Sixes: Opening in Leeds on 15 November

A new virtual gaming bar celebrating cricket hopes to bowl over customers when it launches in Leeds.

Sixes is an immersive hospitality experience that aims to create the world’s biggest cricket party. Situated in Headingley, just 300 meters from the iconic Yorkshire County Cricket Ground, this new venue welcomes cricket-lovers to participate in thrilling batting challenges, powered by world-class sports technology.

The variety of delicious pizzas, burgers, sharing platters, craft cocktails and beers, make it the perfect spot for families, friends, and anyone looking for a fun and social outing.

The new venue will be the brand’s 12th opening in the UK and its sixth opening in the last 12-months and will occupy the site previously home to Manahatta in the popular student suburb.

Set across two floors, Sixes will boast three nets where its world-class cricket games can be enjoyed. There are multiple game modes available at five skill levels that all test hand-eye skill, upper body reflexes, power and speed. Plus, there’s no experience necessary so anyone can test their batting skills against some of the world’s finest ‘virtual’ bowlers.

Alongside this, the fun continues with bar games, arcade machines, shuffleboards and live big screen action, showing all major events. The venue also offers private hire options – perfect for team building and corporate events.

The Sixes concept is the brainchild of friends Calum Mackinnon and Andy Waugh, who devised the concept in 2020 with a mission to create a place where customers could ‘play sport in a party bar’. With a successful background as restaurateurs, both agreed that the uniting nature of cricket, its British heritage and the thrill of the game made it the perfect partner for their new hospitality venture.

Calum Mackinnon: “We are extremely excited to be bringing the Sixes concept to Leeds. It’s a city that loves a good party but is also renowned for its love of cricket, which makes it the perfect fit for us.

Being located in the heart of Headingley, a place that is so synonymous with the sport, is the icing on the cake and we can’t wait to throw our doors open and welcome everyone.”

Sixes will open its doors on Friday November 15 and bookings are now open. To find out more or make a reservation visit here.

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