Note: We have Booked over 4,100 Lessons for our 2011 Season from Limited Advertising!
Investor Information
Why invest in Thruway Golf Range?
# 1 - Its LOCATION
- Estimated over 850,000 persons of golfing age within a 30-minute drive of the Thruway Golf Range site.
- Within walking distance of major retail stores in shopping area.
Wal-Mart, McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, Applebee's, Home Depot, Tractor Supply, Tops Super Market, Bob Evans, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Arby's, Wings, Pizza Hut, Auto Zone, Macy's, TJ Maxx, Peebles Department Store, Tanning Bed, Dollar Store, Dollar Tree, (2) Rite Aid, Bargain Center, Dunkirk Movie Theater and many more. - Thruway Golf Range sign is easily visible from vehicles on NY Thruway (150 feet away):
30-Million NY Thruway Vehicles pass our location each year
1.4-Million Vehicles use the Dunkirk exit each year - In addition:
2.1-Million Vehicles drive on RT-60 from Jamestown (NY) area toward Dunkirk each year
0.98-Million Vehicles drive on RT-20 from East to West crossing RT-60 each year.
# 2 - LOW RISK HIGH RETURN LOAN - With Option Convert to Equity
- Low Risk Investment - Structured as a 3-year loan, convertible into Equity after loan amount repaid in full
- Low Risk Investment - 70% or more of Net Income distributed to Investor until loan is repaid in full
- Current Return - 40% per annum loan interest on loan balance at start of each year for 3 years
- Investor Option - To Convert Interest Receivable to Equity after 3 years at which time recent results will be known
# 3 - INDICATIONS OF HIGH USAGE --- COMPETITION ABSENT
- Golfers are using Driving Ranges more frequently instead of spending $50-$100 at Golf Courses.
- Fantastic Location - Abundance of Golfing Age Prospective Customers Near By
- Fantastic Location - Heavily trafficked area, both transient (on nearby highways) and commercial
- Fantastic Location - Absence of Significant Competition
- Easily Publicized - 30-million vehicles within easy view of our billboard yearly drive past us near our exit
- Easily Publicized - Nearby colleges/universities already express interest in instituting golf program for Students
- Easily Publicized - 20 public/private golf courses and country clubs from which to draw customers for practicing
- Economic Considerations - Driving Range Less Costly Than 9-36 hole golf courses
- Little Competition - Only One driving range within 35 minutes of our facility
- Best Facilities Among All Competitors - Range faces north avoiding golfers facing sun
- Best Facilities Among All Competitors - Accommodates 375 yard drives ( vs competitors 200-250 yds)
- Best Facilities Among All Competitors - 70 bays available, 8 of them will be covered (Under Constuction)
- Best Facilities Among All Competitors - Parking for 70 cars
- Best Facilities Among All Competitors - Lighted. Open nights. (Lighting Under Construction)
- Best Facilities Among All Competitors - PGA Teaching Pros, both group and individual
- Best Facilities Among All Competitors - Free Club Rental with Lessons
- Current Plans For Expansion - Putting Greens - Chipping Greens - Bunkers & Sand Traps (One Open Now)
- Current Plans For Expansion - Dome to enable year-round operation
# 4 - LAND VALUE TRANSLATES INTO PROFIT
- Room for Expansion / Development -- 10 acres under Long-Term Land Lease with Advantageously-Priced Purchase Option
- Room for Expansion / Development -- TGR Can Exercise Option Buy up to 64 Well-Located Acres at Below-Market Pricing
- Advantage of Land Purchase Option - Comparable Q4/2010 sales within 0.5 mile at >$250,000 per acre
# 5 - EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT - LOW OPERATING COST
- Experienced Management - 35 years experience. Locally Operated. Substantially Locally Owned.
- Extremely Low Operating Cost - Estimated break-even with average only 12 walk in patrons per day
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