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Slingshot game club closes in Scott's Addition - Richmond BizSense

By Mike Platania

Slingshot game club closes in Scott's Addition - Richmond BizSense

Slingshot has not been open during its posted hours in recent days. (Mike Platania photo)

Another Scott's Addition "eatertainment" venue has closed, though it looks like its space won't sit vacant long.

Slingshot Social Game Club has ceased operations at 1304 MacTavish Ave.

With duckpin bowling, bocce ball and skee-ball, Slingshot was one of a handful of gaming and hospitality venues in the neighborhood. It opened in 2019 as a spinoff of Robert Lupica's Circuit Arcade Bar, a bar on Leigh Street in the neighborhood that closed last fall.

Lupica couldn't be reached for comment last week regarding Slingshot's closure. It's unclear when exactly it closed. The venue hasn't been open during its regularly posted hours in recent days and construction paper lines its windows.

City records show that Slingshot's space is already being eyed by a mystery group.

Last week a building permit was filed for a tenant change at the space, describing the scope of work as a "light renovating of (sic) existing restaurant space for new restaurant use."

A Virginia ABC license was also filed earlier this month for Slingshot's space for "Scotty's." The entity that filed for the license is represented by attorney Michael Lafayette of Lafayette, Ayers & Whitlock, however it's unclear who exactly is behind the new venture.

Slingshot's building was bought by North Carolina development firm Hem + Spire as part of a larger, $11 million deal in 2021. Hem + Spire's founding Principal Maxwell Joseph wasn't available for comment by press time.

Slingshot is the third entertainment concept to shutter in Scott's Addition in the past year, following The Circuit and shuffleboard bar Tang & Biscuit. The Circuit's space has been reborn as sports bar and card shop Parlay Bar & Lounge, while Tang & Biscuit's old space is set to be demolished for a sizable mixed-use development.

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