Bunker 51 in administration and closed

[Colin Allen]

I don't know if this has been flagged up before, but Bunker 51 in Charlton went into administration on 1st December and is now closed.

[Tackle]

1 hour ago, Colin Allen said:

I don't know if this has been flagged up before, but Bunker 51 in Charlton went into administration on 1st December and is now closed.

Wasn't it run by wolf armouries ?, who I heard were selling the shop too ?

[Colin Allen]

4 minutes ago, Tackle said:

Wasn't it run by wolf armouries ?, who I heard were selling the shop too ?

No, they used to use it, but it was owned by a different company.

[Tackle]

Never played there myself, while I heard it was far from perfect, it's a shame as there isnt anything else in London to the best of my knowledge. 

When I think about the amount of places in my youth in London that would have made great sites, bloody shame how things have changed.

[Colin Allen]

8 minutes ago, Tackle said:

Never played there myself, while I heard it was far from perfect, it's a shame as there isnt anything else in London to the best of my knowledge. 

When I think about the amount of places in my youth in London that would have made great sites, bloody shame how things have changed.

I played there three times when I was getting my first UKARA registration many years ago.  My eldest son worked there for a while a few years ago; he had some utter horror stories about the place.

[Anonymoose]

8 minutes ago, Colin Allen said:

 My eldest son worked there for a while a few years ago; he had some utter horror stories about the place.

 

Do tell..

[Colin Allen]

14 minutes ago, Anonymoose said:

 

Do tell..

I will ask have to ask him if he is happy for me to go into details, but some of his key concerns were about a somewhat cavalier attitude to safety and mains wiring issues that he described as turning the place into a potential death trap; he now sometimes works on high power systems in major venues so knows what he is talking about.

[Cannonfodder]

Well that's a shame. I know alot of people like to crap on the place but tbh I never had any problems there (possibly because I went to midweek games). 

 

Thinking about it I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did, the rent alone must be bloody high considering the location 

[Rogerborg]

2 hours ago, Cannonfodder said:

Thinking about it I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did, the rent alone must be bloody high considering the location 

 

The old Depot warehouse site was run via a "community sports charity" so avoided rates that way. Rent would have been at tenants-of-last-resort levels, which is the problem with airsoft sites - they'll always be kicked off site the instant a more lucrative use can be found, and then you can kiss goodbye to anything you've spent on build works.   

[Cannonfodder]

That's certainly one way to lower costs but I'm not sure Bunker 51 could've done that as they also ran paintball laser tag and escape rooms.

 

From looking on companies house it appears that of all the related companies Bunker 51 is the only one going into administration so hopefully they're going to find a new site