Timeline Arcade’s expansion to York won’t affect Hanover location, business experts say
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Brandon Spencer, owner of Timeline Arcade, signed a lease for a location in York at the current Police Heritage Museum on 54 W. Market St.
(Hanover) — The expansion of Hanover-based Timeline Arcade to York will not affect its Carlisle Street location, members of the Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce and York County Economic Alliance said.
The two areas of York County represent two distinct markets and both areas draw in people from different locations, said Darrell Auterson, president and CEO of York County Economic Alliance.
For example, Hanover has a sustainable footprint and draws in people from Adams County and Northern Maryland, Auterson said.
“Hanover seems to be a successful, self-contained environment and my gut sense is people from Hanover won’t travel to York or from York to Hanover for Timeline Arcade,” he said.
Brandon Spencer, owner of Timeline Arcade, signed the lease for a location in York at the current Police Heritage Museum on 54 W. Market St., and will be opening his new arcade in spring 2016, Dylan Bauer, Royal Square’s vice president of real estate development said last week.
Spencer is excited, but nervous about the expansion, he said June 29. The York location could be better than Hanover’s because York is a little more revitalized, he said.
However, the gaming business appears to be a significant niche market with a strong presence of patrons in Hanover and hopefully a similar patronage in the York area, Auterson said.
“My hope and expectation is the York location will have little or no impact on what Brandon is doing in Hanover,” he said.
Katy King, marketing and public relations director of the Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce, said she thinks the expansion is very exciting for Timeline Arcade.
“It’s an awesome thing for Brandon how he is so successful in Hanover that he can open another business in York,” she said.
King couldn’t recall any other business expansions from Hanover to York or from York to Hanover, she said. However, there have been businesses that have opened a location in Hanover after starting in Gettysburg.
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