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Subject: Re: Where would be the best place to put an establishment?
From: Mister2
Posted: Fri Jun 9. 2006, 01:52 UTC
Followup to: "Where would be the best place to put an establishment?"  by Chance  (Wed Jun 7. 2006, 22:14 UTC)
> I'm thinking that Florida, Texas, or Nevada would be the areas to 
> choose from if one wanted to open a new bar. Comments will be 
> welcome.
> 
> Chance

On Texas, as much as I hate to say it, your concept for a singles bar would be 
most successful in Dallas.  I know the big 3 scenes in TX fairly well 
(Houston, Austin, and Dallas) and from my experience, Dallas is your best bet.

Houston, from what I've seen, simply doesn't have much of an upscale club 
scene to begin with - this city just doesn't thrive on that sort of 
exclusivity.  There is currently ONE club with a membership list right now, 
and they only opened up last weekend.  It's a very laid back town - I don't 
see it working too well.

Austin is really just a big college town.  While there are plenty of singles 
there, being a college town, college kids generally can't afford steak and 
lobster.  The general idea (singles bar) might work very well if you change 
your target audience to a younger one.  Hell, that's what most college bars 
are anyway, to an extent.

Dallas thrives on upscale and exclusivity.  Personally, I dislike the city 
quite a bit, partially for that reason (there are others, but they don't 
pertain).  Dallasites are pretentious and LOVE to name drop - to the point 
that if you ask someone from Dallas where they're from, instead of saying 
"Dallas," they'll generally name whatever town or suburb they live in that's 
just outside Dallas metro.  I'd say some market research would be in order, of 
course, it's been a bit since I've been there so I don't know what your 
specific competition would be, but I do know the general attitude of the city 
loves that upscale, membership mentality.


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