Site Evaluation
We offer initial site evaluation in terms of location, access, suitability and capacity. This spans the visibility and access, ability to effectively utilize the site, available utilities, potential problems with flood plain/floodway or existing soils, zoning, impact of existing topography, utilities, neighbors, zoning, traffic and area roadway network.
Feasibility Studies
One of the most important steps in the process of creating a successful project is the determination of the project's feasibility. Over the past 28 years we have developed more than 70 feasibility studies for projects that included amusement parks, large, and small family entertainment centers, stand lone miniature golf courses and go-kart tracks.
These studies evaluated location, demographics, proposed attractions, existing competition, projected attendance and revenues, operating costs, cost of construction, staffing, debt service and related issues.
Business Plans
Our approach is to assist our client's in the preparation of their business plans, rather than preparing plans and submitting them.
The business plan the client submits to private investors or bank loan committees must be one the client knows thoroughly. Failing to convince investors that you know the sources and reasons for the data presented is one sure way of being rejected.
We work closely with our clients to assure that the correct information is included, presented in a clear and concise manner and explains in sufficient detail the justification of the data included.
Concepts & Planning
Our services include the development of concepts and master planning for FECs, including assistance in determining specific attractions and creation of optimized building floor plans. Proper placement of attractions and amenities will maximize guest exposure to each, thus improving revenues and guest satisfaction.
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Outdoor Attractions
Concession Go-Karts
Since 1990 our firm has created many new design and operational concepts for a wide variety of concession go-kart tracks around the country and overseas. We have probably designed more concession go-kart tracks than any other firm, created more diverse track configurations and continue to create new and innovative designs for facilities around the globe. We have developed family road courses designed to provide the ability to reverse the direction of direction which results in entirely new driving challenges; dual and triple pit designs that permit higher total peak hour ride capacity without having to construct additional tracks; greatly improved track barrier systems and entrance/exit gates that enhance safety; and pit building configurations with roll up doors to permit on-track year around storage and higher lighting levels for safety.
Our pavement and geometric designs permit the use of the same track for three different types of karts (adult, family and rookie) with different speeds and skill levels in outdoor environments, and the creation of indoor electric (battery powered) go-kart tracks that not only provide full sized karts with multiple speed ranges but add separate pitting for rookie karts for younger drivers without having to add a separate track. The addition of rookie karts to an FEC go-kart package greatly increases the appeal for families with younger children and adds a great birthday party component to the mix. For facilities that have too high a demand for full sized karts to share the pavement, we design "rookie" road course configurations based on lower speeds, narrower pavements and smaller karts.
Recognizing the potential for greatly increasing the popularity of slick tracks in 1995, our firm created the "adult" slick road course concept to provide older, more experienced drivers with a more chllenging driving experience. This driving skills track introduced a number of elements that assured their popularity. This involved creating geometric track designs that required both left and right hand turns on a tight flat track design with much tighter turns, a very flat cross section, smoother pavement surface with waxed surfaces that simulate driving on "black ice." Our later designs introduced elevation changes into the mix.
Over the years we have also designed specialty tracks, including high-banked ovals, tri-ovals, competition racing go-kart tracks, modern 'kiddie" tracks and related concepts. Call us to discuss your specific requirements
Miniature Golf
Making your mini-golf course look like a professional golf course or a non-conventional design, our design team provides concept development, creative fairway and site grading design tuned to your needs and the physical realities of your site. We design all our courses to be ADA compliant for all fairways (18, 36 or more). No person should be prevented from playing all the holes on a course because of physical challenges. This includes guests with physical challenges, mothers with strollers, or parents and grandparents with arthritis.
Our staff works with our clients starting with the original topographic survey, through developing a working concept that establishes the size and shape of your mini golf course, creating the final design (including theming) and developing construction plans and specifications.
Bumper Boat Ponds
From the time we developed our first free-form bumper boat pond design, we've worked to improve the entertainment value of the ponds with islands that create chase channels, improving the operational safety through designing the individual boat docking system that hold boats in position for guests boarding and exiting, as well as providing safety walkways around the pond perimeters to enhance staff access to the far side of the pond in the event they need to be there in a hurry. All our pond designs include the use of flexible fiberglass walls to improve both the quality of the visual experience and to increase longevity of the boat tubes.
With the advent of electric (battery powered) bumper boats, we specify the use of electric boats and all of our pond designs incorporate the provision of swimming pool quality water in the pond. This is specially significant with modern boats having squirt guns.
Each pond is designed with islands to create chase channels to permit far more exciting and entertaining experiences. Many of our newer pond clients ask for inclusion of battle zones where the boats compete with shore based guests firing shore mounted water "cannons" firing at the boats as the boats fire at them.
Other Outdoor Attractions
We also offer the inclusion of other attractions into the outdoor mix of attractions, including but not limited to batting cages, WaterWars, outdoor laser tag, ropes courses, zip lines, midway rides and related elements. These are incorporated into the overall site layout to present them in a way that maximizes their play.
Indoor Attractions
We develop indoor attraction mixes and floorplan configuration to provide smooth guest flow through the building, placing individual attractions to maximize their exposure to guests and to generate maximum exposure for maximum revenues.
Overall Floorplan Configuration
The imortance of propper attraction placement includes their relationship to point of sale and redemption center counters,food services, maintenannnce and storage areas and related elements. It include provision for proper sized entrances, aisle widths, initial placement of attractions, periodic relocation of games, moving elements into maintenance room for repairs and related issues.
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Recognizing the potential for greatly increasing the popularity of slick tracks in 1995, our firm created the "adult" slick road course concept to provide older, more experienced drivers with a more chllenging driving experience. This driving skills track introduced a number of elements that assured their popularity. This involved creating geometric track designs that required both left and right hand turns on a tight flat track design with much tighter turns, a very flat cross section, smoother pavement surface with waxed surfaces that simulate driving on "black ice." Our later designs introduced elevation changes into the mix.
Over the years we have also designed specialty tracks, including high-banked ovals, tri-ovals, competition racing go-kart tracks, modern 'kiddie" tracks and related concepts. Call us to discuss your specific requirements
Miniature Golf
Making your mini-golf course look like a professional golf course or a non-conventional design, our design team provides concept development, creative fairway and site grading design tuned to your needs and the physical realities of your site. We design all our courses to be ADA compliant for all fairways (18, 36 or more). No person should be prevented from playing all the holes on a course because of physical challenges. This includes guests with physical challenges, mothers with strollers, or parents and grandparents with arthritis.
Our staff works with our clients starting with the original topographic survey, through developing a working concept that establishes the size and shape of your mini golf course, creating the final design (including theming) and developing construction plans and specifications.
Bumper Boat Ponds
From the time we developed our first free-form bumper boat pond design, we've worked to improve the entertainment value of the ponds with islands that create chase channels, improving the operational safety through designing the individual boat docking system that hold boats in position for guests boarding and exiting, as well as providing safety walkways around the pond perimeters to enhance staff access to the far side of the pond in the event they need to be there in a hurry. All our pond designs include the use of flexible fiberglass walls to improve both the quality of the visual experience and to increase longevity of the boat tubes.
With the advent of electric (battery powered) bumper boats, we specify the use of electric boats and all of our pond designs incorporate the provision of swimming pool quality water in the pond. This is specially significant with modern boats having squirt guns.
Each pond is designed with islands to create chase channels to permit far more exciting and entertaining experiences. Many of our newer pond clients ask for inclusion of battle zones where the boats compete with shore based guests firing shore mounted water "cannons" firing at the boats as the boats fire at them.
Other Outdoor Attractions
We also offer the inclusion of other attractions into the outdoor mix of attractions, including but not limited to batting cages, WaterWars, outdoor laser tag, ropes courses, zip lines, midway rides and related elements. These are incorporated into the overall site layout to present them in a way that maximizes their play.
Indoor Attractions
We develop indoor attraction mixes and floorplan configuration to provide smooth guest flow through the building, placing individual attractions to maximize their exposure to guests and to generate maximum exposure for maximum revenues.
Overall Floorplan Configuration
The imortance of propper attraction placement includes their relationship to point of sale and redemption center counters,food services, maintenannnce and storage areas and related elements. It include provision for proper sized entrances, aisle widths, initial placement of attractions, periodic relocation of games, moving elements into maintenance room for repairs and related issues.
Electric (Battery Powered) Go-Kart Tracks
Indoor Miniature Golf
We also offer the inclusion of other attractions into the outdoor mix of attractions, including but not limited to batting cages, WaterWars, outdoor laser tag, ropes courses, zip lines, midway rides and related elements. These are incorporated into the overall site layout to present them in a way that maximizes their play.
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Electric (Battery Powered) Go-Kart Tracks
Indoor Miniature Golf
We also offer the inclusion of other attractions into the outdoor mix of attractions, including but not limited to batting cages, WaterWars, outdoor laser tag, ropes courses, zip lines, midway rides and related elements. These are incorporated into the overall site layout to present them in a way that maximizes their play.
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