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Old 02-05-2014, 01:41 PM   #11
19Yzerman19
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I think you pretty much have to either have a separated area for skating, or have it be skate only on thursdays, or something. You can't have people skating in the same space as the mountain bikes. Obviously the features are totally different, but it's also asking for some skater to get destroyed by a guy on a bike. Having a separated area just costs floor space - it works if you have something the size of the Joyride park I posted, but then you have to weigh the benefits of having some skating features against, say, a spin studio or something.
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother View Post
No offence, but if it is so easy, why don't you open one. It appears to be a passion for you.
If it was feasible I would absolutely consider doing it. Biking isn't my passion, skiing is, but this just seems to be such a huge hole waiting to be filled. It seems to me that the two main obstacles here are cost of warehouse space (which might be something that could be mitigated; I don't know the commercial real estate market) and cost of insurance.
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assumption: popularity is just as good in Calgary for this as Markham
More so, I'd think... We have an actual mountain range driving the popularity of mountain biking. That said, the GTO has a much larger population obviously so that probably offsets.
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Aside from the passes, you could make money with advertisements, pro shop, food, etc.
And equipment rentals, though the issue there is that the cost of the equipment is super high so the deposit might put people off.
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I think you're way underestimating what goes into maintaining a business/building like this.
A 90,000 sqft. building is going to to pretty darn expensive to heat, light, and maintain.
I may be. But it seems to me that the cost is going to be mainly a) land (i.e. warehouse rent), and b) insurance. Heating costs depend on the structure itself, not just the space. But again, their 90,000sq ft park is one example, you could it with half that much space.

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