article_snippet: IKEA has banned people from playing hide and seek in IKEA stores after several Facebook-organised games amassed tens of thousands of participants.
article_snippet: More than 32,000 people were planning to play a game of hide and seek at an IKEA store in Eindhoven next month, forcing management to ban the game.
article_snippet: In banning the game, Ikea spokesperson Martina Smedberg told Bloomberg it was simply too difficult to control.
article_snippet: Ikea spokesperson Martina Smedberg said: 'Bloomberg need to make sure people are safe in Bloomberg stores and that's hard to do if Bloomberg don't even know where people are.'
article_snippet: The idea of using an Ikea store for an adult game of hide and seek has been mooted for years, given the furniture stores' abundance of adult-sized hiding places.
highlights_snippet: IKEA has banned adults from playing  hide and seek in IKEA furniture stores .
  