Another great gift to the community from the tech giants. Thank you, LInkedIn, for destroying a thriving venue that brought joy to thousands. I'm canceling my LinkedIn profile now.

Mountain View, the home of big companies and big developers. What a shame.

Sickened by this.

Hard as it is for the dance studio, this is also hard for the kids.

LaserQuest has been a firm favorite of the youth in the area and I am gutted that another activity for kids is going.

We lost the Palo Alto Bowl and now we are losing LaserQuest.

Teen mental health is a big problem for our high schoolers. Having a safe place to spend some down time is very necessary.

Where will the kids go to have fun? Are they going to build a similar facility in San Antonio? Are they going to put in a bowling alley in San Antonio? Will there be a dance studio in San Antonio?

Big companies are building fabulous facilities for their employees. Unfortunately there will be no fabulous facilities for those who don't work in the Googles, LinkedIn, Apple, etc.

And then they will end up putting at risk youth on mental health watch instead of finding them somewhere to play.

Is this place losing its heart.

Maybe the article should be re-read by some people. While it clearly states that the dance studio is closing, it also states that laser quest is moving. That sounds to me that they are not closing.

I called LaserQuest. They tell me they are moving to San Jose.

I think that is losing them, unless you think San Jose is still in our neighborhood.

Didn't this use to be the Starlight Ballroom that was located in Sunnyvale at Fair Oaks and Tasman? A location that is now housing and retail?

before you know it only google,apple, employees will live in MV. Chevys is gone too. Who can afford to sustain a business and live here.

My mom, who's in her late 70's, has been dancing at this studio for the past few years and has made a lot of nice friends there. She's wondering where she'll go now and the few options being discussed will definitely be further away from her home.

Back in April my mom's class put on a show for family and friends that featured tangos, waltzes and other ballroom dances so it was nice to see what everyone had learned and enjoyed doing.

I think there is one more "showcase", as they call it, coming up before the studio closes, so catch if you can.

Oh what a shame! I always wanted to take a ballroom class there, but never had the time. It was fun to have a little starlight and Hollywood glitz in our very serious and high tech industrial city.

Where is Laserquest moving to? My kids love that place. They do the BEST parties: easy for the parents, fun for the kids. Hope they aren't moving too far out of the area.

Edit:
Sorry. I should not have just skimmed the other comments.

So Laserquest is moving far. San Jose is out of our kid party range. Another loss for the overall state of fun in MV.

Why close these businesses now and leave them empty for months or even a year? LinkedIn plans have not been approved yet and construction is not scheduled anytime soon.

Clearly the new breed of technology companies feel it is essential to keep their troops entertained with all sorts of elaborate in-house diversion (free of charge), but outside their walls, the local community is on its own.

Cubberly continues to offer dancing on weekends. Web Link