Planning a grand opening and looking for entertainment that will make the event stand out?
Boutique Party Hire provides arcade machine and interactive game hire for grand openings throughout London and across the UK.
Whether you’re opening a new store, restaurant, bar, hotel, office, leisure facility or entertainment venue, arcade games can create an interactive attraction for customers, guests, employees and VIPs.
Our grand opening game hire range can include:
From one attention-grabbing game to a complete branded arcade area, we can build the installation around your opening event.
A grand opening is your opportunity to introduce a new business or location to customers.
The event may include:
Customers
Employees
Clients
Local Businesses
Suppliers
Influencers
Media
VIP Guests
Sponsors
Business Partners
Arcade machines provide an activity guests can immediately interact with.
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For this page, use one of your more visually impressive installations.
Strong options include:
Several Arcade Machines Together
Branded Machines
Guests Playing Basketball
Racing Simulators
Reaction Games
Grabber Machines
Full Corporate Games Areas
If you have photographs featuring company branding, I’d use them heavily on this particular page because businesses organising openings may also be interested in customisation.
Grand opening entertainment needs to help create atmosphere without making the event difficult to manage.
Arcade games can operate continuously while guests move between:
Food
Drinks
Product Displays
Venue Tours
Music
Networking
Promotions
Giveaways
Other Entertainment
Guests simply play whenever they want.
Interactive games can help turn an opening into more than simply inviting people into the building.
You could create:
Basketball + Batak + Reaction Game.
Linked racing simulators.
Several classic-style arcade cabinets.
Branded game + grabber machine + leaderboard.
Larger openings can combine several concepts.
Opening a new business?
Temporary arcade hire can potentially provide entertainment during the opening event without requiring you to permanently purchase arcade equipment.
This can work for:
Hospitality Businesses
Retail Businesses
Corporate Offices
Entertainment Businesses
Leisure Facilities
Shopping Centres
Sports Facilities
Hotels
Restaurants
New businesses often organise launch events to generate attention around their first days of trading.
Arcade games can provide an additional reason for guests to interact with the event.
For suitable businesses, branded machines can also incorporate company graphics.
Retail openings can potentially use arcade machines alongside:
Product Launches
Special Offers
Giveaways
Influencer Activity
Customer Entertainment
Brand Activations
Opening-Day Promotions
Compact games can be particularly useful where retail floor space is limited.
Flagship openings are often larger, higher-profile events.
These may involve:
Press
Influencers
VIP Customers
Brand Partners
Employees
Media
Corporate Guests
A branded arcade experience can potentially form part of the wider launch.
Shopping centres and retail developments can have significant visitor numbers during opening events.
Arcade equipment can potentially be installed in suitable:
Event Areas
Atriums
Promotional Spaces
Food Court Areas
Entertainment Zones
The machine selection should be based on expected audience and available space.
Restaurants may hold invitation-only preview events or larger opening parties.
Arcade entertainment can potentially be positioned inside:
Bar Areas
Private Dining Rooms
Event Spaces
Reception Areas
Suitable Outdoor Covered Areas
The games should be positioned so they don’t interfere with restaurant service.
New bars can use arcade entertainment alongside:
DJs
Drinks
Food
Live Music
VIP Areas
Launch Promotions
Suitable games might include:
Basketball
Racing
Reaction Games
Retro Arcade
Air Hockey
Boxing Machines
A new hotel opening can involve a substantial launch event.
Arcade games can potentially be installed inside:
Ballrooms
Function Rooms
Hotel Bars
Conference Areas
Entertainment Rooms
Guest Social Spaces
For larger events, a complete arcade room can potentially be created.
Companies opening new offices or headquarters may host events for:
Employees
Clients
Investors
Suppliers
Partners
VIP Guests
Where access permits, arcade machines can be installed temporarily inside the workplace.
Large headquarters can offer substantial space for corporate entertainment.
Potential installation areas include:
Atriums
Breakout Spaces
Staff Cafés
Reception Areas
Event Rooms
Communal Areas
Lift and doorway access should be checked for larger machines.
Opening a venue where entertainment is already central to the business?
Arcade machines can complement:
Bowling
Darts
Shuffleboard
Mini Golf
Karaoke
Pool
Food & Drink
A temporary installation can add more variety during the launch.
Leisure and recreation facilities can potentially use sports and reaction games.
Suitable options might include:
Basketball
Football
Batak
Reaction Games
Boxing Machines
Racing
These can create a competitive entertainment zone.
Gyms and fitness facilities may be particularly interested in active competitive games.
Potential choices include:
Batak
Reaction Games
Basketball
Boxing Machines
These can complement fitness demonstrations and opening-day activities.
Sports facilities can potentially create a sports-themed arcade area.
For example:
Basketball + Football + Reaction + Batak
This can work alongside:
Facility Tours
Demonstrations
Food
Guest Activities
Sponsor Areas
Large sports and entertainment venues can potentially accommodate substantial interactive entertainment areas.
Games could be positioned within suitable:
Hospitality Areas
Fan Zones
Concourse Event Areas
VIP Areas
Launch Spaces
Large-scale installations require detailed logistical planning.
Suitable nightlife and social venues can use arcade equipment as part of an opening party.
Higher-energy machines such as:
Basketball
Boxing
Racing
Reaction Games
can work particularly well depending on the venue and audience.
Grand opening-style events aren’t limited to completely new businesses.
Arcade hire can also work for businesses reopening after:
Refurbishment
Expansion
Rebranding
Relocation
New Ownership
Major Renovation
Concept Changes
A reopening event can be treated as a new launch.
If a business has been closed for a substantial refurbishment, a grand reopening provides an opportunity to attract previous and new customers.
Interactive entertainment can help differentiate the reopening from an ordinary trading day.
Some businesses run their launch across an entire weekend rather than a single evening.
Arcade equipment may potentially be hired for:
Friday Launch
Saturday Opening
Sunday Activities
or the complete opening weekend.
Provide the full hire period when requesting a quote.
Arcade machines can also be used for daytime grand openings.
This can be particularly relevant for:
Retail Stores
Shopping Centres
Leisure Facilities
Sports Venues
Family Entertainment Businesses
Corporate Open Days
The machine selection should match the expected audience.
Hospitality and entertainment businesses may hold evening launch events.
Games can operate alongside:
DJs
Drinks
Food
Music
Networking
VIP Entertainment
Brand Activations
VIP opening events may benefit from a smaller selection of premium equipment.
For example:
Linked Racing Simulators
Branded Reaction Challenge
Premium Retro Arcade
Custom-Branded Game
One or two strong attractions can provide a focal point without overcrowding the venue.
Businesses inviting creators and influencers may want visually interesting interactive activities.
Arcade games provide opportunities for guests to:
Compete
Record Scores
Challenge Friends
Film Gameplay
Interact With Branding
Selected equipment can potentially incorporate campaign artwork.
Opening events involving press and media can potentially use branded arcade machines as part of the wider experience.
Games can create another visual feature inside the venue while providing entertainment for attendees.
If the opening is primarily aimed at attracting customers, easy-to-understand games are particularly useful.
Potential options include:
Basketball
Retro Arcade
Reaction Games
Football Games
Racing
Grabber Machines
Customers can participate without needing extensive instructions.
Basketball arcade games can create a strong visual attraction.
They can work particularly well at:
Sports Venues
Retail Openings
Entertainment Venues
Corporate Launches
Shopping Centre Events
Guests can compete for the highest score.
Linked racing simulators provide premium head-to-head entertainment.
They can be particularly effective for:
Automotive Businesses
Technology Companies
Entertainment Venues
Corporate Openings
VIP Events
A fastest-lap leaderboard can run throughout the launch.
Batak-style reaction games can provide quick, repeatable gameplay.
They are useful where significant numbers of guests need to participate.
They can also potentially incorporate branding.
Reaction games can create:
High-Score Challenges
Guest Competitions
Branded Activations
Sponsor Challenges
Customer Competitions
Their relatively compact footprint can make them useful for smaller launch spaces.
Retro arcade cabinets can provide entertainment without requiring the same floor space as some larger sports games.
They can work particularly well inside:
Bars
Restaurants
Retail Spaces
Offices
Hotels
Entertainment Venues
Several cabinets can create a small retro arcade area.
Air hockey provides simple two-player competition.
It can be incorporated into a larger games area alongside basketball, racing and retro arcade machines.
Adequate surrounding floor space should be allowed.
Boxing machines can provide high-energy entertainment for suitable businesses.
They may be particularly relevant for:
Gyms
Sports Bars
Entertainment Venues
Leisure Businesses
Nightlife Venues
The playing area should be carefully positioned.
Football games can work particularly well for:
Sports Bars
Football Facilities
Stadium Events
Sports Retailers
Leisure Venues
They can be combined with basketball and reaction games for a sports arcade area.
Grabber machines can potentially combine entertainment with promotional giveaways.
Depending on the machine and project, they could potentially contain:
Branded Merchandise
Promotional Products
Opening-Day Giveaways
Company Merchandise
Sponsor Products
This can make them particularly interesting for retail and brand openings.
A grand opening is one of the strongest opportunities for branded arcade hire.
Selected machines can potentially incorporate:
Company Logos
Venue Branding
Launch Artwork
Product Branding
Sponsor Logos
Campaign Graphics
This helps make the equipment part of the overall opening experience.
For larger events, several machines can potentially be given a coordinated visual identity.
For example:
Branded Basketball
Branded Racing
Branded Reaction Game
Branded Grabber Machine
Launch Leaderboard
This can create a complete interactive brand area.
A competition can run throughout the opening event.
Potential challenges include:
Fastest Racing Lap
Highest Basketball Score
Fastest Reaction Score
Highest Boxing Score
Guests can potentially return later to try to improve their score.
Smaller openings may only require one to three machines.
For example:
Basketball + Reaction Game
or:
Racing Simulators + Batak
or:
Retro Arcade + Grabber Machine
The equipment should complement the space rather than overcrowd it.
Large opening events can potentially use a substantial selection of equipment.
For example:
Racing Simulators
Basketball
Batak
Reaction Game
Air Hockey
Retro Arcade Machines
Football Game
Grabber Machine
Boxing Machine
This can create a complete interactive entertainment area.
1–3 feature games.
4–6 arcade and interactive games.
7–10+ games.
Selected equipment combined with suitable company, venue or campaign branding.
The package should be built around expected visitor numbers and available floor space.
We can discuss grand opening arcade hire throughout London, including:
Central London
City of London
Canary Wharf
Westminster
Mayfair
Soho
Shoreditch
Stratford
Greenwich
Docklands
London opening events require particularly careful planning around loading, parking and installation times.
Suitable grand opening bookings can be discussed throughout the UK, including:
London
Kent
Essex
Birmingham
Manchester
Leeds
Liverpool
Bristol
Cardiff
Nottingham
Leicester
Coventry
and other locations.
When requesting a quote, provide:
For new businesses, venue plans and access photographs can be particularly useful.
This page is specifically for temporary arcade machine hire for grand opening events.
However, if the new venue could benefit from keeping arcade machines after opening day, explore our Long-Term Arcade Machine Hire UK service.
Suitable high-footfall commercial venues can also explore our Arcade Machine Profit Share & Revenue Share service.
For temporary events, browse our wider Arcade Machine Hire London & UK range.
This is another useful crossover page because a business could hire the machines for its opening event and then enquire about keeping suitable machines long term.
Yes. Suitable retail, hospitality, corporate, leisure and entertainment openings can hire arcade and interactive games.
Potentially, yes. Provide the complete required hire period when enquiring.
Basketball, racing simulators, reaction games, Batak, retro arcade, football and grabber machines can all work well depending on the audience.
Selected equipment may offer branding options depending on the machine, requirements and available lead time.
Potentially, depending on the machine, items and project requirements.
Yes. Larger openings can potentially use multiple machines to create a dedicated branded entertainment area.
Potentially. Businesses interested in an extended installation can discuss long-term arcade machine hire separately.
Yes. Suitable grand opening bookings can be discussed throughout London.
Delivery and installation can form part of the hire service.
Suitable grand opening bookings can be discussed nationwide.
Whether you’re opening a store, restaurant, bar, hotel, office, shopping centre, gym, leisure facility or entertainment venue, arcade machines can create an interactive attraction for opening-day guests.
From one feature machine to a complete branded grand opening arcade, Boutique Party Hire can build a package around your new business and venue.
Browse our Arcade Machine Hire London & UK range.
Opening a venue where arcade machines could remain after the event? Explore Long-Term Arcade Machine Hire UK.
Send us your opening date, venue, postcode, expected guest numbers, required games and branding requirements for a quote.
