Sunday, September 2, 2018

Opening A Blacklight Glow Golf Course Will Have Customers Standing In Line

By Barbara Hayes


When you own an amusement center, you are probably always on the lookout for new opportunities to increase your customer base. If you make a dramatic addition to the facility it will get plenty of attention. One of the hottest trends around today are miniature blacklight glow golf courses. They attract kids of all ages, are family friendly, and cheap to operate.

If you do not have the funds available to purchase all the equipment and marketing materials, along with the cost of setting the operation up, you will have to convince a financial institution to lend you the money. This involves sitting down and creating a comprehensive business plan. You can get good information from the manufacturers. They can help with management issues, financial projections, marketing strategies and staffing needs.

If you're planning to add on to an existing facility, you will need to decide what type of course you are going to install and if there are other amenities you want to add to attract more customers. Manufacturers agree that at a minimum you will need eighteen hundred square feet for nine holes with another thousand recommended. An eighteen hole course will require about thirty-six hundred square feet with five thousand four hundred the optimum.

Managers who have experience with these courses have found it beneficial to have arcades, party rooms, and food service areas available. For those who want to open a business featuring a course as its sole attraction, locations like malls and major tourist areas have worked well. The stand alone companies have also succeeded. It seems that the venue is not as important as the location. You must have a high traffic count.

You will be working closely with designers to create the exact course to fit your needs and specifications. They should provide you with computer designed drawings, layouts for the course, and all the electrical specifications. The theme will be up to you. Some of the most popular themes are pirates, jungles, oceans, and outer space.

You can make suggestions to the design team to modify an existing theme or have them build a new one just for you. Any theme you choose will include intricately cast fluorescent lights displaying the obstacles and props throughout the course. The shadows and eerie glow makes the game a fun challenge.

Actually installing the course usually takes a couple of weeks. A team will be assigned to come in and install custom curbing that will define the greens. After that they can begin the task of setting up the props, wall, arches, and other special effects that will create a unique environment. The carpet will be laid and the black lights installed as the final steps.

The entrance will be dramatic. This is the first thing customers see. It is the gateway and the real start of the course. An employee, completely dressed in character, will hand customers their glow-in-the-dark scorecards. Walking the multi-colored, glowing carpet will build excitement as the fun starts.




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