edMonkey Joe’s, a popular children’s play center that opened in the late 1990s, closed its doors in 2020 due to economic pressures stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The business had been struggling for some time, and the pandemic forced it to cease operations and lay off its workers.
The economic shock of business closures and job losses caused by the pandemic had a direct effect on Monkey Joe’s, proving too much for it to stay open.