{"id":7252,"date":"2023-09-12T12:14:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T12:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newbingosites.co\/?p=7252"},"modified":"2023-09-12T12:14:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T12:14:47","slug":"is-mecca-bingo-in-camden-going-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newbingosites.co\/is-mecca-bingo-in-camden-going-to-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Mecca Bingo in Camden Going to Close?"},"content":{"rendered":"
When a company says they are ‘considering options’, you can be fairly sure they have already made their minds up.<\/p>\n
That’s more or less what The Rank Group, who own the Mecca Bingo brand, have said about their historic bingo club on Arlington Road in Camden, and now, regular customers are extremely concerned.<\/p>\n
It’s no secret that the cost of living crises is making people pull their purse strings tighter, and especially in London where living is more expensive in general anyway.<\/p>\n
Bingo halls around the country suffered terribly during covid, and footfall hasn’t picked up in the way it was hoped at many halls, making the recovery very slow, if recovery is happening at all.<\/p>\n
For Mecca in Camden, the clock may have already ticked on too far.<\/p>\n
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On Friday 8th of September, a spokesperson from the Rank Group confirmed that the future of Mecca Bingo in Camden is in question.<\/p>\n
As this news filtered down to staff, and then to customers, it was met with total shock.<\/p>\n
The site has been a bingo hall for over 60 years, and in North London where so many other bingo halls have already shut down, it’s a beacon of joy for players who would otherwise be too far away from a hall to play.<\/p>\n