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Headquarters
  
Paris, France

Website
  
www.meltdown.bar

Meltdown (bar chain)

Founded
  
May 1, 2012 (2012-05-01)

Founders
  
Sophia Metz Manolack Sana Nikone Yann-Cédric Mainguy

Services
  
Barcraft, Bar, Themed parties, Event management

Meltdown is a French bar chain dedicated to video games and eSports.

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History

Based on the idea of a permanent Barcraft, the first bar Meltdown was established in 2012 in Paris in a small bistro on rue Albert-Thomas. It streamed eSports competitions and had computers and consoles available for use by its clientele. The bar moved to a new location on Passage Thiéré, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris on December 21, 2013.

Meltdown is developing in France and abroad with a franchise platform. There are 20 bars in 7 countries.

Model

Meltdown has a menu of cocktails inspired by the video game universe.

A schedule, varying depending on the city, highlights one specific game each day of the week, with the organisation of a free access tournament. Outside of tournament hours, computers and consoles are available for customers to play games.

Meltdown bars broadcast major eSports competitions on their screens. Meltdown has had a presence at gaming conventions such as Paris Games Week and Dreamhack.

Professional Players

A team of professional players was created by Meltdown in 2014. The first player to wear its colors was Olivier “Louffy” Hay, followed by Ilyes “Stephano” Satouri. The player Florent “Neo” Lecoanet, a world champion of Super Mario Kart, has since joined the team.

Expansion

The creation of the Meltdown franchise was announced in March 2013. The bars currently open are:

  • France:
  • Paris (opened on May 1, 2012 - new location as of December 21, 2013
  • Montpellier (opened on July 12, 2014)
  • Lille (opened on September 4, 2014)
  • Aix-en-Provence (opened on October 18, 2014)
  • Bordeaux (opened on December 13, 2014)
  • Strasbourg (opened on January 10, 2015)
  • Toulouse (opened on March 21, 2015)
  • Grenoble (open on April 11, 2015)
  • Nice (opened on November 7, 2015)
  • Clermont-Ferrand (opened on January 16, 2016)
  • Tours (opened on April 16, 2016)
  • Lyon (opened on April 30, 2016)
  • Reims (opened on June 11, 2016)
  • Other countries:
  • Berlin (Germany, opened on February 16, 2013)
  • London (United Kingdom, opened on June 1, 2013)
  • Valencia (Spain, opened on May 29, 2015)
  • Cologne (Germany, opened on January 30, 2016)
  • Brussels (Belgium, opened on May 7, 2016)
  • Budapest (Hungary, opened on April 26, 2016)
  • Montreal (Canada, opened on July 30, 2016)
  • Toronto (Canada, opened in November 2016)

    • References

    Meltdown (bar chain) Wikipedia
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