Resources
Straight answers for venue owners weighing entertainment. No pitch. Just what the space, the money, and the rules actually look like, with every number sourced.
What is your dead floor space actually costing you?
Price the empty corner in three lines of arithmetic, then work out what it should be earning instead.
Venue type guidesAmusement machines for restaurants: how placement fills your slow hours
Who pays for what, where a machine goes in a dining room, and what 42 slow hours a week are already costing you.
Venue type guidesNon-dues revenue a post committee can actually approve
What your post bylaws actually gate, scored against the ideas every commander has already heard.
Model and comparisonsCountertop games for bars: what they are and how placement works
Buying the box versus letting an operator place it, compared on cost, service, and risk.
Venue revenueHow to increase canteen revenue when membership is falling
Canteen revenue is visits times spend per visit. The arithmetic on closing the gap without more members.
Venue revenueHow to get customers to stay longer, and spend more while they do
Spend per head is capped by time on premises, not by your menu. What a short visit costs, with the math.
Venue revenueHow veteran and fraternal clubs add revenue without raising dues
The canteen funds the post and membership keeps falling. Why dues cannot close the gap, and what can.
OperationsHow much floor space does entertainment equipment actually need?
Cabinet footprint, player room, walkway clearance, and power, measured against a real bar floor plan.
OperationsWhat does it take to add a game machine to your bar?
The space, power, permits, and upkeep, and who actually handles each one.
Venue revenueWhy weeknights are the biggest untapped revenue in a neighborhood bar
Your weekends are capped and your weeknights are dead. Why the slow nights are your highest-margin revenue.
Model and comparisonsPredetermined outcome vs random outcome: what the difference means legally
The legal line runs through chance, not screens or prizes. What predetermined outcome means and who verifies it.
OperationsWhat venue owners should ask before signing with any entertainment vendor
Contract exit terms, service response time, proof of certification, and the revenue questions to ask before you sign.