Dave & Buster's Entertainment PLAY Pre-opening costs
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Dave & Buster's Entertainment in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PreOpeningCosts.
The official record: Dave & Buster's Entertainment’s 10-Q, filed June 15, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Dave & Buster's Entertainment's pre-opening costs?
- Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) reported pre-opening costs of $5.4M in Q1 2026.
- How has Dave & Buster's Entertainment's pre-opening costs changed year-over-year?
- Dave & Buster's Entertainment's pre-opening costs decreased by 11.5% year-over-year, from $6.1M to $5.4M.
- What is the long-term trend for Dave & Buster's Entertainment's pre-opening costs?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Dave & Buster's Entertainment's pre-opening costs has grown at a 23.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $8.1M to $19.1M.
- What does pre-opening costs mean?
- These are the expenses incurred during the period between the signing of a lease and the official opening of a new location. This includes costs such as staff training, marketing, and initial inventory stocking required to launch a new site. Monitoring these costs helps investors assess the efficiency of the company's expansion strategy and capital deployment.