If the club gets blown over by a hurricane tonight, I feel we have acheived something now that we have the Gambling Commission approval. I am not worried about the local council hearing, and never have been, Nottingham want this club, they gave us casino planning (above D2) and gave us a 24hr liqour licence, they have always been behind the club.
The Consent from the Gambling Commission was always the big big risk in this project, they just dont deal with small fry like us, they deal with PLC's, organisations with credibility, but I think they like us, and want us to be part of their plans for the future, it feel nice after all of the problems we have had.
What next? Well, I have always said that I wanted a private club with great facilities, not a public casino, where "bums on seats" or "feet through the door" is the goal. I want to go in there and see a small, friendly, community of people who support DTD and I feel they actually give a XXXX.
The task is to create a framework where we don't get the "jockeys" in the club, I have not done it for them. In one of my earlier posts, I said I would be happy having to use DTD for me and my mates playing a STT rather than have a place full of people who think "they have a right to be there". This project is about "lifestyle" and "fun", not a Plc casino environment.
Okay, lets try and actually put some meat around the bones. What would I like to see in the club?
- 75-100 people per "regular" night (same as a small casino card room)
- 1 Major DTD Festival (500+ main event field)
- 1 Monthly £500+ event (250 + field)
- 2 other major European events (500+ fields)
That's it, day to day, i just want a nice friendly place, not for the masses, I don't want to take on the casinos, nor do I want the problems in their card rooms coming into DTD. I don't want the stress of running a big place on a day to day basis............lets have the best "club" NOT "casino"
I'll make the policies of the club encourage this sort of environment, not a "big impersonal commerical venture"...........keep the moaners and groaners out, and every now and again we stage a big event.
