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Originally Posted by fred53
I gather you aren't here in the summer. If you were you'd know that the year round population doesn't begin to fill the two bowling alley's we now have. Perhaps you could suggest a way they could survive the 5/6mos. when the snowbirds have flown the coop.
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These two bowling alleys have been here for many years...for sure the 12 years we have been here.
When talking about the slow VS the busy season there are some things to keep in mind.
In 2004 when the population was 35,000 the bowling alleys were doing fine and always seemed to be busy. For ease of example let us just say the population drops by 50% in the slow season. Something less than 20,000 population base.
Fast forward to today. The latest number I heard was 110,000 and growing. Take away 50% in the slow season.....55,000 population base.....the slow season of today is almost 50% greater than the busy season of 12 years ago.
The developer has consistently added golf courses as TV grows southward.
Must be a reason why somebody other than the developer has not picked up on bowling as a great business opportunity.
I have no idea what the criteria are for adding bowling alleys.