Out of Home Entertainment
Turn Idle Floor Space Into a New Revenue Stream — At Zero Cost to You.
General Vending partners with bowling centers, skating rinks, trampoline parks, movie theaters, attractions, and family fun centers across Florida to build, stock, and service game rooms guests actually want to play — without you fronting a dollar of capital or hiring a single technician.
Who this is for?
If your venue has floor space that isn’t pulling its weight — a dead corner by the front desk, a hallway on the way to the lanes, a lobby guests walk through but never stop in — that space can be earning. General Vending works with:
- Bowling alleys and family entertainment centers
- Skating rinks and trampoline parks
- Movie theaters
- Tourist attractions, mini golf, and water parks
- Small zoos and aquariums
- Go-kart tracks
- Truck stops
No two venues are the same size, and no two need the same setup. That’s why we run two different models — and we’ll tell you upfront which one fits.
Two Ways We Work
Two Models. One Goal — Games That Actually Perform.
Side Revenue Model
For venues adding games as a second income stream, not a main attraction.
Lower investment, lower complexity, straight revenue share. We place, stock, and service the equipment; you collect a check on a share of what it brings in. This is the right fit for a bowling alley with a small arcade corner, a theater lobby, or an attraction that wants games without taking on a second business.
- No equipment cost to you
- No staffing required on your end
- We handle service, restocking, and payouts
- Straightforward revenue share, paid on a regular schedule
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Anchor Attraction Model
For venues where the game room is (or should be) a destination in its own right.
Once a property has the scale to justify dedicated staffing, we build and run the full experience: redemption counter, prize wall, and party hosting — not just machines on a wall. This model is structured as percentage rent rather than a flat revenue share, because we’re operating a real business inside your business.
- Full game room design and buildout
- Redemption counter and prize wall, stocked and managed
- Party hosting support for birthdays and group events
- GV-employed, GV-trained staff on-site
Not sure which model fits your property? That’s exactly what the walkthrough is for.
Where Most Conversations Start
1. Replacing a bad incumbent operator. If your current vendor has dumped a handful of machines and disappeared, if half the games are broken more often than they’re running, or if you’ve had a quiet suspicion your revenue reports don’t quite match what you’re seeing on the floor — that’s the most common reason venues call us. We’ll do an honest audit of what’s in your building today and tell you straight whether it’s worth saving or replacing.
2. Greenfield space. Some venues have never had games, or tried it once with the wrong operator and swore off the category entirely. If that’s you, we’ll walk the space with you, show you what comparable venues in your category are earning, and build a plan around your actual foot traffic — not a generic package.
Either way, the first conversation costs you nothing and commits you to nothing.
Why Cashless Changes the Math
Cashless Systems Mean Fewer Breakdowns, Faster Fixes, Happier Guests
We run modern cashless card systems (Semnox, Intercard) across our game rooms, and the difference shows up in service data, not just guest experience.
Historically, 90–95% of all service calls trace back to two points of failure: bill and coin acceptors, and ticket counters. Cash jams, coin mechanisms fail, tickets run out or tear mid-print — and every one of those becomes a call, a technician visit, and a guest standing at a dead machine.
Cashless systems remove almost all of that friction. With card-based play and digital redemption, service calls drop to roughly 5% of what they used to be. Just as important, our systems support remote monitoring, so we often catch and dispatch a fix before a guest ever notices something’s wrong.
For you, that means:
- Machines that are actually playable when guests want to play them
- Far fewer “sorry, that one’s broken” moments
- A game room that runs itself day to day, instead of generating a stream of maintenance tickets
Truck Stops Have Downtime Built Into the Job. We Help You Capture It.
Truck stops are a different kind of venue for us, but the math works the same way. Federal hours-of-service rules require drivers to take 8–10 hours of downtime on a regular basis — real, mandated dwell time, at a location they didn’t get to pick. During that window, drivers are showering, eating, sleeping, and looking for something to do in between.
Florida doesn’t allow gaming payouts, so this isn’t about payout-style machines. Standard amusement — the kind of games and entertainment already common in FECs and arcades — performs well in this setting regardless, because the audience has both time and money to spend, and genuinely limited alternatives.
If you operate a truck stop and have floor space that’s currently just floor space, this is worth a conversation.
See What Comparable Venues in Your Category Are Earning
Every venue is different, but the venues in your category aren’t a mystery to us — we already know roughly what a well-run game room should be producing for a property your size. Let us walk your space, tell you where you stand, and show you the number.
No cost. No obligation. Just an honest look at what your floor space could be doing for you.