I have kicked around the indoor deal quite a few times. And I don't see how you can come close to justifying the investment without being married to the business. That means opening at least 5 days per week. I don't think there is a way to just do Wednesdays or Thursdays or Saturdays. Way to much money involved in the investment. Good luck creekside, hope it goes well.
You are 100 percent right. We are open 5 days-over 40+ hrs week, don't pay ourselves, others work for free to help out, and my construction company still pays "rent" to pay the bills a few months before we open the next season. So basically I pay for everyone to ride there all winter. If there was no mortgage I may make 5k for 1200- 1500 hrs of work for 5 months. And that does not include any extra work on building or propety. If things were like they were before the economy went down about 2008 I would probably break even.
There have been lots of improvements I have done since we opened and more I would like to do. I have to take my own $ from my own pocket to do those. If I could make money I would gladly put it all back in to improve the place.
We love what we do for the motocross community and that's why we have kept doing it but it is not an investment to make money by any means. There are people that come when you have a busy day or 2 and they say you are just raking in the bucks. But they are not there the days we have 5 people show for 7 hrs work, prep costs, and other costs those days.
To add to sbwr cost. 1k month in diesel for track prep, 800 month ng, 120 month water, gas/snowplowing, salt, equipment and building maintance, insurance, and the list goes on.
Every indoor in Indiana and Michigan has closed the past few years. There is a reason for that. And now we would have 4 indoors within 1- 1 1/2 hrs from each other. 3/4 of the riders don't ride indoors and want to go south or wait for the outdoors to stay open late in season or open early in spring.
All I have to say is good luck.
