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Liverpool’s first Nerf Centre, dedicated to fun shoot ‘em ups, is opening on Saturday.

The centre, next door to Ultimate Indoor Paintball Liverpool on Vauxhall Road in the city centre, has been created over the past four weeks. The bosses of both venues have transformed the empty unit into a 2,500-square foot area of soft play space, complete with brightly coloured foam matts and walls.

Andrew Connolly, one of the owners, says they originally thought the centre would appeal to families with young children as the age limit is just five and over - three years younger than for the paintballing.

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But he admits they’ve been overwhelmed with enquiries from adults, too, who can’t wait to get their hands on the super-guns and ammo.

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“The phone hasn’t stopped since it was first in the Echo and we put the opening date on Facebook,” he says. “We know the kids will love it, that’s who we’re really aiming at, but we think we’ll get quite a few big kids who want to have a go too.”

They are planning initially to open the centre Wed-Fri after school, 3pm-9pm, and then on Saturdays and Sundays all day, 8am-10pm.

“At the moment we’re thinking of having private bookings on the Saturday and walk-in sessions on the Sunday because so many people asked if they could just come down for an hour with one or two kids rather than a group of 10. We’ll see how that works because it’s all new, so we’ll do walk-ins whichever day there’s the biggest demand for that.”

For information about Nerf Centre Liverpool call: 0151 353 7901 but in the meantime, here’s how it looks.

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Putting the finishing touches