Construction on Legends Entertainment in Legacy Pointe is underway, and the five local vendors for the food court have been finalized.
In June, SBJ broke the news about the planned entertainment complex, which will include an indoor/outdoor food court, a 12-lane bowling alley and an 8,000-square-foot arcade with around 100 games for kids, plus adult video gaming.
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Entertainment complex with food court under construction in Legacy Pointe
Taco Gringo, Sapori Pizzeria & Italian Market, Wellthy Juice Co., The Vanilla Bean and Sliders will be the food court tenants. All of the vendors have an existing restaurant except Sliders, although the owner and operator are familiar names in the Springfield food scene.
“Will Hoecker and Omar Romero are the same folks that have done Brickhouse, Cousin Eddie’s and Papo’s Café,” said Ben Call, a broker with The Real Estate Group and one of the managers for Legends Entertainment, LLC, along with Bill Marriott Jr. and Blake Gebhardt. He said Sliders will offer similar types of classic American fare.
Call said the goal was to have a wide variety of dining options for families, but noted the food court won’t necessarily replicate what already exists.
“I don’t know if any of these restaurants are going to have the exact same menu that they do in their other place; they’re tailoring it to this location,” he said.
Legends Entertainment will also have three different bars. In addition to a large, main bar for the dining area, Call said there will be a separate bar to service the bowling alley and another one at the south end of the building for the outdoor patio.
While the goal was originally to open at the same time as Scheels Sports Park, Call said the unseasonably cold temperatures and heavy snow so far this winter has delayed progress.
“Construction is not going exactly as we had hoped. When they can’t work the steel with these cold temperatures, everything slows down,” he said. “Based on what we know right now, we’re looking at June.”
Even after the building is complete, Call said it will take some time to install and test all of the equipment and allow the tenants time to coordinate operations for their kitchens.
“A project of this size, we need to make sure we’re prepared,” he said. “You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression. It’s just going to take a little longer than we would have liked.”