Furniture giant IKEA has banned people from playing one of the most-loved childhood games - hide and seek . More than 33,000 shoppers have signed up on Facebook to participate in the giant maze-like store in Tempe , inner west of Sydney on Saturday , May 23 . The event will begin from 1pm and within 10 minutes from the starting time , players are encouraged to hide in wardrobes , storage units and underneath piles of soft toys . But the Swedish retailer has put a stop to the unofficial event after attracting tens of thousands of participants , claiming the game 'raises security issues for both customers and co-workers . ' Furniture giant IKEA has banned people from playing one of the most-loved childhood games - hide and seek . More than 33,000 shoppers have signed up on Facebook to participate in the giant maze-like at a Sydney store . 'As many of you may have heard , there are a couple of large hide-and-seek games being planned for IKEA stores in Australia , ' IKEA said in a statement . 'While the prospect of seeing many of you trying to camouflage yourselves among the meatballs has its appeal , we are unfortunately unable to host or support these games . 'Due to the level of interest these games attract we would not be able to guarantee everyone ’ s safety and the threat this poses to our co-workers , customers and game participants is just too great . We would still love to have you visit – no need to hide ! ' But the Swedish retailer has put a stop to the unofficial event after attracting tens of thousands of participants . However , the organisers of the event have set out rules ahead of the game , with each player expected to pay an entry fee of one dollar . The last person left unfound will walk away with the prize pool money but in an event , if all players are discovered , the money will be donated to a charitable cause , the organisers claim . Other rules include restrictions to hiding such as 'do not hide in fire escapes ' and 'do not hide in toilets . ' The ban comes after Amsterdam IKEA in Eindhoven were forced to cancel the bizarrely popular event . Hundreds have expressed their interests , with many saying they will travel from interstate to take part in the giant hide and seek event . The ban comes just a week after Amsterdam IKEA in Eindhoven were forced to cancel the bizarrely popular event citing safety concerns . 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 .
Furniture giant online has banned players from playing hide and seek . More than 1000 players have signed up to play at a Sydney store . But the Swedish retailer claims the game will ' raise privacy issues '