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The issues you're talking about are applicable to literally any play place anywhere. If they didn't know about the cyclical nature of their business, that would mean they wouldn't have done the MOST basic research into the space -- or sat and thought about how this would work for 15 minutes. [/quote]

10:45 here. I think it was hubris, and I see this in other business areas too. Rich people think if you do something slightly different and more premium, then all the past rules about that business/industry are off the table.

I bet they thought that the reason the other play spaces are empty during the week is they are not nice enough, but if they build a high-end place with a cafe with decent food, etc. then people will flock to it. It ignores the realities, but you see it all the time with rich wives running some boutique shop that is basically a hobby not a business. They think all the other small boutiques failed just because they weren't offering a good enough selection or something like that.

The problem with going premium is it's in Rockville. It would need to be in Bethesda or possibly Potomac to really make that work. We live in Bethesda, and no way I'm taking my kids after preschool on a weekday to Rockville to play -- that would be crazy traffic going back home at 5pm.

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