A cool place to hang out

I've been thinking about opening up a place where young people (18-20 something) could come in have a drink and meet other young people. There would be a snack bar with beverages and food but also board games, game tables, video games and of course, music. And maybe two or three times a month there would be a live band or a comedian or a magician. I'm not exactly sure what kind of place this would be. I guess it's a mixture of a café and an arcade?

I want this to be a place where young people can come in, relax and form healthy relationships with people of the same age. Does this sound like a cool place to hang out? Any suggestions would be welcome.

 

Sounds kind of lame. You mean no booze/drugs?

 

strippers too

 

A friend of mine was on vacation with her family, while her boyfriend had to go this bachelor party in New Orleans. They were partying it up and he was fucked up on coke and he accidentally called her super early this morning and left her a voicemail while he talked to his friends about sleeping with a stripper and how he now needed to come up with a story about how he lost so much money.

The worst is he's trying to deny it, even after she told him that he left her a voicemail saying this.

 

Ouch! Busted.

 

Getting drunk/high is not everyone's idea of fun.

 

So what happened then? Are they still together?

 

This just happened this morning, she's still in Cape Cod. He's still in New Orleans. I think she told him she's taking the cat and he can keep the apartment. I told her she could crash here for a few days if she needed to.

 

Drugs are bad mmmkay

 

I was being facetious.

 

Ah okay.
I'd totally break up with a guy if he did that.

 

Oh. Well I guess that sort of thing is hard to pick up just by reading an online post. And I don't know you so yeah...

 

facetious or not I agree with rat. sounds lame. and young people that don't like to get wasted sound fucking boring.

 

This sounds like a great idea. Do you have the money to invest in this type of place? to rent a place? I've dreamed of opening up my own funky cafe/coffee house that would host open mic nights.

 

ok, but strippers???

 

ok, just kidding. Your idea sounds really thoughtful and positive.

Are you imaging this as a positive for-profit venture, or a non-profit? How will you keep it going?

 

with booze: you want to open a good bar, it sounds like, go for it.

without booze: you want to open a youth centre, it sounds like, go for it.

 

I only have around $3,000 in the bank right now so I'm gonna guess....no? This might be one of those 'someday' dreams rather than the 'right now' dreams.

 

I was thinking of it as a for-profit business but I don't think any money generated from food purchased from the snack bar would be enough to keep the place running. I'll have to do some research and see if it might be more practical to run it as a non-profit.