On Flight Club’s recent opening night in South Lake Union, the energy was piping hot, hot, hot.
It was packed, with groups huddled around dartboards, cocktails in hand, cheering like they were at a state fair game booth. Which is exactly what this place is aiming for.
Flight Club, a London-born concept that reimagines darts as a techy, social experience, has officially landed in Seattle, its first West Coast location. If opening night was any indication, Seattle is more than ready for it (locals out on a dreary Wednesday? I was shocked).
I went in with a healthy amount of skepticism. I said cheekily to numerous people upon taking this assignment; “Drinking and darts? What could possibly go wrong?”…