ROUND1's Spo-cha was created as a place where people could easily try sports outside school club activities, and ideas such as fishing ponds and curling were incorporated during its initial launch.
Spo-cha was designed as an alternative to parks and as a place where people could easily try different sports depending on the season. Against the backdrop of the rise of time-based leisure facilities around 2000, ROUND1 began rolling out its predecessor, Leisuresta, in December 2003. It subsequently opened its first location with Spo-cha, ROUND1 Stadium Kyoto Fushimi, in July 2004, with the aim of providing opportunities to try a variety of sports in response to Japan's sports environment, which is centered on school club activities.
Spo-cha currently offers approximately 50 types of activities and attractions at each location, including roller skating and go-karts, and is popular across a broad range of age groups. Visits by children and families have increased, and content is being reused more extensively, including by redeploying older arcade machines within Spo-cha.
Families account for approximately 40% of visitors. Suburban locations receive more visitors arriving by car, while central-city locations tend to attract more students. Use by families declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, but began to recover in the post-pandemic period, with family visitation approaching pre-pandemic levels.