2011年6月,在一场梦幻般的乒乓球比赛中,活动组织者丹·库珀(Dan Kuper)与他人联合创办了Ping Tron。Ping Tron是指选手们在一间只有紫外线照明的黑屋子里打球,他们使用的球拍和乒乓球能在黑暗中发光。
“It helps break barriers between strangers, he says. “Club promoters are seeing the value in getting people to enjoy themselves more by using space creatively, which is not just about music or alcohol.
库珀表示:“它有助于消除陌生人之间的隔阂。俱乐部创始人看到了通过创造性使用空间(不仅仅提供音乐或酒品)让人们找到乐趣的价值。
The vogue for ping pong can be traced back to SPiN Galactic, a company that is credited with bringing it to the dance floors of urban America in 2009. Boasting Hollywood investors such as the actress Susan Sarandon, a self-described “ping pong propagandist, SPiN has clubs in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto.
乒乓球在社交俱乐部的流行可以追溯至SPiN Galactic。2009年,SPiN将乒乓球引入了美国城市的舞池。SPiN号称拥有自诩为“乒乓球宣传大使的女演员苏珊·萨兰登(Susan Sarandon)等好莱坞投资者,在纽约、洛杉矶和多伦多开设了俱乐部。
After initial meetings with private investors, Mr Breeden says the duo were told no bank would take a punt on a nightclub whose centrepiece was a Jackson Pollack-like conceptual sculpture of six smashed ping pong tables and bats hung in a pile on a wall adjoining the bar. “We were told there was no way we’d get bank debt?.?.?.?it was a recession, we are a start-up and a leisure business, he says. Despite this, Royal Bank of Scotlandbacked them.
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