Battleground is a virtual reality park in Redondo Beach, California, that can be closed to the public for a private corporate event of up to 150 guests. The venue covers 6,500 square feet and combines VR attractions, arcade games, a DJ area and a lounge. Teams use it for team building, company outings and product presentations.
Seminars and company events
The official corporate page lists four uses: team building, team bonding, company outings and product presentations. The format is active rather than seated. Colleagues play together, split into groups or compete, in games where they must escape, survive or complete a mission as a team. The venue is not a conference room, so it suits the social half of an offsite better than a plenary session. A 160-inch projector screen and 32 TVs are listed among the equipment, which allows a short presentation or a results screen during the event.
Weddings and receptions
The site presents private events for companies, children's birthdays and adult parties. Weddings are not offered.
Rooms and capacities
The whole park is one open venue of 6,500 square feet. The site states a maximum of 150 guests, 52 seats in total, and a count of 5 tables, 26 sofas and 30 chairs. The sound system is rated at 3.6 kW. Private events can be booked for 2, 3 or 4 hours, or for a whole day. In a private event the park is fully closed to other visitors for the chosen period.
The attractions available to a group are:
- Arcade VR with more than 80 games, single player and multiplayer.
- A free-roam VR arena without cables, with 8 original multiplayer games.
- Rollercoaster VR on 2 motion platforms, with 15 rides.
- Car racing simulators.
- An Xbox area on TV screens.
- About 20 classic multiplayer arcade units.
- Karaoke and virtual dancing, with a DJ hook-up or your own streamed playlist.
- VR laser tag, VR escape rooms and VR art.
Multiplayer games run for up to 8 people at once, so a large group rotates between stations.
Catering
The site says the team can organise catering and music, and that groups may also bring their own food and their own DJ. A DJ area is built into the space. Confirm in advance what outside food and alcohol are allowed, since the page does not detail house rules.
Getting there
Google Maps places the venue at 1815 Hawthorne Boulevard, Redondo Beach, CA 90278, in the South Bay, south-west of Los Angeles. The site calls the venue Battleground LA. The official booking form asks for the date, start and end times, the type of event, the package and the number of participants, children and adults included.
Planning a team event
For a group of up to 150, book a private package and fix the schedule in blocks: a welcome and briefing, a rotation through the VR stations, a competition between teams, then food and music. Smaller groups can choose a 2-hour private package. Ask the team how long each station takes so that every guest reaches every attraction, and whether the park can be set up for a short talk before play begins.
