“Think of epidemics and viruses and zombies,” Young said about the Pandemic escape room. In Pandemic, players search a laboratory to find a cure for the Red Death that is dooming the world. In Crisis at 1600, players must beat the clock inside the White House to save the President - and America. In Asylum, players have an hour to unlock the secrets of a mad doctor’s horrifying deeds. Each room offers a unique puzzle-solving experience. Inside, Young and Gamble and their team of designers and special-effects experts have created four themed escape rooms. The downtown Gainesville escape room occupies more than 3,200 square feet in what was once part of the old Wise’s Drug Store and, more recently, Mars Pub & Arcade. “This franchise is on another level, from their customer service to the detail of their rooms to how they market all their stuff,” Young said. There are already America’s Escape Game locations in Orlando, Broward County, Tampa and Oxford, Miss. Young said that Gainesville’s America’s Escape Game is scheduled to open the week of May 22. He played center at UF for four seasons, including 2013-14 when the Gators’ basketball team finished a perfect 18-0 in the Southeastern Conference and reached the Final Four before falling to eventual national champion UConn. Young knows a thing or two about entertaining Gainesville audiences. The lobby of America’s Escape Game in downtown Gainesville will include a backdrop for group photos. 1 entertainment experience you can find in Gainesville,” said Patric Young, the former Gator basketball player who is opening Gainesville’s America’s Escape Game with business partner and good friend Corey Gamble. University Ave., next door to the Florida Theater. In two weeks, that craze will finally arrive in downtown Gainesville with the opening of America’s Escape Game at 239 W. That’s the idea behind escape rooms, one of the hottest entertainment/adventure trends sweeping the nation. Imagine being locked in a room with your closest friends and having exactly one hour to solve clues that could save the world from annihilation. Five local mural artists are adding to the experience.īusiness partners Patric Young, left, and Corey Gamble at the entrance of America’s Escape Game, 239 W. Patric Young, who led UF to the NCAA Final Four in 2014, is one of the partners bringing America’s Escape Game to a long-vacant space on West University Avenue.
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