the number one factor. The European norms are all followed and the customer knows that purchasing a iPlayCO product means certification of materials and of installation.

In the last few years designs have become more and more intricate with activities that take into account ages so that an FEC can have play structures or play zones for different age groups (0-3/4-10, 11-14, etc) or a school can have a dedicated age appropriate play area.

The look and feel of the playground has developed the most in the last 10 years with 2D and 3D theming creating a wow effect upon seeing the play area. iPlayCO designers not only design the activities in the playground to custom fit the area in which it will be built, but also are specialized in graphic work to study how to best attract customers upon entering the area. Children in particular become loyal customers when the area is associated to a character or mascot. So now even small play centers look like a theme park upon entering. This is an important competitive advantage that creates loyal customers which is important for your business.

What other businesses can benefit from having a playground?
The following are some of the sectors that have benefited after adding a play corner or a play area:

• Play Centers
• Shopping Centers
• Retail stores
• Airports
• Water Parks
• Restaurants
• Schools
• Amusement Parks
• FECs
• Cruise Lines and Ferries
• Bowling Centers
• Movie Theaters
• Fitness Centers
• Children's Ministries
• Roller Skating Centers
• Medical Offices and Hospitals
• Aquariums
• Museums

iPlayCO Group of Companies:

iPlayCO  ~  Play Mart International  ~  The Great Escape  ~  IREC  ~  Play Planet

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Courts Plus Community Fitness - New Indoor Playground by Iplayco

Parents will have another cure for cabin fever at their disposal Wednesday when the Fargo Park District opens its first indoor park with a towering playground structure at the newly expanded and renamed Courts Plus Community Fitness.

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/390350/



District officials hope the playground – the centerpiece of a roughly $4 million renovation and expansion of Courts Plus – will lead to healthier children and new members for the publicly owned facility, which has about 5,000 members.



Park board member Joe Deutsch began pushing for an indoor playground in the summer of 2010 to give children a place to play during cold weather. District officials decided pairing it with Courts Plus would allow the playground to stay open year-round and make Courts Plus more appealing.



The Junior League of Fargo-Moorhead, a women’s service club with charitable and educational goals, got involved in October 2011. The group had been looking to take on a large community project and, with many moms among its members, identified the need for an indoor playground.

“Fargo, as you know, gets very, very cold, and it’s hard to find places to bring your kids in the winter,” said Christina Snider, the league’s community vice president.

League members and park district officials toured more than a dozen indoor playgrounds – some multiple times – in the Twin Cities area and elsewhere, including the 37-foot-high Adventure Peak in Edina, Minn., and the Backyard at the Community and Cultural Center in Detroit Lakes, Minn.

With input from the league, the district expanded its playground plan and bought the equipment from International Play Co. of Langley, B.C. The structure is 52 feet long by 36 feet wide by 36 feet tall. Together with an adjacent parents’ lounge, pirate ship-themed toddler area and interactive room with exercise-based video games.

  Published February 16, 2013, 11:30 PM

More images to follow, their grand opening is February 20, 2013

CBS - Best of Minnesota - Indoor Play Area

CBS - Best of Minnesota - Indoor Play Area

EDINA, Minn. (WCCO) – When it comes to Minnesota’s best indoor play area, it was a very close vote, with Eagles Nest in New Brighton barely getting edged out by Edina’s Edinborough Park.

If you’re looking for a way to tucker out the kids over winter break, Edinborough Park is the place to be.

“A lot of times kids are just looking around at the different plants, the big ceilings and stuff, and then usually parents will be like ‘That’s where we’re going,’” said assistant manager Amanda Holle.

There’s a bouncy house, a giant open gym with all sorts of scooters and trikes to ride, in addition to basketball hoops lining the edges.

But the biggest attraction is Adventure Peak.

It’s a series of tubes, tunnels and slides, which doesn’t look all that different to a super-sized hamster cage.

Seth Finestack brings his three kids here almost every other week.

“It’s a great place for the winter time for the kids who have a lot of energy — and our kids do,” Finestack said.

International Play Company designed, manufactured and installed this large themed indoor play structure for Edina's Edinborough Park.

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/12/29/best-of-mn-indoor-play-area/