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Disinfection Measures

At Decades Arcade we have strived to establish the standard for what an indoor business should be doing in the time of COVID-19. We believe we have made our arcade the safest business you can come to with all the measures we have taken. While nothing can be 100% safe, rest assured we have done far more than place a bottle of hand sanitizer at the door as most businesses you visit have done.

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Our goal is to make Decades the equivalent of an entirely outdoor arcade! We want you to be even safer than eating at an outdoor restaurant on a sunny/breezy day.

The numerous measures we have taken are detailed below:

Masks and Physical Distancing

  • As of March 12, 2022, per CDC guidelines, masks are now optional at Decades.
  • Decades requires gamers to physically distance at least 6ft from other gamers not in their party.
  • Decades limits total attendance in the arcade to no more than 80 at a time.
  • Decades requires all people visiting to certify they have not had potential COVID symptoms over the last 14 days before entering.

Airflow

Extremely small particles containing the virus can be exhaled with normal breathing & talking. In stagnant air, such as homes or workplaces with closed windows & doors, the amount of the virus in the air can steadily rise as multiple people simply breathe in the space. These small particles can travel the entire length of a room in a few hours. Closed HVAC systems, without substantial fresh air, can possibly aid in circulating and spreading these particles that contain the virus. This is the reason being outside is safer than being inside.

  • Decades has installed 45 fans to bring air from the outside thru the back of the arcade and sends in in the arcade and then out the front door. This ensures that we have a complete air exchange roughly every 6 minutes. All fans blow in one direction from back to front of the arcade so air cycles in & out constantly.

Air Filtration

Viral particles can potentially remain airborne for hours, possibly infecting people in enclosed spaces. In addition to airing out the arcade with high velocity air flow to prevent this, we also filter the air to remove virus-sized particles.

  • Decades has 18 HEPA-13, hospital grade air purifiers running in all rooms to help clean the air, effective for removing viral particles.

Ultraviolet Light

Sunlight kills the virus. We can’t bring the sun inside, but we can use ultraviolet light present in sunlight to do the same thing.  Ultraviolet light will rapidly and effectively kill the virus.

  • Decades uses UVC light in each room (over 50 bulbs) (which kills virus particles in the air & on surfaces) every night after operation.

Surface Disinfection

While touch is not a major source of transmission for COVID, nevertheless we want to take the utmost caution.

  • Decades has applied SD-90, an industrial-strength virucide to all games, so if the virus lands on treated surface, it will die.
  • Decades places hand sanitizer in every room.
  • Decades requires hand sanitizer when entering the arcade.

No Food Inside

  • We are not allowing eating inside our arcade. Food and candy can be consumed on our new patio out front. Eating causes a higher release of viral particles than just breathing. For this reason, we will not allow eating inside the arcade for the foreseeable future.
  • Drinks are allowed inside.
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Decades Arcade

221 Carlton Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22902

Monday Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday Closed
Thursday Closed
Friday 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Saturday 1:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Sunday 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm

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