Hi guys,
I have recently been affected by the current situation and lost my professional job. I have a CAD Design Background and an electronics and computer media background. My haunting background is has follows: designed / built / advertised / and ran a small haunted attraction for my parents at a local campground in western pa. I’m 1.5hrs north of the 5th best haunt in 2008 Scare House in Pittsburgh PA. I’ve been there several times and the work they do is simply amazing! I am very into the haunting and dark ride industry and am considering creating a full time career! My question is to you guys how should I start to go about getting the funding from the bank to start to create my dream haunt?
My location has 3 – 4 major metropolitan area’s within a 1 to 1.5 hr drive! They are: Pittsburgh, Erie, Cleveland, Youngstown, and Canton.
The closest Major haunt would be in Cleveland and the Scare House in Pittsburgh. So if I can do it right and spend the money in the right places this has tons of potential to be a large event.
What kind of paper work and research should I start doing to prove to a bank that its growth potential is worth investing in?
Obviously I’ll need some sort of building or area to house this monster. And my thinking is that it should be an old unused warehouse or old unused store building that is equipped with fire suppression system. With an abandoned retail building, I’d already have an established parking lot area. I think there might be some unused retail space available in this area. Does anyone know how to go about finding the person / persons that would control that space! And do you try to negotiate a price because a space being used for something is better than it being empty?
Do any of the haunt owners in here have an idea of what I could expect to see as a Price per Sq Ft of building materials?
With my design and knowledge of lighting and stage equipment the Haunt will be designed from the start to be a modular type haunt where scenes can be moved switched or changed with little effort and in scene making it different each and every year. This also allows for me to design the whole haunt in a 3D environment before any money is spent on materials.
Most likely I’d start in a building space of a couple hundred sq ft for a few years and grow the event. As I gather more patrons and visitors I’d relocate to a bigger facility.
Any and all advice to start to get a haunt up and running is greatly appreciated.
Thanks. Michael Chilson
I have recently been affected by the current situation and lost my professional job. I have a CAD Design Background and an electronics and computer media background. My haunting background is has follows: designed / built / advertised / and ran a small haunted attraction for my parents at a local campground in western pa. I’m 1.5hrs north of the 5th best haunt in 2008 Scare House in Pittsburgh PA. I’ve been there several times and the work they do is simply amazing! I am very into the haunting and dark ride industry and am considering creating a full time career! My question is to you guys how should I start to go about getting the funding from the bank to start to create my dream haunt?
My location has 3 – 4 major metropolitan area’s within a 1 to 1.5 hr drive! They are: Pittsburgh, Erie, Cleveland, Youngstown, and Canton.
The closest Major haunt would be in Cleveland and the Scare House in Pittsburgh. So if I can do it right and spend the money in the right places this has tons of potential to be a large event.
What kind of paper work and research should I start doing to prove to a bank that its growth potential is worth investing in?
Obviously I’ll need some sort of building or area to house this monster. And my thinking is that it should be an old unused warehouse or old unused store building that is equipped with fire suppression system. With an abandoned retail building, I’d already have an established parking lot area. I think there might be some unused retail space available in this area. Does anyone know how to go about finding the person / persons that would control that space! And do you try to negotiate a price because a space being used for something is better than it being empty?
Do any of the haunt owners in here have an idea of what I could expect to see as a Price per Sq Ft of building materials?
With my design and knowledge of lighting and stage equipment the Haunt will be designed from the start to be a modular type haunt where scenes can be moved switched or changed with little effort and in scene making it different each and every year. This also allows for me to design the whole haunt in a 3D environment before any money is spent on materials.
Most likely I’d start in a building space of a couple hundred sq ft for a few years and grow the event. As I gather more patrons and visitors I’d relocate to a bigger facility.
Any and all advice to start to get a haunt up and running is greatly appreciated.
Thanks. Michael Chilson
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