- Nov 10, 2015
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We are an all-star program that is considering closing our gym and renting space in a gymnastics center instead, due to increasing costs and high overhead of having our own facility. I've been a gym owner for many years and have always had my own facility, so this is a hard transition for me to wrap my head around. Are there any gym owners on this forum who are currently, or have in the past, rented space in a gymnastics center for your all-star cheer program that is not affiliated with the gymnastics center? It seems most gymnastics centers that have all-star cheer programs are hosted by the center itself, so I'm looking for advice from all-star programs who are not owned by the gymnastics center. Would love to pick someone's brain if I could!
Here are a few of my initial questions:
1. Do you only have access to the spring floor when you rent space? We are finding that to be the case with our local gymnastics center, so we would not have a permanent space to function as an "office" for our program.
2. How do you establish a home base for your teams when you do not have a permanent "office" in a gymnastics center? How do you conduct business (ie: take payments, sell clothes/food/drinks, post announcements, etc).
3. Do you only accept payments online, since you will not have an office?
4. Where do you keep trophies and banners?
5. Do you find that athletes choose other gyms because you do not have your own facility? We have a loyal following who I believe would stay with us no matter where we practice, but new incoming athletes would be the concern. Do you feel there is a stigma of being less attractive of a program if you do not have your own facility?
Here are a few of my initial questions:
1. Do you only have access to the spring floor when you rent space? We are finding that to be the case with our local gymnastics center, so we would not have a permanent space to function as an "office" for our program.
2. How do you establish a home base for your teams when you do not have a permanent "office" in a gymnastics center? How do you conduct business (ie: take payments, sell clothes/food/drinks, post announcements, etc).
3. Do you only accept payments online, since you will not have an office?
4. Where do you keep trophies and banners?
5. Do you find that athletes choose other gyms because you do not have your own facility? We have a loyal following who I believe would stay with us no matter where we practice, but new incoming athletes would be the concern. Do you feel there is a stigma of being less attractive of a program if you do not have your own facility?