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Are there any Pokéstops (and gyms) in stores? Almost all of them that I've seen are public art, plaques, signs along nature trails, etc. Some of these are on pr

Are there any Pokéstops (and gyms) in stores? Almost all of them that I've seen are public art, plaques, signs along nature trails, etc. Some of these are on private property, but I haven't seen any that you'd need to actually enter the property to use. One near me is literally a mailbox. The closest I can think of as a business is a church. All of these things are accessible from sidewalks. They're not really "putting" anything any properties; they're just marking things on a map.

khedoros 10y ago
Yes. I know of a local empanada/pizzeria place, a burger place, a furniture store, and a taco place that have stops inside of them (that is, marked on the map as being inside of the building). Also, hotels and office buildings with indoor fountains marked as stops. The radius of the stop is usually large enough that you don't actually need to go inside.
WorldMaker 10y ago
A BBQ chain here in Louisville, KY was advertising on Facebook their PORKé-Stops and PORKé-Lure events.
nickysielicki 10y ago
I was at Providence hospital at the University of Alaska Anchorage campus for the past week and a half, I had family that was there. I wanted to get outside and walk around for an hour out of the day, so I downloaded the game and wandered around for a while. Amazingly, there is a gym right at the ER entrance. (Their hockey arena is also right across from the ER, which strikes me as a poor decision considering how traffic could result in someone being delayed in getting to the ER but I digress.) There is a pokestop outside at the non-emergency drop off cul-de-sac. And to top it all off, there is a pokestop at a piece of art in one of the hallways in what should be a secure area-- there was zero security between my family members room and that pokestop. The hospital is pissed about it, and rightfully so imo: http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Providence-asks-Pokemon-Go-players-to--386729991.html http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Providence-asks-Pokemon-Go-... The issue is that the pokestops are really just the portals in ingress, and ingress was a low-traffic game where people weren't trying to come in every 30 minutes, so inappropriate locations could fly under the radar. Now that it went mainstream, they're being noticed. Even outside of populated areas, the choices are bad. The closest pokestop to me currently, no longer in Anchorage but now in Fairbanks, is about a kilometer deep into private property.

khedoros 10y ago

Yes. I know of a local empanada/pizzeria place, a burger place, a furniture store, and a taco place that have stops inside of them (that is, marked on the map as being inside of the building). Also, hotels and office buildings with indoor fountains marked as stops. The radius of the stop is usually large enough that you don't actually need to go inside.

WorldMaker 10y ago

A BBQ chain here in Louisville, KY was advertising on Facebook their PORKé-Stops and PORKé-Lure events.

nickysielicki 10y ago

I was at Providence hospital at the University of Alaska Anchorage campus for the past week and a half, I had family that was there. I wanted to get outside and walk around for an hour out of the day, so I downloaded the game and wandered around for a while. Amazingly, there is a gym right at the ER entrance. (Their hockey arena is also right across from the ER, which strikes me as a poor decision considering how traffic could result in someone being delayed in getting to the ER but I digress.) There is a pokestop outside at the non-emergency drop off cul-de-sac. And to top it all off, there is a pokestop at a piece of art in one of the hallways in what should be a secure area-- there was zero security between my family members room and that pokestop. The hospital is pissed about it, and rightfully so imo: http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Providence-asks-Pokemon-Go-players-to--386729991.html http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Providence-asks-Pokemon-Go-... The issue is that the pokestops are really just the portals in ingress, and ingress was a low-traffic game where people weren't trying to come in every 30 minutes, so inappropriate locations could fly under the radar. Now that it went mainstream, they're being noticed. Even outside of populated areas, the choices are bad. The closest pokestop to me currently, no longer in Anchorage but now in Fairbanks, is about a kilometer deep into private property.