What would you like to see in a paintball field?

[USAF-Flyboy with a Mag]

An associate of mine is thiking of opening a field and was curious to what you would look for in a field. The field would cater to the arena type paintball crowd. Looking at 4 fields total (2 NPPL 7 man fields, 1 X-Ball field, 1 PSP 10 man). Cost would be in the 15 area with $10 all day air.
What kind of playing surface?
What kind of fields?
Prices?
Hours of operation?
any thing you would like to add to it.

Thanks
~Flyboy

[yeahthatsme]

indoor or outdoor?
what kinds of paint are you going to offer?


hours: something like 12-5

[trevorjk]

indoor or out door? either way friday nights would be sweet for opperation either inside or outside under the lights cool either way


i just like playing the dorito so thats all i would need

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

something that other fields don't have...

on site restaurant
a place for parents to be when their kids are out playing (my parents sit in the car all day long and it would be nice if they could do something while i'm paintballing for 8 hours)
vending machines
actual toilets (not portable jon jons, an actual building with a toilet)

Fridays - 5pm to 12am would be nice
sat + sun - like 10am and close when everyone leaves

Playing surface - i don't see whats wrong with grass.

Prices - $10 all day air sounds fair and $15 for admission is pretty cheap

Fields - you guys got a tourny player's dream field but what about the rec player?

[Mag Master 04]

A BIG, HUGE, PINK FRIGGIN BUNNY RABBIT!!!

[USAF-Flyboy with a Mag]

Originally posted by yeahthatsme
indoor or outdoor?
what kinds of paint are you going to offer?


hours: something like 12-5

Outdoor
you tell me..that is what this thread is for...what kind of paint would you like to see? You would have the option of bringing your own paint as well.

What about night games? what days of the week would you like to see that offered? Hrs?

[USAF-Flyboy with a Mag]

Originally posted by SuiciDal Sn Y p ER

Fields - you guys got a tourny player's dream field but what about the rec player?

The owner wants to cater more towards the tourny side of the game. Their reasoning being that those are going to be the customers playing more on a regular basis.

[edweird]

I agree if I owned and operated a feild I would mostlikley go very close to the same route.

4 feilds all indoor

Xball
variable Sup air
2 rec ball feilds one of which 3rd world multi building mil-sim and other trench/tower battlefeild with cool gun emplacments in the towers (warpfeed nasty typoons or cocker quad-50's that shut down when switch is flipped at base)

Id try to keep it clean all the time by having it built to be all pressure washed at ease. Also when them dastardly airsofters wanna play they can rent out a clean feild and have at it. Flooring would mostlikley be that astroturf stuff with a full floor drain to reuse the wash water for eco hippy reasons.

So yeah someone gimme a couple million and Ill put these up in a couple citys.

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

decent paint at a low price, $40 to $60 is good for a case.

Night games - you better have a lot of lightning cause even with night vision i ran into a few trees

BYOP would be great but you can make it so people WANT to buy paint at the field (like have lower prices than local stores)

[trevorjk]

night games are awesome especially outdoors... but you need good lighting for that. as for indoors its easy for night games but its not the same how ever if the feild is indoor the surface better have good traction and restrooms and what not better not be tile as that gets very slippery very fast... and your feild will get messy really fast unless you decide to clean it after every use wich will get very cumbersome but thats just my 2 cents for now

[FreakBaller12]

my 2 cents

have night play wednesday fridays. Then have a time where you switch over to nite play on saturdays. Have a readmission for people playing(note: they can buy an all day pass too for like 20)
Have one or 2 fields lit up. Preferably like the xball and psp10 man. As lightign all of them, they probably wouldn't all be used and it would save money.

Yes have something for the parents to do. GREAT IDEA! I would offer blaze for 55. Then some white box(competitive edge is good stuff ) for like 38. Then 1 or 2 higher grade RPS.

Nitro fills to 4500 are a must.

[sneakyhacker420]

get a compressor and do $5 all-day-air


and knowin how my fields bunkers NEVER get cleaned off... invest in a steam washer/pressure washer and clean the bunkers off after every day of play

11 AM to 5 or 6 PM would be a cool time to be open



all i know is that when this is done... i'd LOVE to come and play there


may i also suggest that you replace one of the 7-man sup air fields with a hyperball field?

that makes everyone happy... and most rec ballers like to play on them, as well as thourney ones

[Mindflux]

What would I like to see in a paintball field?

Hot chicks.

[Fred]

Re: What would I like to see in a paintball field?

Originally posted by Mindflux
Hot chicks.

My first thought!

Fields need more girls. Lots of them. of the single and attractive variety... and hopefully they have game too...

A secure staging area would be cool too, like lockable lockers and such...


---Fred

[Dryden]

Originally posted by SuiciDal Sn Y p ER
actual toilets (not portable jon jons, an actual building with a toilet)

I've thought of this too, though the problem is that an indoor restroom facility would be difficult to manage as far as safety is concerned.

Tile floors, broken paint shells and fill, and cleats are a recipe for disaster. It'd have to be more of a glorified outhouse with flush toilets and a gravel floor. But yes, I 100% agree with you. I'd pay an extra $10 per day for a flush toilet and a sink with soap and hot water.

Anyhow, here's my wish list ...

What I'm looking for in a field (today):

A ref crew that speeds things along to maximize play time, a shelter house to store gear under during bad weather, and a food stand that offers something resembling an actual meal.

What I want to see fields do (tomorrow):

Equipment lockers. Doesn't have to be anything fancy, rubber wrapped keys on lanyards that players keep for the day, similar to the storage lockers at amusement parks and bowling alleys - insert 50 cents and you can remove the key. Pay per use lockers will pay for themselves, though for the typical pb'er we're talking about pretty large locker storage space.

Indoor rec facility & waiting room. As mentioned, a place where family and friends can do something for amusement for 8 hours besides reading a book or watching a DVD in the car. A basic arcade, seating area with televisions, and vending machines.

Paint selection. Personally, I'm taking RPS Marbalizer every single time if it's offered - it's been my preferred brand of paint for 10 years. If a field owner isn't able to carry AT LEAST 5 or 6 choices in paint, I better be allowed BYO. Otherwise, I will not return to a field that gives me two choices (bad and worse). I understand that paint sales is where a lot of profit is, but honestly, can anyone name any other sport where you're told you CANNOT use your own equipment when you arrive?

I mentioned in another thread that I'm more than willing to pay $25 or more in admission, provided the facilities are thoughtfully laid out and I can play the game the way I want to play, and use all my own gear doing it. The game is about the players, not the field owners.

Tech staff and an airsmith that understands the majority of markers that players will bring would also be a plus. If it were necessary, I'd like to have a nice, well lit table to tear my marker apart and rebuild, rather than laying out a white towel in the middle of nowhere and praying I don't drop a screw in tall weeds. Rebuilding or repairing a marker between a game at a tournament pace is difficult enough as it is, the least a field owner could do is provide a good workbench service area for players to use - it'd save me 5 minutes alone in not having to dig out my assortment of tools, parts kits, and o-rings.

As for the fields themselves, I haven't seen anything better than SplatterPark right here in Ohio. I can't think of a better field to emulate - the 10-man pyperball course is a riot. My only complaint is more benchseating and a higher elevation for spectators to view the field.

Here's my thought ... if I were building a field for me, I'd have a large building similar to what you might find at a municipal, public swimming pool - flush toilets, sinks, showers, lockers, all under one roof.

If I could shower after a day of play - BEFORE getting in the car for the drive home - I wouldn't go to any other field again.