[JoMar]

Originally Posted by Gulfcoast

Bowling leagues sound like fun and I don't dislike 50's/60's music, I would just rather hear the oldies that I grew up listening, too. My age group is now beginning to retire now so I don't think that's it's unreasonable to want some entertainment options geared more towards my age group. TV is a big place, I really do think that there is room for variety.

A craft beer bar with dart boards and pool tables, maybe outdoor corn hole, would be fun. A restaurant offering low carb appetizers and low sugar drinks would be a hit.

Maybe a fashion show with popular styles in the Villages.

You may have found your calling when you get here by organizing a movement. If you have a large enough peer group that can provide the revenue needed you could make it happen.

[Gulfcoast]

Originally Posted by JoMar

You may have found your calling when you get here by organizing a movement. If you have a large enough peer group that can provide the revenue needed you could make it happen.

I mean, if TV is going to survive then it will require my age group to buy in. I'm not really seeing a way around that. It's less of a movement and more of a cycle of life sort of thing. Only 18 years ago I was 8 months pregnant and had a 2 year old. Now I'm planning my not so distant retirement. Time truly does fly.

I'm not looking to take over TV, I just would like to see some entertainment geared towards my age group which seems reasonable given the investment that we all make to live in TV.

[rustyp]

Originally Posted by Gulfcoast

I mean, if TV is going to survive then it will require my age group to buy in. I'm not really seeing a way around that. It's less of a movement and more of a cycle of life sort of thing. Only 18 years ago I was 8 months pregnant and had a 2 year old. Now I'm planning my not so distant retirement. Time truly does fly.

I'm not looking to take over TV, I just would like to see some entertainment geared towards my age group which seems reasonable given the investment that we all make to live in TV.

What investment have you made ?

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by Gulfcoast

Bowling leagues sound like fun and I don't dislike 50's/60's music, I would just rather hear the oldies that I grew up listening, too. My age group is now beginning to retire now so I don't think that's it's unreasonable to want some entertainment options geared more towards my age group. TV is a big place, I really do think that there is room for variety.

A craft beer bar with dart boards and pool tables, maybe outdoor corn hole, would be fun. A restaurant offering low carb appetizers and low sugar drinks would be a hit.

Maybe a fashion show with popular styles in the Villages.

Nahhh, just give me Rocky and the Elders every night. LOL NOT! I agree, the demographic here isn't mostly age 70-80 any more. They need to drop the music era a decade or 2. Right now and for the foreseeable future the discussion is moot.

As for restaurants, it seems half of them are owned by the same 1 or 2 groups so if one is lousy the rest usually follow and since T.V. takes a chunk of the business they have to make up for it in higher prices which makes it worse. Sadly, as many of the small restaurants disappear maybe we'll get some variety. My wife is a vegetarian and she can only eat so many sides of steamed broccoli or a veggie pizza as her dinner in restaurants around here and I HATE vegetables so it's tough for us to go out to eat. I think TPTB need to find a better arrangement for stores and restaurants to make an easier living or every building in the squares will be apartments since no one will be able to successfully run a business. It amazes me how some of the retail businesses here survive.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

Nahhh, just give me Rocky and the Elders every night. LOL NOT! I agree, the demographic here isn't mostly age 70-80 any more. They need to drop the music era a decade or 2. Right now and for the foreseeable future the discussion is moot.

As for restaurants, it seems half of them are owned by the same 1 or 2 groups so if one is lousy the rest usually follow and since T.V. takes a chunk of the business they have to make up for it in higher prices which makes it worse. Sadly, as many of the small restaurants disappear maybe we'll get some variety. My wife is a vegetarian and she can only eat so many sides of steamed broccoli or a veggie pizza as her dinner in restaurants around here and I HATE vegetables so it's tough for us to go out to eat. I think TPTB need to find a better arrangement for stores and restaurants to make an easier living or every building in the squares will be apartments since no one will be able to successfully run a business. It amazes me how some of the retail businesses here survive.

I'd give my left pinky for Demshar's to turn into an open "food court" type place, a la Faneuil Hall in Boston.

Could have a taco stand, a shawarma place, a gyro joint, pizza-by-the-slice, oyster/raw bar, hotdog specialty place, a curry cafe, local-roast coffee bar, fresh-made chocolate chip cookies right off the conveyor belt-oven (if anyone remembers the Boston Chipyard, that's what I mean - THE BEST EVER). Another place that specializes in seafood, such as an order of whole-belly clams, or a lobster roll, breaded fried shrimp, and so on. Fresh-filled cannolis with your choice of flavors or dip-ins.

Each booth or stand or bar would be individually owned, and they'd all pay a share of the rent. It'd be like a permanent food truck festival without trucks, and all under a roof to protect from the elements.

[billethkid]

Very narrow view of what is being presented and available then calling it what is the typical fare of TV.
There are many more entertainment groups that perform at the 3 town squares that are not mentioned.

My personal opinion....one cannot portray what one in their 80's like vs one in their 50's........

The entertainment venues are wide ranging....TV is NOT anybody's "typical" retirement living environment.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by billethkid

Very narrow view of what is being presented and available then calling it what is the typical fare of TV.
There are many more entertainment groups that perform at the 3 town squares that are not mentioned.

My personal opinion....one cannot portray what one in their 80's like vs one in their 50's........

The entertainment venues are wide ranging....TV is NOT anybody's "typical" retirement living environment.

Agreed. The Villages has the Hooligans, which plays a pretty decent couple of Led Zeppelin tunes (among other things). They also have a couple of groups that do some kick-butt R&B, Soul, and Funk - which in my opinion is timeless and not really generation-specific.

[FishnFool]

Love the Hooligans! I agree music can and should vary quite a bit here, from Rocky to Uncle Bobs!

While I would have prefered the following to be correct “Right now, there is a boom in building Assisted Living and Independent Living facilities”, actually I believe VLS wasn’t able to utilize those 286 amenities for “restricted to residents of independent living or assisted living facilities (ALF/ILF) “ and changing them to “utilize the unused amenity rights for age-restricted units” was the main motive for the VLS to pursue the recent change to the 2015 amenity agreement and they will be the occupants of any new apartment dwellings in The Villages.

[Northwoods]

Originally Posted by oneclickplus

Bringing the "president" into this is only going to start a political conversation which we all know is prohibited. <wink>

Oh my!!! It must have been late at night... precedent! Where is spell check on this thing. (you know I'm going to go back and fix it)).

[rustyp]

Originally Posted by billethkid

Very narrow view of what is being presented and available then calling it what is the typical fare of TV.
There are many more entertainment groups that perform at the 3 town squares that are not mentioned.

My personal opinion....one cannot portray what one in their 80's like vs one in their 50's........

The entertainment venues are wide ranging....TV is NOT anybody's "typical" retirement living environment.

Number one highest paid group in the town squares - Rocky $1650
Number two group Johnny Wild - $1550

And let's not forget all those has beens at The Sharon - if they have a big name look for for the word "tribute".

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I would like to see all people who will be proven to have made exaggerated posts and posted unfounded rumors about the apartments to run naked around Spanish Springs Square.

But then...maybe I wouldn't like to see that.

Don’t encourage them, you know there electrical boxes around there and we know what happens when drunk “ “horror” Mongers get lost to sex magnets 🧲?

[Gulfcoast]

Originally Posted by rustyp

What investment have you made ?

Fair question and none - yet. I'm only stating what I, as a prospective new Villager, would hope to see in TV.

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I'd give my left pinky for Demshar's to turn into an open "food court" type place, a la Faneuil Hall in Boston.

Could have a taco stand, a shawarma place, a gyro joint, pizza-by-the-slice, oyster/raw bar, hotdog specialty place, a curry cafe, local-roast coffee bar, fresh-made chocolate chip cookies right off the conveyor belt-oven (if anyone remembers the Boston Chipyard, that's what I mean - THE BEST EVER). Another place that specializes in seafood, such as an order of whole-belly clams, or a lobster roll, breaded fried shrimp, and so on. Fresh-filled cannolis with your choice of flavors or dip-ins.

Each booth or stand or bar would be individually owned, and they'd all pay a share of the rent. It'd be like a permanent food truck festival without trucks, and all under a roof to protect from the elements.

That would be great but it won't happen as it will take business away from the restaurants that are paying high rents.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

That would be great but it won't happen as it will take business away from the restaurants that are paying high rents.

I don't agree. Restaurants have indoor seating for individual parties (one party per table, whether one person or 10 people), something a "food truck-esque" place wouldn't have. I imagine more on the order of a few long communal picnic tables and benches where anyone can sit at them right in the center of the hall, surrounded by these food booths or bars or niches. It'd be noisy and busy, not suitable for "relaxing" but more for the moviegoers to grab a bite on their way to or from the movie, or for dancers in the square to grab a dog and a soda inbetween sets of their favorite band, etc.

[Scott O]

That’s not what we read, it said closed due to slow business and it didn’t say permanently..