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Ideas for my upcoming commercial arcade.
Ginsu Victim:
Don't do it.
If you're that close to a school, you're looking for trouble.
Typically your establishment will be inhabited by the type of kids you don't want there.
Coin_Op:
Well that's a pisser, the police station is also next to the school though.
The neighborhood is outstanding, and we know a lot of the kids.
Wow, I thought bringing back an arcade as a good thing.
I guess if i get enough Don't do it........ I'll just kill the idea :dunno
geomartin:
You really want to check into the local city codes and local establishments in the area. Even though people are constantly complaining that kids have nothing to do these days but get in trouble, almost every city discourages any business that gets teenagers congregating together and will generally harass them to no end. This is usually encouraged by other local business that don't want the teens near their stores as well. I lived in one small town that drove the local teen hotspot out of business by passing all kinds of ordinances targeting them. For example, requiring them to have on site security during evening hours. My kids were really bummed when they closed the doors. I must say I was too. Their best draw was coin-op pool tables. Another was the local bands they hired on summer Friday/Saturday nights for entertainement.
Q*Bert_OP:
I was also planning to open a classic arcade/pinball hall. $120 per game for "tax tags"(Texas), plus general business licences, repair licences(I call BS on that one), and repair costs killed the idea.
Coin_Op:
--- Quote from: Q*Bert_24/7 on June 24, 2008, 12:57:05 am ---I was also planning to open a classic arcade/pinball hall. $120 per game for "tax tags"(Texas), plus general business licences, repair licences(I call BS on that one), and repair costs killed the idea.
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Besides general business licenses, I was not aware of any of the other ones that you mentioned. Though we just started working on this idea, I appreciate your heads up. Now I am curious and needing to know more about these other licenses. What are they and will my husband need one , since he will be the one repairing the machines. Especially what is a "tax tag"?
Thanks
Jules
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