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Ideas for my upcoming commercial arcade.

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Hoagie_one:
I always thought it would be cool to have some classic games to play while waiting to be seated at restaurants, maybe you can incorporate something old and something new their.  Sadly arcades are dead for a reason.

Ginsu Victim:
I don't see why restaurants don't have them anymore. I used to always play while waiting for our food, then I'd play after.
When you bored waiting, or done eating, it's a great time for a quick game.

HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on June 24, 2008, 04:23:00 pm ---I don't see why restaurants don't have them anymore. I used to always play while waiting for our food, then I'd play after.
When you bored waiting, or done eating, it's a great time for a quick game.

--- End quote ---

Yeah I know...  Pizza Hut used to have some (at least when I was a kid in VA).  I'd play Altered Beast, Centipede, or Arkanoid while we waited for our pizza...

RayB:
Coin-Op, the fact you have to ask what's a tax tag shows you haven't done any real research. Not only do you have to pay for a license for every machine you put on public location, you also need liability insurance, permits for the type of establishment, and the location has to be zoned for it too. Most cities have specific bi-laws restricting and/or heavily taxing arcade locations (you can thank paranoid mothers of the 1980's for that). Chances are you aren't even allowed to open in the location you are fondly eyeballing right now.

Insurance will blow your mind. My business is just a virtual online one, yet we pay over 8 grand a year for general liability insurance.

Anyways, good luck though. Would be nice if everything checks out and can work. Let us know what your research reveals. I'm sure we all secretly wish to open arcades.

grantspain:
can't say for the u.s but the way forward for arcades in europe is the "family entertainment centre",which is basically a few new dedicated vids and shed loads of redemption and sports machines-we are relaunching in the fall under this guise,i have predicted 150% increase in profits at the very least using this new approach
not what anyone wants to hear but this is the brutal truth of how arcades will survive,it would be so great if you could run a retro arcade but the customers are not there anymore
sad but true :'(
still i will have a few vids for the dads :D

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