Bowl Expo and Space Consideration
What is Bowl Expo? International Bowl Expo 2019 is a five day event with filled with seminars, boot camps, and two-day long trade show full of Family Entertainment Exhibitors. This year it was located inside the Paris Hotel Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is hosted by BPAA ( Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America ), a non-profit organization – the only one in the world that serves specific, yet diverse, interest of bowling center owners.
Promotional Video from Bowl Expo 2019
Bowl Expo 2019 Schedule at a glance.
Family Entertainment Centers and how they are changing the traditional bowling industry.
FECs and Family Fun Centers attract all genders and age groups. They include multiple attractions such as mini-bowling, arcade games, laser tag, go-carts, bumper cars, virtual reality, and video games. By complimenting your anchor bowling attraction with numerous diverse sources of entertainment it can offer opportunities for growth to your business. Targeting larger groups of people and families rather than niche customers. The diversity of entertainment will bring customers back again and again.
Laserblast Trade Show Booth.
The week started with multiple super sessions and networking events.
Barry inviting Caitlyn and Andrew up on stage to answer Small Busines Trivia Questions. Andrew works the Management Team at Le Ella Lanes in Washington Court House, Ohio.
Small Business Hacks: 25 Shortcuts for Your Success
” Running a small business is hard and confusing. Most entrepreneurs start a company to solve a problem and just want to focus on doing only that with customers. Unfortunately, managing all the other parts in a business and the people “gets in the way”. This is a high-speed presentation that will rapidly go through the best 25 tips, tricks and workarounds for anyone in a small business to be able to accomplish critical tasks in seven steps or less. “
Digital Marketing: 5 kinds of Facebook Content for your Facility
” If you aren’t using social media for your bowling center now is the time to start! Everyday consumers are looking online for a local business just like yours. By keeping your business’ social media pages full of exciting content you will be able to get new customers in the door build relationships with your existing customer base and stay top-of-mind with the bowling enthusiasts in your area. “
How to fit Laser Tag in your Bowling Center
Do you currently have any un-used bowling lanes? Or a sparsely used entertainment room? Is it at least 2,500 square feet? Then you may need to consider adding laser tag to your center!
Why Laser Tag?
Laser tag appeals to a wide range of customers, helping it become a mainstay in FECs around the world over the past 30 years. Reasonable investment: the cost of a typical laser tag addition ranges from $100,000 to $250,000.
Quick ROI: Initial investment has typically been returned in 6-12 months.
- Appeals to All Ages
- Compliments your Anchor Bowling Attraction
- Creates Return Customers
- Quick ROI
- Reasonable Investment
Fun for the whole family, laser tag attracts customers of all ages, and makes for a perfect attraction to run inside your bowling center. Our equipment offers extremely fast return on investment with minimal maintenance and upkeep. One employee can run up to 96 players per hour with a 24 person system. Earn repeat customers with fun and interactive laser tag innovations like AI Projector Targets, Trivia Tag, and Cyberweb Frequent Players Program.
AI Projector Targets throw animated interactive characters across your arena matching your theme. Zombies to match your dilapidated city landscape, dinosaurs to compliment your jungle theme, or a star-ship to match your galactic arena. Even on the slow days you can book up corporate and school events with Trivia Tag. Upload questions easily to the trivia tag terminal and test your employees/coworkers knowledge. They shoot to activate the terminal and then again to answer the question. Tag the correct answer and you’ll receive your reward, which could be anything from bonus points, to a nuke that shuts the entire opposing team down.
Headpinz in Naples, Florida removed 8 out 40 lanes for their recently added laser tag attraction. Drawing above includes the overall center and and how they squeezed in a laser tag arena. They purchased 30 Cyberblast Vests and run 15-20 players at a time while vesting and briefing the next group. They can run games easily back to back bringing in more revenue while having little to no down time.
What is Laser Tag Equipment Return on Investment?
The table to the left shows a sample revenue calculation for a 20 player system in a small-medium market.
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Conclusion
What makes Bowl Expo Unique?
- Operator & Vendor Education
- Networking Opportunities
- Small Business Focused
Bowling operators from around the world continue to make Bowl Expo with BPAA a one of a kind event offering endless education and investment opportunities. Take some think to learn why Laser Tag may be the perfect upgrade to your bowling center. See you at Bowl Expo 2020!
A few Bowling Centers we’ve worked with,
