NEW ENTERTAINMENT

from Simply Bowie October Issue

by Simply Magazines

HEALTHY LIVING

Best Party From The Beltway To The Bay

PartyHQ at the Bowie Town Center is the newest and the best family entertainment center around

Article By Alyson Turner Photography By John Wardell

Bowie is an amazing place to live with gorgeous neighborhoods, and close to all the amenities you could ever need; entertainment, dining, shopping, and more. You may be thinking, how can it get any better than this? Well, things are about to get a whole lot more fun! PartyHQ at the Bowie Town Center is planning a soft opening for early October and hosting its Grand Opening Celebration for Halloween on October 31.

Party HQ is a full-service, 2 level, 24,000 square foot, family-entertainment center that is a combination of all your favorite activities. Inside there is a 10- lane boutique bowling alley, a Washington DC Battle-Themed State-of-the-art laser tag arena, tons of arcade games, and the newest in virtual reality technology in a game called Hologate. There is also a delicious, full-service restaurant and bar inside called The Parent Trap Bar & Grill. All of your funding can be loaded onto a play card including arcade games, bowling, food and drinks. As long as there is money on the card it can be used inside. This is a great feature for parents who want to ensure their kids have money for games and lunch all on one card.

Owners Rodney Chambers and Ron Covington, said decided there is a need for this venue in the area. “We also own a successful government contracting firm, Advance Employee Intelligence. We are always going to different places with our kids like Dave & Busters, and Main Event. I saw a good way to open up our own family entertainment center that had everything in one location. We created a business plan, secured funding, created a tagline and made it happen,” Rodney tells us, “I named my kids junior owners and they are very proud. Our Junior Owners are Charles (11), Carlos (9) & Camar (8). We are teaching them entrepreneurship at an early age. This is our first location at Bowie Town Center, but we hope to open franchises of PartyHQ around the state.”

The restaurant, bowling alley, laser tag and part of the arcade are on the first floor. On the newly created second floor is

additional arcade games and management offices. Ron says, “Hologate is the newest virtual technology out right now. There are only two of these in the State of Maryland. There are 7 different games on it, something for the whole family including a snowball game, cooking game, zombie game, and more.”

Make sure you come to PartyHQ hungry. Rodney tells us, “The Parent Trap Bar & Grill” is a full-service restaurant and bar—

American fare type food, wings, pizza, pasta, and steaks. We have a lot of great appetizers as well. We are also going to make our own hot fresh donuts. When you load up your play card you can use that for food, drinks, and games.”

Along with open play, PartyHQ will be available for birthday parties, bachelor/bachelorette parties, graduations, and any other type of celebration that you can imagine. For safety precautions during the COVID-era, guests will be required to wear facemasks and there will be a limited occupancy. “We have a normal occupancy of 900 guests, but during this time we will be limiting patrons to 150 at a time, and patrons can make reservations online at www. gopartyhq.com for any activities they want to do at PartyHQ,” Rodney says.

“I love the Bowie community. Bowie is going to be the best place to be the birthplace and home of PartyHQ. The Bowie community has been great with support, along with the Bowie Chamber of Commerce, Bowie Town Center, the Mayor and City Council. Everyone has been amazing. PartyHQ has good family fun during a time when many people are not traveling outside of their communities,” Rodney says, “You can do several different things under one roof; eat, drink and play and I think this is a good opportunity because [until now] Bowie didn’t have an entertainment center like this. We hope to provide world class customer service and an amazing experience for people of all ages.”