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Re: Climbing Gym
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:10 pm
by clif
what other locations are you considering?
Re: Climbing Gym
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:22 pm
by kato
climb2core wrote:There 19.6 thousand climbers in the greater Lexington area. 32.6% are dissatisfied with the current gym. A new larger commercial enterprise would expect to capitalize on 40.6% of the current market. Expected profit margin would be 22.3% with a return on investment of $123,420 by year 3.
Hey, can you give me the numbers for Cincinnati, too?
Re: Climbing Gym
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:00 pm
by OZ
Heck, yeah! Open the large gym in December and shut it down in March of every year.
Re: Climbing Gym
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:17 am
by A.Hubbuch
Come to Bowling Green. 4th largest city in KY, only one gym in town aside from campus, large student community. Nearest climbing is 1.5 hrs to Nashville's gym or hour to not so good outdoor climbing.
Re: Climbing Gym
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:33 pm
by tradotto
What about Cincinnati(metro) area gym. Getting up/out to the burb gyms is a pain in the ass for us city folk.
Re: Climbing Gym
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:11 pm
by Artsay
Do it!!! Lexington needs a route gym...though I kind of feel like an idiot saying that with the Red so close...
I know several Lexington folk that frequently travel to neighboring cities' gyms to climb routes so a route gym is definitely in demand.
Re: Climbing Gym
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:12 pm
by pkananen
It seems unlikely that Cincinnati could support a third gym. UC has a wall for students, and I'm not sure if there's a group of climbers too far from CT/RQ that would go to another gym instead.
Re: Climbing Gym
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:55 pm
by bcombs
pkananen wrote:It seems unlikely that Cincinnati could support a third gym. UC has a wall for students, and I'm not sure if there's a group of climbers too far from CT/RQ that would go to another gym instead.
I would.
If I don't leave at least 30 minutes before rush hour it takes me 45 - 1hr to get to CT or RQ. It doesn't really work well for a regular (3 day a week) routine.
However, I do agree that there isn't enough support for 3 gyms.
Re: Climbing Gym
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:07 pm
by pkananen
I would too, expect I live on the east side, and you live on the west side, so we'd need two gyms. Then again, CT is 15 minutes away for me, but what I REALLY want is a gym in the firehouse building in Hyde Park Square. Then it's a minute away for me. OPEN IT NOW, I'm sure you'd make a fortune
Re: Climbing Gym
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:39 pm
by 512OW
I wouldn't. I'm 40 minutes from Rockquest, but I can't imagine better training anywhere else...