Archer’s Den goals for enjoyable in Fairfield – The Vacaville Reporter

With “Avengers: Doomsday” set to launch in December, Solano County residents can channel their internal Hawkeye on the Archer’s Den, a brand-new enterprise in downtown Fairfield.

The Archer’s Den, situated at 735 Texas St., is an indoor archery enviornment providing archery tag and goal capturing utilizing recurve bows and foam-tipped arrows, making it the proper venue for leisure enjoyable, birthday events or team-building occasions.

“One of my main things was to bring something new and different to the area for people to do, not only for kids, but for adults as well,” stated EJ Valentine, proprietor of Archer’s Den.

Valentine is an Air Force veteran who dreamed of opening a enterprise since he was 19 years outdated. He stated reducing the ribbon Thursday and celebrating the grand opening along with his son, William, and daughter, Leiana, made the second particularly significant.

“I’ve always done things to not just benefit myself, but also my kids and my family,” Valentine stated. “I just want to make my family proud.”

Valentine stated his childhood experiences impressed him to convey the Archer’s Den to life.

“I always liked doing things outdoors. I grew up in camp doing archery, playing paintball, so I just wanted to bring something recreational to the city,” Valentine stated. “This is what I came up with. It’s kind of a combination between archery, paintball, and dodgeball.”

That mixture is what separates the Archer’s Den from a typical archery vary.

In addition to focus on capturing, the sector affords actions such because the aforementioned archery tag, a dodgeball-style crew sport, and a scoring goal, which awards factors like bowling. Valentine additionally plans so as to add an archery simulator.

“We use a foam-tipped arrow, one for safety, and two because we’re indoors,” Valentine stated. “In archery tag, it’s the same rules as dodgeball. Each team is on opposite sides, you run up, get your arrows, and then you start firing at each other.”

Archery tag and goal capturing can be found for ages 10 and older, whereas Nerf wars can be found for youngsters ages 5 to 10.

“I’m very excited to be in this spot,” Valentine stated. “I look forward to all the great things to come.”