Who Owns Dave and Busters?
Dave and Buster’s is an American restaurant and entertainment business headquartered in Dallas. Each Dave & Buster’s has a full-service restaurant and a video arcade. As of October 2022, the company has 151 locations in the United States and two in Canada. Dave and Buster’s CEO Brian Jenkins retired in September 2021, with chairman Kevin…
Dave and Buster’s is an American restaurant and entertainment business headquartered in Dallas. Each Dave & Buster’s has a full-service restaurant and a video arcade. As of October 2022, the company has 151 locations in the United States and two in Canada.
Dave and Buster’s CEO Brian Jenkins retired in September 2021, with chairman Kevin Sheehan named interim CEO. On April 6, 2022, Dave and Buster, announced that it would acquire the Plano, Texas-based family entertainment center chain Main Event Entertainment from Ardent Leisure and RedBird Capital Partners for $835 million, with its CEO Chris Morris becoming the new CEO of Dave and Buster’s upon the completion of the sale in June 2022.
Who Owns Dave and Busters?
The first Dave and Buster’s was opened in Dallas in 1982 by David Corriveau and James “Buster” Corley. Corley had previously operated a bar called Buster’s, in Little Rock, Arkansas, next door to a saloon and game parlor called Cash McCool’s, owned by Corriveau. After opening Dave and Buster’s, the two operated as co-CEOs.
In 1989, Edison Brothers Stores purchased a majority of ownership in the restaurant to finance further expansion into other cities. Dave and Buster’s was spun off from Edison Brothers and went public with Andy Newman as chairman in 1995. By 1997 the chain had ten locations across the country.
