questions on opening a night club

[pixelkey]

hey guys, im new to here and im going to be graduating from highschool soon...and i finally think that im gonna major in business so i can start up my own night club & hopefully a couple more in the future. I was wanting to know the things i should go for in college and if there is any type of loans u can apply for to get the money to finance it all? i was planning on looking for space down in miami since im latino and there's a lot down there. I would like it to play all the hottest songs out but remixed in trance i guess you could say..club music..or maybe opening a spanish themed night club that plays regaaeton music and stuff since im latino..all comments will be helpfull get on the right track to a futrue career, Thanks

-Greg R.

[BESTofBUFFALO]

Greg,

You don't know how many times on this forum people have said 'I'm thinking of opening a nightclub...'

Check out all of the posts and threads from the past couple years. There's an unbelievable wealth of information contained in these pages. Everything from how much to pay a DJ, to details on atm machines. I have learned so much from reading this forum.

I don't own a club, but I'm in promotions and work with a lot of club owners and managers. I would recommend going to school for Business. Learn things like accounting and book keeping. You can learn a lot in school about managing money. Take some classes on advertising. Get some hands on with a graphic design class. Learn all of the 'book' elements of the business at school.

In the meantime (while you're at school), your second 'class' should be to work at a bar from the second you start school. Start off with whatever job they give you. Try being a barback. Work your way on to being a bartender. You'll get a real sense of how the bar works from the inside while learning about managing money from school. There are things you can learn while working at a bar that they won't teach you at school (i.e. how do you know if somebody is stealing from you?).

If you work at a bar for your four years of college, and then STILL want to open a bar, you'll have 4 years experience under your belt PLUS a degree in business. Your bar fantasy may never come true, but you can always fall back on your degree.

[Rene G]

I can help you with this, Very competitive market out there specifically in the area or genre your planning to operate, my EX's 2 brothers had 2 latino/dance music style nightclubs out there and are both closed now, why? she said they were getting tired of all the headache that came along with running a club e.g. the fights, the drunks, someone got shot at in one of the clubs.
hope your aware of all that as well.
regards
rene.

[fernando]

do you have any idea how difficult that would be to start right off in Miami? Thats one of my lifes goals, is to own a club in a big city like Miami, but wow your wanting to start right off at the top...

[pixelkey]

thanks for the feedback, im battling between opening a night club or restaurant with a bar, is opening your own shin-dig like these two worth the head aches and time spent in the long run? thanks, greg.

[JPointer]

hey guys, im new to here and im going to be graduating from highschool soon...and i finally think that im gonna major in business so i can start up my own night club & hopefully a couple more in the future. I was wanting to know the things i should go for in college and if there is any type of loans u can apply for to get the money to finance it all? i was planning on looking for space down in miami since im latino and there's a lot down there. I would like it to play all the hottest songs out but remixed in trance i guess you could say..club music..or maybe opening a spanish themed night club that plays regaaeton music and stuff since im latino..all comments will be helpfull get on the right track to a futrue career, Thanks

-Greg R.


I seriously think you would be much better off WORKING in a nightclub for a few years. Yes, I said years. Then once you see what works, what doesnt, what it's really like day in and day out behind the scenes, you can decide if you really want to run your own place.

A nightclub is not an easy business to run, and not something I would recommend as a first business venture.

[ministry]

i'm not saying anything about this one

[pixelkey]

i'm not saying anything about this one

no soup from you...

im gonna get a job now being a promoter so i think it'll be good like you said
JPointer