Ax-throwing chain shutters all venues, Cincinnati included
TL;DR
Dueling Axes, the Columbus-founded ax-throwing chain, permanently closed all its venues—including the Cincinnati location opened in 2025—with the last day of business on July 31; closures also hit three Central Ohio sites (Downtown, near New Albany, Grove City) and a Las Vegas location, and the Cincinnati venue reportedly cost more than $1 million to open.
- Ax-throwing chain closes all locations -- including Cincinnati WKRC
- Columbus-founded Dueling Axes closes all of its locations, including three in central Ohio NBC4 WCMH-TV
- Columbus ax-throwing business closes all locations The Columbus Dispatch
- Columbus axe throwing business abruptly shutters all locations 614now.com
- Dueling Axes closes all locations – including three around Columbus The Business Journals
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