State of Play Bringing Flight Club to NYC with 31 Union Square West Location

State of Play Hospitality has signed a lease in New York City to open Flight Club, an upscale technology-enabled Social Darts concept, at 31 Union Square West. Flight Club New York will be the group’s first venue in Manhattan, its ninth lease for the Flight Club brand in North America and a global flagship.

The 10,700-square-foot former bank, spanning both the ground floor and basement with a patio on 16th Street, most recently housed the Blue Water Grill restaurant. Built by the Bank of Metropolis in 1902-03 as their new headquarters, 31 Union Square West was designated a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1988 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. 

Toby Harris, CEO of State of Play Hospitality, said, “We’ve been looking for the right real estate opportunity to land Flight Club in New York for over five years, and this site has the potential to be a genuine landmark for the city and the group. Both 31 Union Square as a building and the stunning split level Flight Club space are as close to the physical brief for the brand that we could wish for.”