Paintball Field Design and Business 101

10 years ago, when people talked about paintball, the impression is that paintball is just a personal hobby and is small scale of game where you played with friends inside woods.  Now, when we talk about paintball, paintball has become an important sport and game, even though not the main stream sport yet, definitely it shows up more frequently in people's daily life and gets into the main sporting TV networks.  With paintball getting more and more popular, more people are thinking to get into paintball business and taking the first move opportunity.  

Mighty Paintball, a division of Mighty Sports, a company focusing on sporting and recreational equipment design and manufacturing, is the only company focusing on paintball field products design and production in paintball industry.  Mighty Paintball has been setting up hundreds of paintball fields in US as well as worldwide in the past few years.  We are also proud to provide products and services to many US military bases as well as other government facilities.

We like to share our knowledge and experiences and hope you can have some benefits from them.  We can only cover some popular situations here, and you can contact us anytime to discuss your business plan.  Also please feel free to contact us at any time to share your ideas and experiences with us so that we can do better.

What is paintball game and sport?

Paintball is a relatively new game and sports.  Basically, a paintball game is two groups of players play against each other using paintball gun.  The goal of the paintball game can be many different format depending on what kind of game and field is.  You can get more information about paintball game and sports online by searching Google or Yahoo, etc.

About the paintball field business

Paintball field business is a local business and usually cover the local market only.  Small field can only cover one city or county, but some big paintball fields can attract players from several states and even national wide.  This kind of paintball field has turned itself more like a theme park.

Basically a paintball field provides the following products and services:

> a woods ball field for scenario players;

> a speedball field for speedball players;

> a store or pro-shop selling paintball related products and providing paintball equipment repair services;

> a concession service providing onsite food and beverage;

> other products and services you may combine into your facility;

How a paintball field business generate sales?

Paintball Field business generates its sales and revenues through the following:

> paintball sales - paintball is a must for any paintball field because that is the basic component used in paintball game.  Since paintball is consumable products, so this is the biggest sale item on most of paintball field.

> paintball air supply - air supply (high pressure air and CO2) is the must to power a paintball gun, so air supply and sales is another big sales item.

> paintball related items - such as paintball guns, masks, hoppers, paintball clothing lines, etc.

> repair services like paintball gun repairs

> food and drinks

> special events such as tournaments, parties, etc.

> others

What kind of investment do I need to set up a paintball field business?

Paintball field business, just like any other business, requires initial investment as well as working capitals.  For the initial setup, the investment amount depends on size of field, number of field, design of the fields and location of field.    The initial investment is mostly spent on the following:

> field setup - speedball field and/or scenario field

The scenario field may use existing woods on the property as field so as to minimize field set up cost, but a high end scenario may use large amount of investment, plus continuous update and improvement.  Investment in speedball field is kind of more limited, once it is setup, it will last years.  You can check out the our turn-key packages to figure our some basic numbers.

> air supply system - CO2 and high pressure air system

CO2 air supply is low cost air system, all you need is a CO2 fill station and the big CO2 air tank (like 50 pond cylinder) from your local wielding supplies.  High pressure air system requires much big investment.  A complete high pressure system runs $8000 to $15000.  You can refer to our air supply system for the actual costs.

> pro-shop or store setup - store items and repair shop.  For all your store items, you may be able to set some credit for the initial setup, but remember that the credit is usually 30-60 days, so you need to be very careful in selection store items and quantity.  It will take a while for new store to build up its customers.

Besides initial setup cost, you must have a good amount of cash reserve to run the business and cover the unexpected expenses as well as potential initial loss of business. 

What do I need to setup a Paintball Field Business?

> property for paintball field - select the right property for your future field.   Take considerations of easy access, traffic, number of fields, field size, field type, field layout, parking, future development, etc.

> zoning approval - once you select your ideal property, make sure check city and/or county for zoning approval.  Each city/county have their on regulation on paintball.  Even thought the paintball may not be clearly listed in the your local zoning regulation, but a written zoning approval is a must before you invest in field setup.

> business and financial planning - a good detailed business planning and financial planning is key to make your new venture successful.  A good business planning should include marketing research, market analysis, customer recognition, operation plan, etc.  A good financial planning should include project budgeting, cash flow analysis, scenario analysis, cost analysis, etc.

> field layout planning -

> insurance -

> equipments purchasing -

> business training -

What insurance do I need for my business and how do I get it?

> paintball insurance

> general business liability insurance

What kind of paintball training available?

> paintball field design

> paintball safety

> paintball equipments operation

> paintball business and finance

Product Buying Guide

> avoid middle man, buy directly from manufacturer;

> select quality, good brand name, avoid cheap copy;

> check reference and credit;

Disclaimer

All the information provided in this section is for reference and information only.  Mighty Paintball, its affiliates and parent company are not responsible for any mistakes, misinterpretation and/or misunderstanding.

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