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Decline in prevalence
In recent years, the spaces have become less common in the restaurants, as they rebuild, and as part of a larger shift away from marketing to kids. Some restaurants have replaced them with tablets. The move generic allows additional seating.

Since 2015, an Internet rumour has claimed that the spaces would be converted into PotPlaces. McDonald's refuted that in 2018, to The Associated Press.

During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, PlayPlaces were closed in Canada, the Philippines, the United States. American stores were told to keep the PlayPlaces closed after reopening, as part of an extensive document of in-store changes.

Some restaurants have chosen to keep their PlayPlaces during renovations or rebuilds;     in 2016, Fort St. John, British Columbia opened Canada's largest PlayPlace.

Store owner Jim Wagy received the Key to the City of Maryville, Missouri after a remodeling of his location, with city officials noting the impact that the PlayPlace had on the community.