businessSPOTLIGHT: Carlisle Sports Emporium
What services or products does your business offer?
We are a family entertainment complex offering a variety of attractions for all ages. Attractions at the Carlisle Sports Emporium include go-karts, the largest arcade in central PA, 4-player HOLOGATE Virtual Reality, LASERTRON Laser Tag, Miniature Golf, Roller Skating, and Batting Cages. We offer team-building events, party options, wedding packages, corporate outings, bachelor and bachelorette party options, and more! The Carlisle Sports Emporium is a key asset to the community and offers a unique venue for any event!
How does your business separate itself from your competition?
Carlisle Sports Emporium is a destination location. Our family entertainment center offers a multitude of attraction options and event spaces in one location. We deliver cutting-edge entertainment options while giving 110% to our client’s experience, whether it be a corporate function, a team building event, or a sales meeting. We are “The Place to Play,” where your staff will always vote to come back. We have also developed a dynamic digital media presence creating a stronger regional outreach radius. Due to the state-of-the-art attractions, our demographic circumference has grown.
How do you see your business growing in the future?
We are anticipating significant growth over the next years. We are bringing on board a new fleet of go-karts for our intensely challenging adult cloverleaf track, a true race track. We have meticulously designed, renovated, and repurposed our new events venue, The Barn at Creek’s Bend, offering a “meet, work, & play” concept, in response to our client’s needs. Due to the demand of our customers, the growth that has occurred over the last 2 years includes but is not limited to, the Brand-New LED LASERTRON Laser Tag, our outdoor quarter-mile Grand Prix Track that has been newly designed for an improved racing experience, and a new fleet of F-22 Go-karts which are featured on this track. Other additions include a brand-new fleet of Screaming Eagle Go-karts introduced on our Super Slick Track, a brand-new fleet of Talon Rookie Go-karts, and our arcade has expanded to over 120 arcade games, featuring a 4-player HOLOGATE Virtual Reality.
How does your business get involved in the community?
We are active with five chambers of commerce, 11 visitor bureaus, CAEDC Alliance, Meetings Professional International, the Pennsylvania Bus Association, and the American Bus Association. We also participate in and host many community events throughout the year. Additionally, we donate thousands of dollars in goods and services every month to local and national charities and organizations.
How long has your business been a member of the Chamber?
The Carlisle Sports Emporium has been a member for about 3 ½ years since we rejoined.
How has Chamber membership been beneficial to your business?
Becoming Chamber members has given us an even greater awareness of our community and the part we serve in it. It has also helped us establish new relationships, as well as strengthen existing relationships with other businesses and the public in general.
Carlisle Sports Emporium is Central Pennsylvania’s year-round indoor and outdoor interactive entertainment complex. Known as “The Place to Play,” we are the perfect destination for all ages and every occasion. Our interactive fun features include indoor and outdoor go-kart tracks, two 18-hole miniature golf courses, a 7500 sq. ft. 2-tier Deluxe LED LASERTRON laser tag arena, brand new 4-player HOLOGATE VR, batting cages, roller skating, Victory Lane Café, and the area’s largest arcade! We provide multiple venues for hosting business meetings or events soon to include The Barn at Creek’s Bend. Due to this broad array of exciting activities and many meeting spaces, we specialize in parties, track rentals, and group outings of any size. For more information please visit: www.carlislesportsemporium.com, or call or email: The Sales Team at the Carlisle Sports Emporium at sales@carlislesportsemporium.com or (717) 258-4741.