the current population is about 10,000 mainly retired and older, plus how many members should one have, fees , number of bonspiels, appox cost of building, operation cost, and anything else one should consider. Canada
2007-03-06 10:11:30 · 4 answers · asked by swamp cat 1 in Sports ➔ Winter Sports ➔ Curling
Our area has three clubs. The two rinks in town (pop. around 100,000) have 8 sheets each. The one that is in the country(pop. around 6,000) has 4. They put on a novice league to teach people how to curl to entice people to play. I don't think that your aging demographic will have much influence on how you get people out to the rink. They will probably be more likely to join fun leagues.
The novice league that I am in charges 40$ to 8 weeks of instruction. The regular season is 250$ per person (averages out to about 6$ a game). They also have a bar and canadian/chinese food restaurant on the premises. This helps because curling is such a social game.
Cost of building and operation costs will all depend on your area. You might want to talk to contractors and real estate agents in the area and curling clubs in areas that could be compared to yours.
Number of bonspiels - you could try to have one/year for each league, and try to entice some of the local businesses or charities to hold some. Some of the local churches in our area have them around Christmas time when people are on vacation.
Good luck.
2007-03-06 15:28:46 · answer #1 · answered by Molpatrol 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taking care of a curling club takes a lot of money and effort. For the number of people that u have stated i would say 8 sheets would be best. If a curling club has too many sheets it can be hard to mantain and that could result in it being shut down. Good luck: )
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2007-03-06 21:52:45 · answer #2 · answered by Orps 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are lots of considerations when you are building a curling facility. Curl Canada has a tremendous number of resources for you. You should contact Danny Lamareau at danny@curling.ca
2007-03-06 23:41:03 · answer #3 · answered by Math Guy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Four... just wide enough so you can put up boards and rent out ice time to hockey teams, or figure skating clubs too. Hire a good ice maker though, to repair the ice after and get it ready for curling again.
2007-03-07 20:59:16 · answer #4 · answered by buccaneersden 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋