NEWS
July 19, 2015
nsert your content hereetting locked up is now a form of entertainment in Albuquerque. Not in a jail cell, of course, but in specially designed quarters stocked with clues and puzzles intended to assist occupants as they try to make their exit. The local take on the international “escape room” trend opened this month inside an old Northeast Albuquerque charter school. Working in teams of up to eight, customers have one hour to mentally maneuver their way out of a locked room by decoding messages and solving puzzles. They pay $28 apiece for the experience. NM Escape Room is the […]
July 19, 2015
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Inside a strip mall near Carlisle and Comanche sits a strange room filled with antiques and a lot of locks. It’s called NM Escape Room, a new attraction geared towards puzzle solvers of all ages. Teams of between two to eight players are locked inside and have 60 minutes to scour the room for the clues needed to escape. “Right now as it sits, about 25 percent of the people get out,” said business owner Darren Guido. “Our fastest time right now is 47 minutes, 35 seconds.” So far, NM Escape Room has just one of its rooms built […]