Ive had an idea. driving ranges are popular, right? lots of peaple work in offices in town and bored husbands follow their wives around in town. how about a indoor driving range or golf nets in a town centre location. this would be to suit people on lunch breaks or half hour tospare while wife buys new shoes. thoughts please.
2007-01-06 03:57:13 · 5 answers · asked by kevman 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Look up rental costs per sq. ft. in the Town Centre & add rates etc. You need a very large open area (or maybe a large roof).
Then calculate what you could charge & how many customers you might get ... to be honest I doubt the figues pan out - if they did we would see this already.
You can't use a basement car part (too many pillars ect) - but for comparison you could look at Town Center Car Parks (not many of those, either)
Don't forget you have to pay rental 24 x 7 but if you target 'lunch time' customers your revenue is focussed on maybe a couple of hours a day M-F ...
2007-01-11 19:16:35 · answer #1 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too much of a niche. indoor facililty will be expensive. most in downtown who have $$ belong to suburban CCs with nice ranges. part of the fun of hitting balls at a range is getting outside to do something imo. i have not seen many successful ranges as stand alone not attached to a golf facility. i think you better be careful. golf is a brutal business. it is not growing, just a market share grab.
2007-01-06 04:06:27 · answer #2 · answered by keepingitgoing 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as a keen golfer that idea would certainly suit my mates and i as we have found that we are always waisting time travelling out of town so heres hoping someone takes note of your idea
2007-01-13 08:50:59 · answer #3 · answered by steve f 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah that is a good idea
2007-01-06 04:02:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If youve got the balls then go for it.
2007-01-13 10:43:28 · answer #5 · answered by james j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋