NEXT Up: Eric Lloyd is on a mission to create awesome escape rooms

www.nextpittsburgh.com: Eric Lloyd is on a quest to create the world’s most immersive and exciting escape rooms. As owner and operator of IQ Escape, Eric is passionate about bringing second-generation games, augmented with automation and theater-quality lighting and sets, to the Pittsburgh area. The Wexford native says that after taking a “detour into accounting, he discovered his true calling as an entertainment entrepreneur,” and has since opened locations in the North Hills and State College, with one on the way in Baldwin. Eric lives in West Allegheny with his girlfriend Melissa, and their Bichon poodle mix, Marley.