Let's be honest.
Kids get the shaft when it comes to having cool places to hang out after dark.
Most places just don't want people hanging around unless they're good, paying customers at the bar. Before Skrappy's closed its doors a few months ago, it was a bastion for mostly local bands, with a penchant for punk and loud garage rock. Emphasis on loud. Video arcades are a dime a dozen in most cities of Tucson's size, yet here in the Old Pueblo they're about as common as saguaros in New York. All good teenagers know that the best way to blow off a little adolescent steam is by dumping a pocketful of quarters into machines that transform even the pimpliest-faced of kids into superheroes for a few glorious minutes.