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HOT op for 2017---Cash in.

HOT opportunity.

This is popular now. BUT soon, next year, it will explode.

WHAT? This:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_room

Resource:
http://www.365escape.com/Room-Escape-Games.html

20 bucks an hour, 4 to 8 players, games take an hour, specials for groups.

NOW, the twist. Do you have any HALLOWEEN houses near you? Convert these into Escape Palaces.

There is a lot of potential, even small venues have people standing in line.
Some based on puzzle solving, some on doing tasks, and of course many combos.

This in an IDEA. As of today it is big...but going to get HUGE.

Read all about it:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the...ses-2015-07-20

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhoc.../#499504783fd3

Even a franchise:
https://www.scavengerescape.com/en/f...FQQoaQodlEsBtQ

This is the first of our HOT new businesses ops for 2017.

If you've never been to one, I suggest you take some friends for a night on the town, and enjoy.

I think ESCAPE ROOM Birthday PARTIES will explode.

Like games? So do millions of others, re-read the Forbes article.

Gordon Jay Alexander

PS Create an "Escape from Trump" room, and it will grow daily.

Escapist experiences

Good find. Excellent idea, thanks for sharing.

Some things come to mind:

Experiences of any kind seems to becoming more popular, especially among millennials
Selling escapist experiences might be especially hot when there is a dissatisfied element of the population
My opinion: As we move forward into the future, more and more people will need these sorts of escapist experiences to stay sane

Tangent

Something tangential to this are "rage rooms", where people pay to destroy a room filled with junk and scrap.

It's value-adding on trash!

Get some junk and garbage
Set it up in a location with proper safety precautions
Charge people to destroy the junk and garbage
PROFIT!

An rage room article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/bu...ve-stress.html

Some ragey companies:

Another tangent

Put these ideas into place in a higher gear by doing what GJA has mentioned before:

Create a standard for escapist experiences
Create a certification process and requirement
Charge for the training, certification and/or franchise of your escapist experiences
Charge for the continued renewal of certification and/or training AND collect royalties via licensing/franchise or otherwise
PROFIT!

Yet another tangent

Licensing PLUS escapist experiences... acquire evergreen IP to make your room unique.

For example, GJA's idea of "Escape from Trump" could be (and likely should be) an officially licensed experience. Trump might even promote it on Twitter. (he's clever like that)

For example:

Escape from the Death star (star wars)
Escape from Darth Vader (star wars)
Back from the Future (back to the future)
Escape from Baradur (lord of the rings)
Evade Voldemort (harry potter)
Bust the Ghosts (ghostbusters)

Very good ideas, just add a little Virtual Reality.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MVc5hws (Post 37492)

Good find. Excellent idea, thanks for sharing.

Some things come to mind:

Experiences of any kind seems to becoming more popular, especially among millennials
Selling escapist experiences might be especially hot when there is a dissatisfied element of the population
My opinion: As we move forward into the future, more and more people will need these sorts of escapist experiences to stay sane

Tangent

Something tangential to this are "rage rooms", where people pay to destroy a room filled with junk and scrap.

It's value-adding on trash!

Get some junk and garbage
Set it up in a location with proper safety precautions
Charge people to destroy the junk and garbage
PROFIT!

An rage room article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/bu...ve-stress.html

Some ragey companies:

Another tangent

Put these ideas into place in a higher gear by doing what GJA has mentioned before:

Create a standard for escapist experiences
Create a certification process and requirement
Charge for the training, certification and/or franchise of your escapist experiences
Charge for the continued renewal of certification and/or training AND collect royalties via licensing/franchise or otherwise
PROFIT!

Escape from the Death star (star wars)
Escape from Darth Vader (star wars)
Back from the Future (back to the future)
Escape from Baradur (lord of the rings)
Evade Voldemort (harry potter)
Bust the Ghosts (ghostbusters)

Love the tangents. Thanks Nick, we need some fresh thinking around here.

Hello Westworld, here we come.

Gordo

Re: HOT op for 2017---Cash in.

Thanks Ernie...!

Quote:

Originally Posted by ernie (Post 37507)

who knew http://escaperoomthegame.com/en-us/

Thanks Ernie... That's a pretty interesting find!

Someone was "thinking outside of the box"...!

Best wishes,

Dien