SKEEBALL LED LIGHTING TO INCREASE REVENUES
(Jason Franicevich, Laser Tag & Games)
Bright LED lighting with changing colors has been proven to attract players to games, just as it does to advertising signage. Jason has replaced the incandescent rope lighting with LED strips on his Skeeball Marquee and added LED lights to the Skeeball lanes. The results are impressive and Skeeball revenues have shown a significant increase, especially in this case when the lanes are flanked on both sides by Big Bass Wheel’s.
The cost of materials for the Marquee enhancement is only $50 and includes $15 for the LED light strips and $25 for the power supply. The cost/lane is also $50. The installation time for the Marquee is 30 minutes and could be slightly longer for each Skeeball lane as it is critical that the LED strips are well adhered.
For the outer ring of the Marquee, Jason used a 3528 cool white strip and for the inner ring, he recommends 5050 dream color or dream magic strips. The color strips have programmable light patterns and colors, roughly 100 patterns in total. Also a 12vdc power supply must be connected to the ac output of the Marquee’s power supply.
After removing the old rope light, stick the LED strips to the outer side of the channel. He recommends using an additional adhesive along with the adhesive tape on the strips such a silicone or hot glue. Then just connect power and test before reassembling.
