Hungry Perth VIPs got an early taste of supersized American venue Dave & Buster\u2019s on Friday as the global chain opened its doors for the very first time in Australian along Clarkson\u2019s Key Largo Drive.<\/p>\n
The expansive entertainment complex boasts more than 2000sqm and an 800-person capacity, with 400 guests attending the private launch party ahead of its official Saturday opening.<\/p>\n
High-profile guests included actor Lee Tiger Halley of Netflix\u2019s Boy Swallows Universe, as well as former My Kitchen Rules contestants Marko Savic & Danielle Oakman.<\/p>\n
They were joined by locals sports figures, businesses, and those who had worked tirelessly behind the scenes over the last two years to bring the venue to life.<\/p>\n
In keeping with the American chains\u2019 appeal to sports fans, the evening\u2019s entertainment featured Dave & Buster\u2019s cheerleaders, roller skaters, and Red Bull Dance battles.<\/p>\n
More than 75 arcade games were fired up and waiting to be test-driven by guests, while a selection of signature dishes were served throughout the night.<\/p>\n Food favourites at the venue include the Buster Burger, dating back to its Texas foundation in 1982, as well as nachos, fall-off-the-bone wings in the choice of eight toppings, and woodfired pizzas.<\/p>\n The precinct boasts a central 10-metre terrazzo bar which serves a mix of 13 local and imported beers, and 32 high score cocktails, plus mocktails.<\/p>\n Prior to launch, Dave & Buster\u2019s local business development manager Harry Fry said the community had embraced the larger-than-life development.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019re always some nerves when you\u2019re launching a new brand and concept into a market, but the Clarkson community has completely embraced it,\u201d Mr Fry told PerthNow.<\/p>\n Those who haven\u2019t yet laid eyes on the precinct are set to be shocked by the sheer size of it.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s going to blow the northern corridor away. But beyond the size, it\u2019s the energy from the moment you walk in \u2014 food, drinks, gaming, live sport all under one roof. It\u2019s genuinely fun from the second you arrive,\u201d Mr Fry added.<\/p>\n See full gallery from Dave & Busters\u2019 VIP launch below<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.perthnow.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hungry Perth VIPs got an early taste of supersized American venue Dave & Buster\u2019s on Friday as the global chain opened its doors for the very first time in Australian along Clarkson\u2019s Key Largo Drive. The expansive entertainment complex boasts more than 2000sqm and an 800-person capacity, with 400 guests attending the private launch party […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2423602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[22118,21818],"class_list":["post-2423601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-food","tag-lifestyle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dave-Busters-VIP-launch-American-mega-venue-welcomes-TV.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423603,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423601\/revisions\/2423603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2423602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"2026](\"https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22266242\/3b4ee9e7340c9fa938ca2f0f596014e4ec5d512d.jpg?imwidth=668&impolicy=pn_v3\")
Camera Icon2026 | SWM Socials – Dave and Buster\u2019s VIP launch at 61 Key Largo Drive Tenancy 11, Clarkson on May 15th, 2026. Photo – Lee Tiger Halley & Joel Halley. The West Australian.<\/span> Credit: Alan Chau\/<\/span>The West Australian<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"2026](\"https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22266242\/8002bdcb6677227b1ad247f0b67256799645df37.jpg?imwidth=668&impolicy=pn_v3\")
Camera Icon2026 | SWM Socials – Dave and Buster\u2019s VIP launch at 61 Key Largo Drive Tenancy 11, Clarkson on May 15th, 2026. Photo – Marko Savic & Danielle Oakman. The West Australian. <\/span> Credit: Alan Chau\/<\/span>The West Australian<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n