Exactly what will the funds be used for?

General funding, for the lease, for a PRIVATE club. Or did I miss something? So a paid membership gets one a key-fob to enter the "club" pay to play the games. Do you have a bill changer to supply quarters or tokens? What sort of staff will be there to fix problems like stuck balls or machine malfunctions?

Tilt Pinball was an Arcade open to the public, now closed. Sounds like it was not a profitable venture for the previous owners because there was not enough public interest aka players. And now a $45 annual fee will make the difference in profitability? Do you expect walk in traffic to sign up at $45 per person?

All the arcades I went to never had an annual membership fee or cover charge to get in the door. Except, Cedar Point the amusement park.

I know the major football universities now sell you a "license" just so you can buy tickets to their football games. An end around play to increase ticket prices. They can do it because the fans, short for fanatics, are willing to pay.

I don't see Mom here buying her kid a membership to play pinball for an added cost per game.

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But the bowling alley won't be open at 6 AM.

One issue to be addressed are RISKS. None of these were addressed in the opening statement.

Insurance for the club how much it cost, considering that it will be an unattended site. Meaning nobody to keep an eye on the place and games. Alarm system isneeded, to protect the investment but how many false alarms will you have to deal with, when the members fail to disarm. Or worse fail to arm the system when the last person leaves.

1) A novice player/member does not notice a game has a stuck coil going into thermal runaway starting a fire.
2) A lone player/member has a medical emergency and there is no one to call 911 .
3) Keeping track of who is in the club as well as their guests... say fight breaks out what happens next.
4) People abusing the games
5) Theft vandalism is allways a problem.

So much can happen when there is no one to watch and respond.