Actually I do think that could be a good idea, but, Steve the previous 'owner' of the Sportsman Pub was just here. We were talking and he said basically every time he left for the UK he'd come back and his Thai wife would have changed the place into something she wanted rather than the 'Sports' pub he had envisioned. He had it kitted out with sports jerseys of famous clubs and other paraphernalia. She took it all down and changed the 'theme' of the place. Another problem is you have plenty of Thai style sports pubs around. They are cheap as hell, have large screen TVs for the games and such, and mainly Thai snacks and foods. They are hard to compete with really, as they seem to get the better deals on rent and foodstuffs, whatever, and seem to need to make only a small profit. But they always seem to be filled up for the games at night. They do a good volume, so can charge less and still do well.
Your farang style sports pub would need to attract a lot of Thais as well as the local farangs. Otherwise, it will not work for a profit. As you said (
rob.doc) you just want to sit with some friends and drink beer and are not worried about making a profit but just breaking even... then it may work, break even, or at a bit of a loss. It would depend on your monthly costs (rent, staff, electric, water) and how much of the profit you drink yourself and 'buy' for your drinking friends. Get some young sexy waitstaff and allow freelancers who are decent looking to sit around with a drink all night hitting on the customers, and it may work well.
Mike
p.s. But, if you (rob.doc) just want to sit around watching sports on the TV with friends drinking beer with some snacks... why waste the money, time and effort making your own place? Just find a Thai venue with the sports, or a farang place, and go drink with your friends there and save yourself any hassles or headaches trying to run your own place. Or, just take turns going to your friends' houses and your own house to watch the games on a rotating basis.
