How do you know your Coke cost is minimal, and how does your cost compare to national account pricing? It's hard to say that it really doesn't help your bottom line unless you give them a call and actually hear what they have to say. I’ve heard from a couple room owners that you might save up to $10 for a 5 gallon bag of syrup. If you purchase 100 bags a year, that’s $1,000. Not a bad savings for a membership with the BCA.
Maybe these programs are worth looking into. It works and thrives for the bowling industry.
The BCA also stated that they GUARANTEE room operators will save money, and will give them their money back if they don't. So what do room ops really have to lose?
I would be interested to hear from some room operators that actually called the BCA to check it out.
Give $380 and get what? Just 8-9 yrs ago room membership was $150 and membership numbers were dropping drastically since the move to CO from IA, why, no bang for your buck.
Guarantee to get your money back, boy this could be a fiasco, I've called the BCA quite a few times in the last two years and never talked to a live person, only left messages that were never returned.
I just called the ph number on the guy handling this program, seems to be tied with Bowling? not sure, is he the guy to refund your money if matters go south???
BCA room members have not realized benefits thru membership in the past and I would be surprised if many prior/no longer BCA room members would reup their membership because of this program, time will tell.
Also, what are the annual dues for Non-Profit Recreation centers and are they too able to be part of this program? Their annual dues used to be $60 8-9 yrs ago, does this also apply to their Plus membership level?
Time will tell.
I always wondered why the BCA didn't somehow get on the Color of Money bandwagon when Paul Neuman died? I attended a board meeting in Boulder CO a couple yrs ago, they talked about it. Here was a movie that alone had more impact on increasing play than ANY other entitiy, yet the BCA never rode that horse why????
The industry of player and the industry of the BCA have different mindsets, too bad they don't sleep together.
The BCA has the potential to change the industry of play yet don't. They actually act like a pool player, allot of wasted talent and an unwillingness to get involved in matters outside of home market.