Can one start the FLGS?

In article <slrnftebh8.orj.usenet-nospam RemoveThis @guild.seebs.net>,
Seebs <usenet-nospam RemoveThis @seebs.net> wrote:

> On 2008-03-11, David Alex Lamb <dalamb RemoveThis @cs.queensu.ca> wrote:
> > 19k sounds really small to me. Kingston has 117,000 (not counting the
> > 20k+ migratory students, I think), three post-secondary institutions,
> > and exactly one FLGS. He has to compete with the big-box bookstore(s)
> > on the most profitable books, and with the main-street games store for
> > boxed games (downtown is basically one street wide and 2 km long, and
> > it's harder to be profitable if you're not on that street). He has
> > about 1/3 - 1/2 the store as gaming space; I don't know whether he
> > charges for it. He's been in business for quite a few years, so he's
> > profitable, but he's got a much bigger market than you do.
>
> We don't have any big-box bookstores. So far as I can tell, there is NOTHING
> within about 18 miles that will sell you so much as a single D&D book.

You might check out
http://boardgamebabylon.libsyn.com/index.php?post_year=2007&post_month=04

You have to capture a large percentage of a small msrket. You'll need
anchor products that have broad appeal.

- Allen

Sea Wasp <seawaspObvious.DeleteThis@sgeObviousinc.com> wrote:
>>
>> I always figured gaming space should be run as its own business,
>> upstairs from the game shop if you've got an upstairs.
>>
>> Do it well and charge by the hour, booked and paid a week in advance
>> at minimum.
>
> Not anywhere in the boonies. And by that I mean "Anywhere that isn't
> in or near a major city".
>
> Pay per hour? Ch'huh. Right. Not even when I was a kid. Per night --
> and not much per night, either. I'm only paying to park my butt in a
> chair; unless you're providing the entertainment yourself, rather than
> having me and my friends provide it, you won't convince me to pay more
> than a few bucks a night. I've heard from Terry and a couple others
> about places that did per hour, but they're in heavily populated parts
> of the country with high median incomes and, presumably, space
> limitations.

I'd be willing to consider it, for a reasonable amount split among the
group. I don't think what I'd be willing to pay would cover the cost of
the place, though.


Keith
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