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Super Arcade denied permit by the city council of Azusa by 3-1 vote
- Thread starter Tripon
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cause the landlord increased the rent after Watson renovated the lot
Fucking Walnut would do that. I mean housing prices going through the roof has been good for homeowners but it must suck for businesses.
God dammit, Super Arcade has been with the city for over a decade as well. Don't want to see it go
heh
StarCreator
Member
Gootecks wrote an open letter to the city about the issue, including direct contact information to the council members.
call_kotaku
Member
The whole thing was just them trying to imply "black people", more or less
It wasn't about actual substantiated facts or statistics. Probably a lot more of this to come during Presidential primaries
Watching that meeting was astounding. Three of the council members were bound determined, from the start, to turn down Watson. Only one guy actually tried to understand them and he tried to convince the other council members but to no avail. It made me really frustrated seeing that -- the fact they didn't even do any recent research about arcades is what's truly baffling, though.
ZeroTheShadow
Member
Arcades are bad, you shouldn't go to arcades Mmmkay.
entremet
Member
Yeah, that why you don't renovate shit you rent.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Concern trolling irl
Quadraphonic
Member
That doesn't sound too far fetched.
Maybe Pomona might be a better choice because of the college scene there? Seems to be alot more nightlife in that neck of the woods also.
Probably figured this would be more a formality or something? I wouldn't think a city council would reject something like an arcade, not before seriously thinking about it anyway and remembering they can be that daft.
Seven4sses
Member
Wish they could come to Long Beach instead. I heard that we're more business friendly than other cities in SoCal.
Dental Plan
Member
Anyone know what I can do to help? I live around that area and would love the arcade to open up.
ZeroTheShadow
Member
Go to the next hearing and represent. I believe it's on the 15th of July. Right now there is only one person from Azusa that said they liked the idea of an arcade. You just YOU can make a huge difference if you show up and your a from Azusa. Come with a well articulated argument as to why this arcade would be good for the community and you good sir could help save Super Arcade.
shaowebb
Member
Come to WV. Fourhorseman comic shop is already a hit in the Morgantown area for Smashers and various games. Got a ton of folks in there after the mall closes and no one complains. Be nice if an arcade would buy their way into the same mall. Pretty decent area with inexpensive hotels. Not really any sort of night life out here to worry about getting out of hand.
*plugging hard*
*plugging hard*
Man, you can't let those Fighting Game thugs into your town. Next thing you know, everyone's throwing Hadokens through your grocery store and your quiet park is full of people "getting hyped" as the kids say it. I have no idea what that means, but I'm pretty sure it's about the drugs. No sir, those folks are Trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with P as in what will be running down the side of your business wall!
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Fuck yeah, Scrabble night
Bob Coffee
Member
Scrabble for EVO 2k15.
inanutshell
Member
To be fair, it's not uncommon for commentators to gleefully yell that a player just got peed on.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Rent would probably be way too high.
This is a damn shame. I live on the other side of the country, but just listening to the arguments put out by these ancient women are so cliche old fogey talk from a comedy movie, it's a little depressing.
I'm listening to it here, not the twitch stream
http://azusa.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=679
"what if children go to this arcade after school?"
somebody think of the children
I'm listening to it here, not the twitch stream
http://azusa.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=679
"what if children go to this arcade after school?"
somebody think of the children
Leafhopper
Banned
That's what i thought coming into this thread.
This is all pretty sad though and really stupid with some of those reasons.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
That's gotta suck. I live in the area, and while I'm not particularly familiar with Azusa, what I am familiar with is pretty trashy.
m_shortpants
Member
What if they just hang out doing nothing with no accountability.
Their attitudes led me to believe they'd rather have an empty lot than the arcade.
Good stuff. People were tweeting and emailing like crazy.
No love for twinklestar sprites 😪
This was my thought, I probably should've voiced that better.
Giving youngins a safe place to be and something to do where the parents can rest easy that they're not getting in trouble or doing drugs seems like a good thing to me. A bored kid is a kid that gets into trouble, at least it was that way for me.
Holy Order Sol
Member
I don't really want them to know they were watched if that means they get to read twitch chat lol
Im shocked this was even said. Like, how do you respond to that.
"We dont want arcade game players here. Too much piss"...
...like wut?
"We have to protect the children from getting bodied."
StarCreator
Member
Gonna pay somehow...
StarCreator
Member
Watson made a blog post earlier this week. He didn't seem to elaborate on what happened at the meeting this week, but there is more insight from him about what happened at the public hearing.
He also did say on Twitter that social media was having an effect, but would not say if that was a good or bad thing.
He also did say on Twitter that social media was having an effect, but would not say if that was a good or bad thing.