The news: Netflix will open its first Netflix House location at King of Prussia Mall outside Philadelphia on November 12, with a second location at Galleria Dallas beginning business on December 12, per Variety. A third location is set to open next year in Las Vegas.
The details: The 100,000-square-foot entertainment-and-retail hubs will feature rotating experiences tied to Netflix IP, including “Wednesday,” “Squid Game,” and “Stranger Things.” Highlights include:
- Netflix House Philadelphia will feature Top 9 Mini Golf, with nine holes themed to shows such as “Bridgerton,” “Is It Cake?”, and WWE.
- Netflix Virtuals at Netflix House Philadelphia features immersive VR-style play inside worlds like “Squid Game” and “Rebel Moon.”
- Netflix RePLAY at Netflix House Dallas will offer reimagined arcade games inspired by “Sakamoto Days” and “Big Mouth.”
- Both locations will showcase large-scale attractions built around Netflix’s biggest hits: Philadelphia will host ONE PIECE: Quest for the Devil Fruit and Wednesday: Eve of the Outcasts, while Dallas will feature Stranger Things: Escape the Dark and Squid Game: Survive the Trials.
Tickets for paid experiences go on sale Oct. 17 for Philadelphia and Nov. 18 for Dallas, with an exclusive presale for AAdvantage Mastercard holders.
Our take: The large entertainment-and-retail hubs will serve as experiential billboards for Netflix’s IP. By melding marketing with monetization, Netflix House should help the streamer keep its hits relevant and boost awareness of emerging titles, while also converting fandom into foot traffic and sales.
If visitors find the spaces engaging, they should draw attention to Netflix IP at a time when streamers face intense competition for viewers, while also generating revenues from fans eager to step inside the worlds they watch on screen. That could create a virtuous loop as deeper engagement often drives greater loyalty to both the titles and to Netflix itself.