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  • Snake_Taker
    Registered User
    • Oct 2005
    • 21

    #1

    !?New PaintBall Arena!?

    Hey any one have any clue how much money it takes to start of your own paintball arena?
    any guesses at all will help.
    thanks
    DJ
  • BobTheCow
    IAO Gold Star winner (BTK)
    • Dec 2002
    • 3832

    #2
    I'm willing to bet that if you're asking a public paintball forum this question, you probably don't need to worry about it.
    Calling all Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and other east coast AOers...

    AO Mid-Atlantic Meet (planning stages)

    Let us know what dates and locations work for you!!

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    • slade
      Carpe Noctem
      • Apr 2004
      • 3442

      #3
      more than you have.
      xvalve, ule body, logic vert frame, WWA barrel
      68/30 PE nitro tank
      cp unimount
      halo B

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      • cdacda13
        WDP: Fly or Die
        • Jan 2005
        • 841

        #4
        First, you need insurance. Thats a lot of money
        Then you need a place. Real estate= lots of money.
        Then, you need bunkers. That= lots of money.
        Then, you need fill stations and paint and rentals. That= lots of money.
        Then, you need a staff. That = lots of money.
        Then, you need to advetize. That= lots of money.
        Then, you need the little stuff. That=lots of money.
        Finally, you need to do constant repairs. That=lots of money.

        Final Cost.
        lots lots lots lots lots lots lots lots of money.

        And, somewhere in between there, you need to get a permit.
        Born to be hated
        Dying to be loved

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        • Snake_Taker
          Registered User
          • Oct 2005
          • 21

          #5
          .

          hahaha figured that much out myself

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          • slade
            Carpe Noctem
            • Apr 2004
            • 3442

            #6
            time to add something useful. if youre making a private field for you and a few friends on private property, throw some sticks in piles, find pallets, old tires, barrels, plywood, etc. , then buy a scuba or two and a fill station. if youre thinking about anything more than that, forget it. either that or mug bill gates
            xvalve, ule body, logic vert frame, WWA barrel
            68/30 PE nitro tank
            cp unimount
            halo B

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            • Rather
              Registered User
              • Nov 2002
              • 757

              #7
              Originally posted by cdacda13
              First, you need insurance. Thats a lot of money
              Then you need a place. Real estate= lots of money.
              Then, you need bunkers. That= lots of money.
              Then, you need fill stations and paint and rentals. That= lots of money.
              Then, you need a staff. That = lots of money.
              Then, you need to advetize. That= lots of money.
              Then, you need the little stuff. That=lots of money.
              Finally, you need to do constant repairs. That=lots of money.

              Final Cost.
              lots lots lots lots lots lots lots lots of money.

              And, somewhere in between there, you need to get a permit.

              He Hit the nail on the head.


              Well all i can say is if you want to actually make profit, stay the heck away from indoor. ALOT more things to pay for than an outdoor. Also if oyu want the nice atomix turf, drop about another 5K for an area just right for one X ball field. would also need lots of netting, another couple K's right there.


              Don't do strictly speedball, that cuts you out of about 75% of paintballers who want woods/recreation/scenario. the 25% of tournie guys will find every way to not pay you (of course some of the other guys will do that too, but tournie guys are the worst).


              I know because i used to work at an indoor paintball field (the paintball factory). The owner had to close because he had no money left to keep the place open and it was costing more to be open than we took in.

              If your looking to open a field to get some income, your looking in the wrong place.

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              • wanna-b-ballin'
                Pump Player
                • Jan 2005
                • 1380

                #8
                it will cost you more than you can probably afford, and you wont get any money back out of it if you get it going for a long long time. long time.
                upgrade fund: $145

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                • stop whining buy a mag
                  I know what I'm doing!
                  • Sep 2004
                  • 414

                  #9
                  $100,000 to start a hole in the wall place with only one or two fields. That number also assumes you have your own land (farm).

                  To get a very nice place running your looking at pushing $1 million. If you go out and buy 30 or so acres it's going to cost you an arm and a leg in some places. If your in the middle of nowhere it won't be so bad. I did some rough calculations a while back and it was about $500,000 to set up a mediocre place with 3 fields and you already had your own land.

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                  • Maggot6
                    Registered User
                    • Aug 2004
                    • 1527

                    #10
                    The easy way, is get the property behind your house (assuming you have some) throw some sticks together, and then use them as bunkers...Then if you and your friends still use it alot, then clear out an area from sticks/roots/annoying rocks so it is virtually leaves/dirt, and then pile some wood together for speedball, once you and your friends pool together some money, get some Plywood from someone who isn't using it, or is throwing it out and actually make near real bunkers...After you have went through the trouble of doing all that, then you could think about starting a feild....Because you probably have no idea of how much work it takes, JUST to set up the feild so that it doesn't look like some 15-18 year olds got some sticks and threw it together.

                    Once you get that little feild behind your house going, getting other kids to play there, legally, is an entire nother story...

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                    • buzzboy
                      Emo grass cuts inself
                      • Mar 2005
                      • 1322

                      #11
                      You can do it for cheap but you won't be able to make a profit

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                      • gc82000
                        LNIB just a few scratches
                        • Mar 2004
                        • 1346

                        #12
                        Okay I have about 26 acres of land which of 15 acres of it is reasonably flat, while the rest can be left for woodsball. Will this be a suitably sized area to open a Paintball feild?
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                        • Death of Rats
                          Disgruntled Crash Dummy
                          • Sep 2005
                          • 52

                          #13
                          Originally posted by stop whining buy a mag
                          $100,000 to start a hole in the wall place with only one or two fields. That number also assumes you have your own land (farm).
                          I think your going a little bit overboard with that remark

                          Fees
                          lets see

                          Yearly insurance cost I am guessing amount to about 4000 to 5000 lets just say 5K

                          5000


                          Rental equipment for all those people you plan on having out there. 4000 = 40 tippmans+gear. I am hoping this will be enough, you might start with 20 but eventually you will be overrun.

                          4000


                          Cost to build bunkers on the fields hmmm if we are going all out lets say 1 speedball, 1 hyperball, 2 or so woodsballs and a whatever just in case. That is anywhere between 3000 to about 10000 according to how much you spend on your fields when it comes to doing it yourself, materials, and not to mention equipment. So lets just round this off to a nice 6000 right here

                          6000


                          Equipment you need at the field includes lawn mowers, weed eaters, air blowers, HPA fill stuff, CO2 fill stuff, some sort of trailer to haul all your rental paintball gear as well as all your filling and other stuff around in. I am just going to throw out a hmmmm lets see

                          12000


                          Initial paint for the participants about a 1000

                          1000


                          As your statment does not include land I am going to leave it out because that can go anywhere from about 10000 to a heck of a lot more than I have.

                          A lot but not inlcuded


                          Oh lastly people to help out. Probably would be best to get friends to help you in most of your set up or people that want to play on the field when it is done who you can pay in free air fills, free game days and other fun stuff.


                          crap forgot netting. Lets say another 2K there.

                          2000


                          All of this comes out to about 25k for about 6 fields. That is not to bad. Advertising is not included because normally that is going to every local college, high school, church and every other place that you can find and spreading the word. But lets say another 1000 here just in case.

                          So we come out to Twenty seven thousandish. Yes I know I am adding a thousand there. Lets say Thirty thousand as a nice sum if you do not include the land. This also does not include a shop so you are doing this all out of your home.


                          This number doesn't really get you to the 100000 mark but it still is pretty high.

                          If anyone wants to add anything feel free.

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                          • Lohman446
                            Useful posts: 7
                            • Jun 2003
                            • 9315

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Death of Rats
                            I think your going a little bit overboard with that remark

                            Fees
                            lets see

                            Yearly insurance cost I am guessing amount to about 4000 to 5000 lets just say 5K

                            5000
                            Way low judging by other business insurance costs. Look for insurance costs in the 20-30K range depending on how deeply they get into risk analysis and how much liability protection you are going to need


                            Rental equipment for all those people you plan on having out there. 4000 = 40 tippmans+gear. I am hoping this will be enough, you might start with 20 but eventually you will be overrun.

                            4000
                            $100 for a full Tippman set-up? I may be out of the loop but that strikes me as low.

                            Equipment you need at the field includes lawn mowers, weed eaters, air blowers, HPA fill stuff, CO2 fill stuff, some sort of trailer to haul all your rental paintball gear as well as all your filling and other stuff around in. I am just going to throw out a hmmmm lets see

                            12000
                            Way way low, I would figure closer to 20 - 30K in misc. expenses

                            Remember most businesses (under general business use) loose money for the first three years, and it takes seven to make back the investment. Assuming you are doing it on business loans and abandoning other sources of income I doubt I would go into it with less than 500K in funding, and likely more by the time one considers expenses for those first three years.
                            "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. Its not" - Dr Suess

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                            • SCpoloRicker
                              HA HA I'm custom!!1
                              • Jan 2004
                              • 4375

                              #15
                              *scratches head*

                              Uh, I'm not coming here with any business questions anymore.

                              No offense everyone.
                              God....I guess I was probably returning videotapes.

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