• Paintball Dave ’ s ( retired ) and his wife Toni
• Chris at K-pro netting
• Ray at Ninja
• Paintball Tickets USA – Craig Sherman
• John Tankersley
• Tim and Terry Schloss from Gateway Paintball and formerly of Tiger Stripe Products
It ’ s always amazing to see the familiar faces of field and store owners that attend , as they realize what you can get from this show . I did teach a class on “ Alternate Sources of Revenue for your paintball field ” which was well received , by the attendance . 75 % of my revenue not comes from things I learned at the PB EX , like laser tag , pumpkin patch and Haunted Corn Maze and Haunted House . Many of the ideas maybe were not direct , but it gave me the ideas to try , wheel and deal ( Thanks Pev ) and explore partnerships I never would have thought of .
What do you see for the future of this industry ? “ This is a great community … everyone is open and excited … what I see from the industry is it ’ s a growing industry candidly in different ways because it ’ s a substitute product in the marketplace . So you know people wanted to go a movie theater which is a substitute product . You want to go do something with the kids . There is absolutely destruction of that industry right now for several reasons . One is movie theaters never did a great job … it ’ s kind of dirty dingy not a great experience . Second is most you don ’ t realize they made most of their money on the cartoon movies and you and me would go to the ‘ Ironman ’ 1 time but for your kids we might take that movie 3 times . So the real money is actually those cartoons . Disneyland now offers if I ’ m taking my kids to a dingy movie theater or watch it at home , I ’ ll just watch it at home . So activities like this and operators like this have a huge opportunity now because the substitute product are gone . People are looking for something that ’ s either indoor or outdoor , to a fun , entertaining and shared experience with the parents . I think if operators continue to invest , find ways to make it a new experiences and maybe alternative activities they ’ re going to grow a lot .” Tim Gentry from Club Speed / Vantora www . vantora . net , www . clubspeed . com
Tim Gentry Vantora Club speed . www . paintball . media
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