Sioux Falls, SD (519 S Minnesota Ave) was a Piccadilly Circus that opened in July 26th, 1986 and closed on July 3rd, 2008. The location would be renamed to Gigglebee's around December of 1988 by Erin Brende as part of a contest where local residents could rename the location.
History
In 1939, a successful grocery company called Red Owl was expanding and chose to have their third location be at 519 S Minnesota Ave in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This store was seen as very successful and 20 years later it got a major expansion to the building. In 1976 the then property owner Merle Getten decided to rebrand the store into Country Store, a concept where customers could save money by bagging their own groceries and taking them out to their own cars. This concept wasn't very successful and the business sold out to Kampgrounds of America Inc in 1977.
KOA then remodeled the property again and started an experimental business called Granny's Ice Cream Parlour and Family Fun Center. The concept included an arcade, bumper cars, pinball machines, batting cages, and mini golf. This concept however didn't take off the way KOA had hoped and in 1982, KOA sold the business to a firm called Advance-Carter Co. ACC decided to use the property to expand their arcade chain called The Circus.(1) This concept however didn't last too long and by 1986, the business was sold to Galaxy Enterprises Inc owners Randy Hindbjorgen, Chris Kirkus, Randy Koepsell, and Doug McBeth, who used it as the first Piccadilly Circus franchise location. This would later become the most fondly remembered Gigglebee's location.
