If You Could Start Any Business...

• se-alum

  

  what would it be?
  
  I would love to start a Gastropub.
• gut

  minor league website
• se-alum

  

  gut;1543287 wrote:minor league website

  Neg reps for lack of originality.
• gut

  se-alum;1543297 wrote:Neg reps for lack of originality.

  Yeah, but I was first
• OSH

  

  Great thread! I'm a hopeful entrepreneur (one of these days).
  
  I'd love to own a fitness center that has a lot of different things in it -- primarily indoor soccer with all other amenities too.
  
  Attached to it would be a sports bar.
• Enforcer

  

  Gun/Archery shop with. Indoor 3D archery range
• GoChiefs

  

  Probably selling sports memorabilia.
• TedSheckler

  

  importing/exporting
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  I'd open a garage.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  My grandparents owned a pizza shop when I was younger that i'd help out sometimes with. I've made their pizza recipe every Saturday for 8 years now. For nostalgic reasons I'd open my pizza shop.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Sports bar
• Gblock

  when i retire i plan on starting a foodtruck/shack or do competition barbeque. beef brisket, pulled pork and ribs.
• derek bomar

  

  OSH;1543305 wrote:Great thread! I'm a hopeful entrepreneur (one of these days).
  
  I'd love to own a fitness center that has a lot of different things in it -- primarily indoor soccer with all other amenities too.
  
  Attached to it would be a sports bar.

  Ahhhhhh - the ole infinite loop business model. I like it.
• Belly35

  

  Ownership of business is not all that some think it is ... Been there done that
  
  How just for fun and to have something to do…. Two ideas:
  
  1. Weapon Camp … designed to teach, train, instruction on safety and shoot different weapons. Family friendly w/ cabins, lodge and other events .
  2. Is a Arcade Game room serving Beer and Hot Dogs … with old school Arcade game line up along the wall, three or four big screen video game and table some people could watch other player.
  
  I have a few more also : Slot Car Dinner
  Warehouse Street Rod Cruise
• TedSheckler

  

  Belly35;1543374 wrote: 1. Weapon Camp … designed to teach, train, instruction on safety and shoot different weapons. Family friendly w/ cabins, lodge and other events .

  (i.e. Tornado Prep Camp)
• cruiser_96

  

  TedSheckler;1543312 wrote:importing/exporting

  What exactly would you be importing and exporting...Latex?
  
  Ive thought about this. The sad thing for me lies in the fact that where I find passion (HS and NCAA wrestling), I find very little opportunity to create wealth.
• TedSheckler

  

  cruiser_96;1543406 wrote:What exactly would you be importing and exporting...Latex?

  I would import matches. I would also import chips (potato and corn) and export diapers.
• Automatik

  

  se-alum;1543285 wrote:what would it be?
  
  I would love to start a Gastropub.

  That's a good one. I'm a big fan of gastropugs. Small, simple menu, quality ingredients, good beer and cocktail selection.
  
  I always toss around the idea of the self serve yogurt places. I'd imagine the upkeep is minimal.
• thavoice

  OSH;1543305 wrote:Great thread! I'm a hopeful entrepreneur (one of these days).
  
  I'd love to own a fitness center that has a lot of different things in it -- primarily indoor soccer with all other amenities too.
  
  Attached to it would be a sports bar.

  There is a place locally that pretty much has all you are asking for. Indoor soccer field, fitness center, tennis courts, swimming pool, and had a bar in it as well. Oh, and a 9 hole par 3 golf course around it. They are looking for buyers as it has been closed for a few years. A couple of local floods devastated the place.
• thavoice

  cruiser_96;1543406 wrote:What exactly would you be importing and exporting...Latex?
  
  Ive thought about this. The sad thing for me lies in the fact that where I find passion (HS and NCAA wrestling), I find very little opportunity to create wealth.

  You could even call it, oh, lets say...Vandelay industries...
• ernest_t_bass

  

  thavoice;1543443 wrote:There is a place locally that pretty much has all you are asking for. Indoor soccer field, fitness center, tennis courts, swimming pool, and had a bar in it as well. Oh, and a 9 hole par 3 golf course around it. They are looking for buyers as it has been closed for a few years. A couple of local floods devastated the place.

  The place off 127 in Celina?
• thavoice

  ernest_t_bass;1543451 wrote:The place off 127 in Celina?

  Yep.
  
  Two floods ruined it. The new spillway lets out so much more water than the old one, but they didnt do anything to expand where the water goes. A number of farmers down the road have won some lawsuits because of the excessive flooding that has occurred. That place I am talking about did win som emoney but not near enough to reopen. They still rent out and use the indoor soccer for winter leagues though.
  
  Loved going to that place.....work out, play hoops, do whatever and then sit and have a few beers! Counter productive I know...but still a blast.
• vdubb96

  

  thavoice;1543457 wrote:Yep.
  
  Two floods ruined it. The new spillway lets out so much more water than the old one, but they didnt do anything to expand where the water goes. A number of farmers down the road have won some lawsuits because of the excessive flooding that has occurred. That place I am talking about did win som emoney but not near enough to reopen. They still rent out and use the indoor soccer for winter leagues though.
  
  Loved going to that place.....work out, play hoops, do whatever and then sit and have a few beers! Counter productive I know...but still a blast.

  We used it last year for our Flag fball practices. That place has unlimited potential.
• dlazz

  I'd open up a LAN/gaming center near OSU. It would double as an internet cafe with coffee and whatnot, but the main draw would be PC/console gaming.
  
  The old bookstore at the corner of 15th and High would be a perfect location for it.
• thavoice

  No doubt. I dont think they are insurable though and another flood would do the same. they built up the hills around it that helps but still can be an issue. The hills probably make it so the golf course wouldnt be resurrected. Very big area and with two gyms that opened and doing well it would be hard to get that place going full bore again.
  
  They used to be open until 1am a couple of times a week...Pretty sure I gained weight eating and drinking at the place over the years!!!
  

  vdubb96;1543484 wrote:We used it last year for our Flag fball practices. That place has unlimited potential.