The on again, off again plans for an indoor entertainment venue at the site of Williamsburg’s Yankee Candle store are back on.
Williamsburg city council voted Thursday to approve a special use permit for Slick City Action Park to establish an indoor family entertainment venue featuring water-less indoor slides, arcades, climbing courses and air courses.
Yankee Candle closed in April 2021, and Richmond-based entertainment company Uptown Alley bought the building with plans to turn it into a multi-level entertainment center with a bowling alley, arcade and restaurant. But the cost of renovating the 65,000 square foot building proved too high, according to news reports, and the company pulled out.
Slick City is a franchise that was founded in 2022. It has 16 open locations and 40 under construction, according to its website.
Williamsburg City Council approved $600,000 in tax rebates for Uptown Alley’s original plans. No ment…