Arcades in New Orleans
Looking for flashing lights and high scores in New Orleans, LA? There are 6 arcades mapped here. That's 6 arcades mapped around New Orleans. Machine condition varies wildly between venues, so the one with the best-maintained cabinets wins regardless of size. Check whether the venue runs on tokens, cards or coins before you arrive with the wrong currency.
This guide covers every arcade we could verify in and around New Orleans (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Emporium New Orleans and Chuck E. Cheese, plus Chuck E. Cheese. If an arcade's missing from New Orleans's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The New Orleans arcade lineup
6 mapped within about 40 km:
Emporium New Orleans
Arcade
Emporium New Orleans is Arcade on 2231 Saint Claude Avenue.
2231 Saint Claude Avenue
Chuck E. Cheese
Arcade
Chuck E. Cheese is Arcade. Chuck E. Cheese also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Chuck E. Cheese
Arcade
Chuck E. Cheese is Arcade. Chuck E. Cheese also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Dave & Buster's
Arcade
Dave & Buster's is Arcade.

Game On
Arcade
Game On is Arcade on 2421 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Kenner. Game On also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
2421 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Kenner, 70062
Pickle N Pins
Arcade
Pickle N Pins is Arcade on 6930 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Metairie. Pickle N Pins also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
6930 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Metairie, 70003


What the map tells us about arcades in New Orleans
None of the 6 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Arcades tend toward long evening hours; call ahead if you're making a special trip.
4 have websites listed. Worth a look for tournament nights and free-play evenings.
4 arcades list websites — worth a look for opening times and whether they run leagues or tournament nights.
The New Orleans arcade run
Making a day of it in New Orleans? Work this order: Emporium New Orleans on 2231 Saint Claude Avenue, Chuck E. Cheese, Chuck E. Cheese, Dave & Buster's, Game On on 2421 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, and Pickle N Pins on 6930 Veterans Memorial Boulevard. That's the arcade run in one sensible loop, no backtracking.
Arcade tips for New Orleans
Hitting the arcades in New Orleans? Play smarter:
- Save your high-score photo at Emporium New Orleans. Take the photo. High scores are ephemeral and the bragging rights are forever.
- Bar-arcades: pace yourself at Chuck E. Cheese. Drinks and games mix well until they don't. The machines get harder exactly as you get worse at them.
- Check machine maintenance. A venue that maintains its machines cares. Dead screens and sticky buttons are a review of the management.
- Learn one game deeply. Regulars pick a machine and master it. Chasing high scores on one game beats dabbling across twenty.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around New Orleans — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new arcade in New Orleans can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 6, or a arcade we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.
We don't list machine lineups — they change too often. What we list is the where: real venues, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 6 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Arcade listings for New Orleans: 6 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.