New Columbia enterprise places company inside a recreation present – full with a bunch, buzzer and a wheel – The Submit and Courier

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The Sport Present Problem in Columbia’s Vista district lets contestants think about what it might be wish to compete on a TV recreation present. 
The Sport Present Problem within the Vista is a brand new enterprise enterprise from the couple behind Escape Plan Columbia. 
The Sport Present Problem is an interactive expertise for teams of six or extra. 
Josh and Patty Brickey, pictured, are behind Escape Plan Columbia and the newly opened Sport Present Problem within the Vista.
The Sport Present Problem in Columbia’s Vista district lets contestants think about what it might be wish to compete on a TV recreation present. 
The Game Show Challenge brings new stakes to nights out within the Vista.
The brand new enterprise, 823 Gervais St., is the brainchild of Josh and Patty Brickey, who welcome no less than six company/contestants for a variety of “recreation reveals” with a bunch, buzzer system, a wheel and prizes.
The Brickeys spent 9 years operating Escape Plan Columbia, which has gained nationwide consideration as one of many high 10 escape room experiences within the nation, however are embarking on a brand new enterprise enterprise: a manufacturing meant to emulate weeknight tv.
“I like escape rooms, however you play them just about as soon as and also you’re completed with it,” Josh Brickey mentioned. “My spouse and I had been brainstorming, and we’re saying ‘what’s one thing that may be enjoyable that you may replay that may create some distinctive reminiscence?’”
Josh and Patty Brickey, pictured, are behind Escape Plan Columbia and the newly opened Sport Present Problem within the Vista.
That’s how The Sport Present Problem began.
On the expertise, a minimal of six company play 4 or 5 recreation present challenges, Josh Brickey mentioned. The video games are authentic ideas, however just like common recreation reveals on TV.
Some video games embrace Spin To Win, the place contestants spin a seven-foot wheel, just like “Wheel of Fortune.” One other recreation resembles “Household Feud.”
Contestants can be quizzed on a recreation that harkens to “Jeopardy,” along with about 5 different video games Josh Brickey and his group have created.
Every reserving is exclusive to the group of company.
A bunch of adults on date evening received’t reply the identical survey questions as a bunch of kids at an eight-year-old birthday celebration, the co-owner defined.
“We are able to tailor all of these issues to them in order that manner we all know they’re going to have time,” Josh Brickey mentioned. 
The Sport Present Problem is an interactive expertise for teams of six or extra. 
Josh Brickey mentioned he all the time liked escape rooms, however he wished one thing new.
He and his spouse bought Escape Plan Columbia in 2024, however they have been pondering of latest enterprise concepts since 2019.
“I’m the one which likes to take leaps,” Josh Brickey mentioned of beginning Escape Plan Columbia in 2015. “She’s the one which reins me in in a great way.”
Josh Brickey is a pastor, and was earlier than Escape Plan, and Patty Brickey is a chiropractor.
Once they took the leap into immersive leisure companies, escape rooms had been already common nationwide. However an immersive recreation present expertise was a novelty.
“We seemed round to see if anyone else was doing it anyplace, and we solely discovered one brick-and-mortar place that simply began,” Josh Brickey mentioned. “Once we create a enterprise, we give you a purpose: we simply go all in, push all of the chips in and say ‘let’s do it.’”
The Brickeys looked for buyers, and even utilized to look on “Shark Tank,” however had been rejected in the course of the software section for not but having a bodily location.
Right this moment, they’ve buyers and have even survived the COVID-19 pandemic by placing on on-line productions.
The bodily location within the Vista is in a historic constructing with excessive ceilings.
The Sport Present Problem within the Vista is a brand new enterprise enterprise from the couple behind Escape Plan Columbia. 
Company can see logos designed by Josh Brickey, customized podiums, gentle manufacturing and buzzers, in addition to the props just like the 7-foot wheel and an enormous Plinko board.
There aren’t any drinks or meals on the location — no less than not but — however Josh Brickey mentioned company are welcome to carry their very own foods and drinks to their reserving.
“It’s a full manufacturing,” Josh Brickey mentioned. “With shifting lights … and we’re engaged on having prizes.”
Josh Brickey’s philosophy as an entrepreneur is easy: profitability (there’s already one other location in Greenville) and enjoyable. 
“I feel that a part of the magic is that (that is) a kind of few locations in our tradition we aren’t simply sitting there engaged with telephones,” he mentioned. 
“We had been really engaged with one another.”
The Brickeys plan to open two extra areas in Atlanta and Charlotte round February or March, with plans to open extra throughout the Southeast.
Pricing to e book at The Sport Present problem is $35.97, plus tax, per particular person. Bookings require no less than six individuals and a most of 14.
Bookings for teams are additionally potential with completely different costs. They’ve accommodated a bunch of over 100, Josh Brickey mentioned. Study extra at thegameshowchallenge.com
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