the current population is about 10,000 mainly retired and older, plus how many members should one have, fees , number of bonspiels, appox cost ofbuilding, operation cost,and anything else one should consider. Canada

Taking care of a curling club takes a lot of money and effort. For the number of people that u have stated l would say 8 sheets would be best. If a curling club has too many sheets it can be hard to mantain and that could result in it being shut down. Good luck: )
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Our area has three clubs. The two rinks in town (pop. around 100,000) have 8 sheets each. The one that is in the country(pop. around 6,000) has 4. They put on a novice league to teach people how to curl to entice people to play. l do not think that ur aging demographic will have much influence on how u get people out to the rink. They will probably be more likely to join fun leagues.

The novice league that l am in charges 40$ to 8 weeks of instruction. The regular season is 250$ per person (averages out to about 6$ a game). They also have a bar & canadian/chinese food restaurant on the premises. This helps because curling is such a social game.

Cost of building & operation costs will all depend on ur area. You might want to talk to contractors & real estate agents in the area & curling clubs in areas that could be compared to yours.

Number of bonspiels - u could try to have one/year for each league, & try to entice some of the local businesses or charities to hold some. Some of the local churches in our area have them around Christmas time when people r on vacation.

Good luck.

There are lots of considerations when you are building a curling facility. Curl Canada has a tremendous number of resources for you. You should contact Danny Lamareau at dannycurling.ca

Four. just wide enough so you can put up boards and rent out ice time to hockey teams, or figure skating clubs too. Hire a good ice maker though, to repair the ice after and get it ready for curling again.