Spaceplex

Spaceplex[1] was an indoor amusement park and arcade opened in 1991 at 620 Middle Country Road, Nesconset, New York, United States.[2][3] Gary Tuzzalo was a co-owner and the general manager,[2] and James Manas was another principal in the parent company, Spaceplex Amusement Centers International Ltd.[4] It is the location where Katie Beers' abductor, John Esposito, claimed to have lost Beers, when in reality she was not taken from there.[5]

A 1993 article in The New York Times Magazine described it as a quintessentially Long Island landmark, with the writer using the fabric satin as a metaphor:

The Spaceplex is an awesome vision of a run-down-Blade-Runnerish future, unlike anything to be found anywhere else in America — yet. Entering the 30-foot-high, 45,000-square-foot rocket hangar is like going through the Gate of Heck. This is Satin's realm: a long black strobe-lighted Techno-throbbing tunnel leads to a soaring, inky dark, cathedral-like cave, its hollows filled with the echoing caterwauling din of a million boops, beeps, boinks and bong-bong-bongs; its blackness flickering with the reflections of a million flashing sensors, registering a billion acts of virtual violence. The official name is the Spaceplex Family Fun Center. It is really Long Island as the virtual future.[6]

The stock of Spaceplex Amusement Centers International Ltd. was among those of seven companies that were manipulated in a fraud scheme by a group of 58 brokers and brokerages charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission in December 1997.[7] The SEC sued 63 individuals and entities in 2000 in related proceedings.[8][9] Manas pleaded guilty and cooperated with the government's investigation.[4]

Spaceplex filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 16, 1996.[10]

The building that housed Spaceplex later became the site of an indoor sports arena.[11]

It is unrelated to General Dynamics' SpacePlex research facility in New Mexico, US.