REAL ESTATE | Town of Barton to be residence to new gaming / occasion heart opening in November ’26

Town of Barton, Wi – What was as soon as residence to paintball battles and indoor golf might quickly be buzzing with a brand new technology of household enjoyable. Local entrepreneur Wesley Feest, proprietor of Game Over, The Antidote, and The Outbreak! in West Bend, WI, is partnering with property proprietor Lester Hahn on plans to remodel a sprawling 62,000-square-foot part of a warehouse advanced within the Town of Barton right into a year-round leisure and occasion vacation spot designed for all ages.

Standing contained in the cavernous constructing, Feest sees alternative in every single place.

“Basically, we have a massive warehouse here and we’re just trying to think about what we could all do with it, and there’s so many possibilities,” he stated.

The facility, positioned simply east of the Eisenbahn State Trail, and off Highway 45 and Sandy Ridge Road, will characteristic an indoor miniature golf course, arcade video games, inflatable sights, impediment programs, celebration rooms, meals service, a espresso store, restaurant area, and areas designed particularly for youngsters, teenagers and adults.

“I want to focus on mainly a place where you can bring your kids and hang out, have some coffee, let the kids go wild,” stated Feest. “We’ve got nothing but fun stuff from 100 years ago to present stuff.”

A customized indoor mini golf course is already being designed, and Feest stated sights will regularly rotate so households all the time have one thing new to expertise.

“We actually own 20 obstacle courses,” he stated. “We can swap them out so the kids never get bored. That’s the main goal.”

The constructing itself holds particular reminiscences for Feest.

 

The website most just lately housed HD Ramps, however years earlier it was often called Ke-West Sports Complex, a vacation spot that included indoor paintball, miniature golf and dwell leisure.

“When I was 18 years old, my band played right there,” stated Feest, standing on the second-floor balony overlooking a area of gaming machines.

Walking by means of the power many years later introduced again reminiscences. Visitors will discover basic arcade video games, classic collectibles and themed celebration rooms that includes historic gaming and leisure artifacts.

“You’re walking into nostalgia of the ’80s and ’90s, but you’re also walking into a museum,” he stated.

One room options unique slot machines from many years previous, whereas the arcade assortment will proceed evolving.

“The beauty of it is your arcade is going to change left and right,” stated Feest. “You’re never going to go there and be like, ‘Oh, it’s the same old boring games.’ We have 200 of them.”

Beyond gaming, Feest envisions a versatile venue able to internet hosting birthday events, weddings, group occasions and live shows.

“I really want to get into national act bands,” he stated. “If we want to have a big concert or a wedding or anything like that, everything can be cleared out, taken down and set up for another event.”

Outdoor actions are additionally being thought of, together with a stage, bag toss tournaments and gathering areas that join with the close by Eisenbahn Trail.

Food will play a significant function within the expertise as effectively.

Feest and Chef Nate from Game Over are creating new menu ideas aimed toward encouraging households to remain and luxuriate in meals collectively.

“We want to make it so the whole family wants to come here and have dinner,” he stated. “Make sure everybody’s got a good dinner and fun. That’s all we’re looking for.”

As a father of two younger daughters, ages 3 and 5, Feest stated a lot of the venture is impressed by the problem of discovering household leisure choices near residence.

“We take our kids to Milwaukee. We go to Fond du Lac for these bigger locations,” he stated. “None of these places have food at all.”

His imaginative and prescient is to create a vacation spot the place dad and mom can chill out whereas kids discover in a supervised setting.

“The parents can sit up here and see the whole park,” he stated. “There should be something for everybody.”

That philosophy extends throughout generations.

“From age 2 to 90, people are going to find something in here for them to be entertained,” stated Feest.

The venture, which is able to most likely be referred to as The Shed, stays within the planning and improvement phases, with a tentative opening in November 2026.

For Feest, the enterprise is about greater than enterprise. It’s about creating reminiscences for households, together with his personal.

“I have fantastic staff, a fantastic wife who takes care of everything for me and the children,” he stated. “I just want to make sure they have the best future ever. It’s all for them.”

If all goes in response to plan, a constructing that after sat largely quiet might quickly be stuffed with video games and the sounds of youngsters taking part in, households gathering and a group rediscovering a spot constructed round enjoyable.