[Chaostracize]

(Thought about posting in business, but I figured I could throw this in the El D forum, as I'm looking for thoughtful responses, and I don't know what the traffic is like there...you can throw it right back to the business forum if you don't think this belongs here...)

I live in a collegetown and I really want to start a business. Basically, I'm going in on a joint venture, purchasing a 4 story building in the middle of said collegetown and we are ripping out the inside and rebuilding it from scratch from the inside. The top two floors look to have never been used with the floors basically falling apart, and we are getting the property, which is in a fairly prominent location for an extremely reasonable price.

Now, the plan is to do major construction during the day which would make leasing the first floor (keeping first floor commercial and top 3 residential), and then be able to run a fairly managable business at night when construction is over. Clearly, once construction is over and people are living in the top floor, the type of business that goes downstairs will once again be somewhat limited, but I've been trying to figure out ideas of what kind of business I could get going down there.

Initially our idea was a consignment shop, but there are already a handful of those. My idea now is to have an oxygen bar, which would cater to the 18-21 crowd...something that isn't currently being done. Dance club, chill setting, cover charge, cushy couches, blacklights...plus the added benefit of not having to go through the set up of having a real nightclub/bar, with insane amounts of clean up/insurance/and other myriads of legal issues (although I still want to open up a nightclub at some point in the future).


So with all of that said...what is the feasibility of opening up a dry dance club with the main attraction being an oxygen bar? Reasonable? Doubtful? I know oxygen bars are located mainly in places like NYC/Vegas/LA...as in, places where people have money...this is a problem with the business model of going after the 18-21 crowd is it not? Is it a big enough problem where the business is doomed from the start?

Any helpful suggestions or comments are welcome. Obviously, the world of business is new to me, but I have to get started somewhere, and I am well aware that failure is a probability, so I'd like to know some bits and pieces, to turn it into just a possibility.

Also, has anyone been to an oxygen bar? Is it cool? Is it hype?

There are a lot of questions here, I'd appreciate answers to any of 'em.

Thanks, guys.