9/08/2018

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.

Unless you are planning to buy the equipment, along with the setup and marketing materials, outright, you'll probably need to borrow the money to get this new enterprise set up. That will involve a comprehensive business plan a lender will approve. The course manufacturers can give you a lot of help with this. They will have numbers on the financial projections, marketing strategies, staffing needs, and management issues.

If an addition to your existing facility is necessary, you are going to have to determine the kind of course to be installed and what other amenities you want to offer the public. For a nine hole course you are going to need at least eighteen hundred square feet with a thousand more recommended. A full eighteen hole course requires a minimum of thirty-six hundred square feet. The optimal square footage is fifty-four hundred.

Owners of these courses suggest creating areas for arcades, party rooms, and food service. Locations that attract tourists, and shopping malls, have been successful for those interested in making the course attraction all they offer customers. Purchasing a stand alone building and modifying it to suit a course has worked as well. Locating in an area where there is a steady stream of potential customers will make the difference between success and failure.

You and the design team will work together closely to create a course that fits the needs and specifications of your particular location. The designers will be sending you computer designed drawings, the electrical specifications, and possible course layouts for your approval. You decide the theme of the course. You might choose one of the most popular themes, which include outer space, oceans, jungles, and pirates.

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 is a much a part of the entertainment as the course. The designers should create a gateway that excites customers. Glow-in-the-dark scorecards can be given out as customers enter. The carpets, which must be made of the most durable material possible, will glow in multiple colors marking the entrance to a great customer experience.




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