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Hell For An Idea Man
Jul. 21st, 2006 12:00 amYou want to know what Hell is for an Idea Man?
Not having the resources to adequately pursue a good idea.
Let me present two ideas that I've had for years but haven't broached outside my own family.
1) I'm not that big a sports fan, but I know a lot of people are. I know there's an appeal to the baseball fantasy training camp phenomenon. But few people actually go out for it because it's very time-intense.
My idea--an attraction that is a ballpark with a day-camp. This would work in a place like Pigeon Forge or Wisconsin Dells where there are mutliple attractions but people are looking for things to do beyond the usual shows and shopping. On a reservation basis, a fan would show up in the morning, be fitted for a uniform, practice, have pictures taken for souvenir trading cards, take a break midday for a meal, and then come back in the evening to actually play a few innings! Filling out the squad (if necessary) would be house pros...athletes affecting the roles of past players (not exactly impersonation or acting, but at least bringing a little fantastic authenticity!).
While the evening game would be nine innings, it could be broken up so, as one example, women playing softball could play the first three innings, then groups of men playing the middle and last three innings. I'd try to arrange it so that every player got at least one at-bat.
The admission for the seats at the game would be cheap (and the concessions as cheap as possible too) to get crowds in to cheer the players. Everything would be done to enhance the fantasy nature of the experience for the players.
2) Almost along the same theme...I got the idea because of the fact that an old WalMart still sits empty in Jeff City. I thought...what better use for that space than to create a video production studio? A little dream factory of sorts. Standardized, modular sets. Some costuming. Some props. A digital library of stock footage available for editing into locally-shot content.
Still, both these ideas are also awfully risky. Getting a "killer app" out of them would be tough. I feel like that guy in the old Twilight Zone who has these off-the-wall ideas and his boss doesn't know what to do with him.
FP
Not having the resources to adequately pursue a good idea.
Let me present two ideas that I've had for years but haven't broached outside my own family.
1) I'm not that big a sports fan, but I know a lot of people are. I know there's an appeal to the baseball fantasy training camp phenomenon. But few people actually go out for it because it's very time-intense.
My idea--an attraction that is a ballpark with a day-camp. This would work in a place like Pigeon Forge or Wisconsin Dells where there are mutliple attractions but people are looking for things to do beyond the usual shows and shopping. On a reservation basis, a fan would show up in the morning, be fitted for a uniform, practice, have pictures taken for souvenir trading cards, take a break midday for a meal, and then come back in the evening to actually play a few innings! Filling out the squad (if necessary) would be house pros...athletes affecting the roles of past players (not exactly impersonation or acting, but at least bringing a little fantastic authenticity!).
While the evening game would be nine innings, it could be broken up so, as one example, women playing softball could play the first three innings, then groups of men playing the middle and last three innings. I'd try to arrange it so that every player got at least one at-bat.
The admission for the seats at the game would be cheap (and the concessions as cheap as possible too) to get crowds in to cheer the players. Everything would be done to enhance the fantasy nature of the experience for the players.
2) Almost along the same theme...I got the idea because of the fact that an old WalMart still sits empty in Jeff City. I thought...what better use for that space than to create a video production studio? A little dream factory of sorts. Standardized, modular sets. Some costuming. Some props. A digital library of stock footage available for editing into locally-shot content.
Still, both these ideas are also awfully risky. Getting a "killer app" out of them would be tough. I feel like that guy in the old Twilight Zone who has these off-the-wall ideas and his boss doesn't know what to do with him.
FP
