Great info, Josh, thanks! I've had great feedback in general on American Specialty and they were super easy to get in contact with by phone for additional questions I have. Seems like this is likely the obvious choice for this type of biz. Sidebar - I won't be able to make tomorrow's discussion but look forward to the sim league chat next week.

We just filled out application this morning with McGowan. So far the only insurer willing to take the alcohol risk. BYOB is certainly a hot topic and priority for almost everyone I’ve talked to about the sim.

Thanks Josh & Jim! My screen will face the front plate glass windows and although we intend to tint the windows it could still produce a glare. I'll have to consider this when ordering.

Thanks for the advice and insight! I’m by no means an AI pro however, I understand LLM prompting at a somewhat decent level and I’m sure to double check what it advises. So far it has been pretty spot on for lease negotiations, drafting LOI, researching equipment drafting pro-forma & making me think critically with probing & clarifying questions. We were able to get our son to be landlord to agree to almost everything we requested thanks to perplexity. I’m super interested in automation in the suite; having everything power on when a guest inputs their security code and shutting down/going to sleep on departure. AI has been helpful with case study & my brother owns a franchise of Daisy home automation. I’ll be working with him on working towards our goal & will keep the group updated. We plan to start buildout in August and soft open in October. Josh, as far as equipment, I’m pretty much going with your full stack. In fact, I’ve had Perplexity research several alternate ideas I’ve had, from launch monitors to security and it has continually recommended everything you’re using. The only real “concern“ is whether we can connect the door code to the suite automation for activation/deactivation. Have you attended this at all?

Thanks for sharing, Josh! I've copied this into a Word doc and will update to reflect our business. I'll be sure to share the same when it's ready. Question, why do you not allow alcohol? Is this a personal decision or local mandate? Curious because we plan to allow BYOB and will have a separate waiver for this. We're in So. IL.

New to the group and excited to learn and share alongside you all.