One of a handful of Bally's Tom Foolery early arcade bar/nightclub concepts that existed briefly in the early 1980's. Most were previously Barnaby's Family Inns, until Bally Manufacturing Co. purchased the chain in 1981 and converted a number of the locations to the Tom Foolery concept. The arcade crash of 1982-1983, plus the mountain of debt that Bally's was navigating at the time, put an unfortunate and swift end to this concept. All of the locations were closed in 1984, when Bally's sold the non-converted Barnaby's locations to each of their owner/operators.
This location was located in the lower level of the Two West Washington building in downtown Indianapolis. It is the only location for which we currently have actual pictures of, while it was in operation, courtesy of the Indiana State Digital Library.
