Hey all,

I wanted to throw this out there to get some honest opinions and answers on the topic. Hopefully you will all help us to design a better store. We are opening a store dedicated to the game of poker and we hope to be open in a few months. I want it to be a place where the dedicated player can feel at home, as well as the place where the non-player can come to shop for the player in the family. We will carry everything you can dream of when it comes to poker. The obvious, such as a wide assortment of tables, chips and cards, to books, DVD's, clothing, jewelry, collectables, novelities, custom everything, decor, etc... We will offer all this plus rentals, from single table to full tournament and everythign you would need for it (chips, cards, blind clock/software, accessories, etc.) On top of all this, we are working on having pro players come to do book signings, apprearences and seminars.

This is just the start for us, we are expanding the ideas every week and now we need to start putting it all together. Funny, when we first toyed with the idea, we didn't think there were enough of a variety of items to do it. Now, we might have to pass on some things just because we will not have room.

What I was hoping to get from here is opinions on what you think of this idea? What would you want to see in this store if it was in your town? What could make it stand out? What could give it validation as a true players store? What can we do to make it better?

Any and all thoughts are greatly apprecaited.

Thanks,
Eric Miozzi
bodyinked@comcast.net