Bowling center on NYE??

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This past weekend we started back at one of old Rock n Bowls here in town. After a 2-1/2 year layoff, they re-hired us to increase numbers again, and we are known here in this center..

Manager wants us for NYE, both for the kids party and Adult. Not sure what to charge..We would have to be there from 4-1 am, (show starts at 4, there at 3 prep, etc..)

9+ time..

Damn!

WWYC???
 
Tim, I'd prolly start at twice the agreed bowling alley rate.

If you can get them to "see" it's NYE and worth more than "just two back-to-back shifts," then call me.

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Not knowing your situation entirely.

I'm guessing they have a in house system.

Bowling alleys are easy, it's not like you have to beat mix for 9 hours.

It is new years eve.

The going rate here for 4 hours in a Bowling alley is $125. You say they are on the better paying side. I work in bars 5 nights a week. I would do 4 hours in a bowling alley for $200 that being said that is $450 for 9 hours. Tack on the fact that it's new years, and it's a long day. I think $700 would be a fair price, but that is just me.
 
DJ Cam said:
The going rate here for 4 hours in a Bowling alley is $125. You say they are on the better paying side. I work in bars 5 nights a week. I would do 4 hours in a bowling alley for $200 that being said that is $450 for 9 hours. Tack on the fact that it's new years, and it's a long day. I think $700 would be a fair price, but that is just me.
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Finally, a city I'd rather not be in more than my beloved New Orleans.:sqwink:

$125 for 4 hours? Holy Schnikeys! Not no, but HELL NO!
 
You know that it all depends on whether you will otherwise be booked. It is getting late. Maybe you wouldn't book anything now.

Heck, in 1992, when last I worked NYE, I got $600.... for 5 hours.
 
Papa Deuce said:
You know that it all depends on whether you will otherwise be booked. It is getting late. Maybe you wouldn't book anything now.
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Maybe!? MAYBE? You can make book on it. And it certainly wouldn't change if the call came in any later.
 
Honestly, I consider NYE as hazard pay day.

If you are done at 1 AM, you probably won't be out till 2. You'll be out when all the bars are closing so you'll be on the road with all the drunks.

That's why I consider it hazard pay.

I tack on $1,000 to all of my NYE shows just for that. If somebody is willing to pay me $1,795, I'll do their show; otherwise, let everybody else take the risk and I'll stay home, watch the ball drop, and be safe in my own house.
 
Thanks, Tom.

Also, you're on the road when all the cops have their DUI checkpoints set up. At that hour of the morning after a long show, the last thing I feel like dealing with is waiting in a line of traffic.
 
WOW!

DJ Cam said:
Not knowing your situation entirely.

I'm guessing they have a in house system.

Bowling alleys are easy, it's not like you have to beat mix for 9 hours.

It is new years eve.

The going rate here for 4 hours in a Bowling alley is $125. You say they are on the better paying side. I work in bars 5 nights a week. I would do 4 hours in a bowling alley for $200 that being said that is $450 for 9 hours. Tack on the fact that it's new years, and it's a long day. I think $700 would be a fair price, but that is just me.
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"I think $700 would be a fair price, but that is just me"..

Holy bowling pin! Well, I quoted my highest rate..not $700..oh well..
 
IT'S NYfrigginE! The premium night of the year, unless you also have The One and ONLY MARDI GRAS in your town, then it one of the premium nights. Add, ironically it's the first and last chance every year to demand premium compensation for our service when demand is high and supply is low.

Four words fellas - EK O NOM IKS!
 
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