COLUMBUS (WCMH) — It doesn’t matter where you go, you’re bound to see people glued to their phone trying to catch ’em all. If you want to be a part of a team, and check out new places at the same time it just got a lot easier.
“I haven’t been out of my house this much…ever,” said Liz Frum. But today she is at Huntington Park, which opened to the public at a cost of $5 to play Pokemon Go for two hours to raise money for charity.
“I’ve gotten 70 out of my 150 caught. It’s a big deal,” she said. Frum is a video game streamer; an expert if you will.
“The better CP your Pokemon is, the level of the Pokemon, and your level the higher up from their CP they get more HP hit points and they do more damage at gyms.” (Get that?)
For Frum and countless others, Pokemon GO has been a game changer. “I’ve been out. I’ve actually gotten 10,000 steps for the last five days each.”
“My son has walked over 32 miles the past five days,” said Michelle Hall. Her kids are glued to their phones while she’s going old fashioned by reading a book.
Pokemon Go events like this are now popping up all over Twitter and Facebook. There are even posts on Reddit with maps of gym locations.
One of those locations are at the R Barr in the arena district.
“It’s been interesting. We see a lot of people chasing down these Pokemon on the bar and patio and I guess they fight here or something,” said Michael Darr.
The R Barr is one of seven bars in a Pokemon bar crawl this Saturday. In just a matter of days, the Facebook event grew from 30 to more than 1,000 people.
“It’s all hands on deck now for this thing,” said Darr.
But chances are no matter who or where you are this weekend, Pokemon is a go. “And you gotta…catch em’ all.”
If you’re interested in the bar crawl, Wristbands are FREE and can be picked up with a route schedule at Park Street Cantina between 4:00-5:30pm.
Other Pokemon Go events:
Sunday 2pm 120 W Goodale St, Columbus, Ohio 43215
-Pokemon go bar crawl
Saturday at 5 PM – 11 PM
–Pokemon Go Meetup: Mirror Lake
Sat 6 PM · Mirror Lake, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
–Pokemon Go Meetup: Goodale Park
Sat 6 PM · Goodale Park, 120 W Goodale Street, Columbus, OH 43215
–Pokemon Go Meetup: Lakewood Melt
Sat 6 PM · Melt Bar and Grilled, 14718 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107What others are clicking on: