Laser Tag Convention 2011 Golden Phaser Award Winners

The International Laser Tag Association is proud to announce the winners of the 2011 Golden Phaser Awards! Special thanks go out to all the nominees for their excellent submissions.

Below are the entries that were selected for the winner in each catagory.

Best Briefing Video
Winner: Lasergames Utrecht - Utrecht, Netherlands

This briefing video stands out as a great example of a well-designed and put together briefing video. This is also our only international winner this year. Click the image below to visit Lasergames' website and check out their winning entry.

Best TV/Cable Commercial
Winner: Laser Mania - St. George, UT

Laser Mania has stood out as a great example for other family entertainment centers to follow. Included in that example is how to create a great TV/Cable commercial for your laser tag facility. Click the image below to see the winning entry.

Best Print Ad
Winner: The Fun Junction - Cicero, NY

Smiling faces and exciting fun filled laser tag were two of the considerations when selecting this print ad for the Golden Phaser Award by The Fun Junction in Cicero, NY. Click the image below to see a larger image file.

Best Website
Winner: Blazer Tag - Austin, TX

Like the previous years, the greatest number of submissions came for the best website catagory. It is excellent to see what operators are using to get their information across and customers in the door.

This year's award goes to Blazer Tag in Austin, Texas. Easy navigation, great images of family fun, and most importantly, laser tag excitement make a great example of what it takes to have a great website. Click the image below to visit Blazer Tag's website.

Best Radio Spot
Winner: Laser Tag Adventure - Waukesha, WI

Radio spots can be a hit or a miss for your business depending on your audience. Lasertag Adventure is a very successful location in Wisconsin that has had great success in their radio advertising. To hear the winning radio spot, click the image below.

Operator of the Year
This annual award honors a facility owner or operator who exemplifies not only quality in their facility, but also has used their knowledge and abilities to improve the quality of life for his/her employees and the local community at large.

Winner: Jack Turner - Lazer Blaze - Louisville, KY

There are very few individuals who have done more for the laser tag industry as an operator than Jack Turner. Developers from around the world have come through Lazer Blaze to learn from Jack's operations and what makes his facility so successful.

Jack has run Lazer Blaze in Louisville, Kentucky since 1997 and has expanded his business from a simple stand-alone to include an indoor mini-golf and cafe where his staff make their own pizzas.

Jack also speaks frequently at Zone Laser Tag's startup seminars on how to increase profits by adding a kitchen and making your own food. His contributions to the ILTA Members Dinners have helped spur many great ideas and innovations for both developers and operators in our industry.

Lastly, Lazer Blaze hosts the ILTA's Laser Tag Museum, the world's largest collection of laser tag memorobilia, free of charge. The museum has had visitors from all over the industry come to see the number of laser tag systems and items represented there.

For these reasons, Jack was selected for the 2011 Golden Phaser Award for being Operator of the Year.

The ILTA would like to again thank all the volunteers for their submissions to the 2011 Golden Phaser Awards. If you think that your facility has what it takes to win in next years Golden Phaser Award competition, we're already accepting sumbissions for next years contest!

Fill out the Golden Phaser Award Sumission Page by clicking HERE
or
Fax entries to: 317-786-9757
or
Mail entries to: ILTA Golden Phaser Awards,
5351 E. Thompson Rd. Ste 236, Indianapolis, IN 46237
Files can be emailed to awards@lasertag.org

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us at info@lasertag.org