Premium Content Subscriber only The Kern Arcade will go on the market early next year, according to a Facebook post from its owners, the Cooper family. The post went up Thursday afternoon on the Kern Arcade Facebook page. It read: "The parking station will remain open for current permanent parkers only from February on. "The complex has not been sold, contrary to some ill-informed or speculative media contributors. "The complex will be put on the market early next year." There has been much spectaculation around the future of the arcade in Rockhampton's CBD. A social media post on December 10 revealed that three of its iconic stores - Coopers, Propaganda and The Arcade Outlet - would close after the New Year.