So would an old church make a good gaming store?

[reveal]

There's a church for sale in our town.

http://pottco.org/x/mapclick/parcel...600&ftwidth=1200&ftheight=1200&map=ON?269,381

Now, there's no way I can afford it, but every time I go past it I think "I wonder what it would be like to make that into a gaming store."

What do y'all think? Would a gaming store be cool in an old church? I think it would be neat.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

It'd be very cool. All those rooms in the additions to the original structure--perfect for a small convention, with only a couple of games in each room. No noise problem at all. And you have parking spaces! Some of the game stores in our area have almost no parking at all--it makes shopping very inconvenient sometimes!

 

[reveal]

It'd be very cool. All those rooms in the additions to the original structure--perfect for a small convention, with only a couple of games in each room. No noise problem at all. And you have parking spaces! Some of the game stores in our area have almost no parking at all--it makes shopping very inconvenient sometimes!

If I had any ambitions of running a gaming shop, I would probably think hard about buying it for the reasons you mention above. But at almost $300k (eek!) and the fact that gaming shops are, unfortunately, going out of business more often these days, it would be tough to follow through with the purchase.

 

[IronWolf]

I think it could be pretty cool, especially some of the older ones. Probably lots of nooks and smaller areas coupled with the large sanctuary and possibly even balcony. If it was in a decent location, might not be bad at all.

 

[BOZ]

it would be interesting at least. partly depends on the design too.

 

[reveal]

it would be interesting at least. partly depends on the design too.

If I did buy the church and convert it to a gamestore, I wonder how many "Chick Tracts" I'd find in the mailbox each morning?

 

[Henry]

Call it "The Sanctuary" and put out a sign reminding people it's a Game Store, so you won't get calls from would-be parishoners who find they don't want what you're offering.

Cool idea for the reasons Barendd mentions, but you'd better pay heed to Reveal, too. Gaming stores typically need a second money-making venture anyway to fall on in tough times.

 

[der_kluge]

Perhaps you could be a hodge-podge kind of store. I don't know what town you're in, but often like a video game store can do well. There are multiple stores in my area that sell used video games. You could sell console games, PC games, board games, hobby games, card games, comic books, you name it. In a small town, if you diversified enough, I would think it would be successful. I think it would be hard to base a business off just RPGs.