Places of entertainment are commercial establishments of a special kind where the focus is on commercial leisure activities and amusement. Typical entertainment venues are amusement arcades, internet cafés, discotheques, night bars, dance bars, striptease venues, ballrooms, peep shows, swingers clubs, casinos and betting shops.

The concept takes into account the idea that entertainment venues are basically legal and therefore permissible types of use in the urban fabric, even if the public debate is often characterized by moral reservations.

A "complete exclusion" of entertainment venues in the urban area is not legally tenable. Nevertheless, if they are not subject to compatible urban planning controls, amusement arcades can cause disruption to urban planning and development.

The amusement arcade concept for the city of Salzgitter therefore defines locations and establishment rules that recommend the establishment of amusement arcades from an urban planning perspective where they are compatible with the urban order and development.