macmiral:
Nice business, but op you didnt talk about the risk part of it..
if u knw u knw.
lol

kindly tell us the risk part of it.
thanks

Just what I needed, I'm starting one already. in mine there'll be strippers and oloshos standby for those losing team fans to calm their nerves.

Mybussinessmind:
A lot of people wonder, why some football viewing centers are always filled with people, is it that they cannot afford to buy a cable TV and watch in the comfort of their homes? The answer is that over 60% can watch those live matches live inside their living room but prefer to watch it at a viewing center because it is much more fun and enjoyable.

Infact when it comes to watching live football match, some Nigerians are ready to spend their last cash.

During the weekends, there are always a lot of matches, there are also midweek matches, although not every week. The cost of viewing a match in most places in Nigeria is low, most times its N100. Imagine if you start this business and your viewing centre is sufficiently spacious enough to accommodate 100 people, you will stand to make roughly N10, 000 per match.

In situations where there are matches at various time, say; Arsenal vs. Chelsea 1 pm, Man united vs. Liverpool 4 pm, Barcelona vs. Real Madrid 9 pm. That will mean a sum of N10, 000 multiply by 3 = N 30,000 on a single day. Isn’t that a good small scale business?

Now let's get down to business

STARTING A FOOTBALL VIEWING CENTER
How do you go about Starting a football viewing center in Nigeria? It is simple, we have compiled some practical steps and tips to follow. Here are they:

1. FIND A SUITABLE LOCATION
The talk about getting a good location is basically no news when starting a business. Because it’s a must for most business if not all.
Get a decent and well-spaced area for your viewing centre .It could be a shop or a field. If it’s an open space like a football field, you may have to get a carpenter to make a shed by making use of zinc and ensure that the structure is wide enough to contain a good number of people (say 100 to 500 sitting capacity).


Note: Capacity is a key success factor in the football viewing center business. The more people you viewing center can accommodate the more money you will make.

2. CONSTRUCT OR GO FOR CONFORTABLE CHAIRS
If you have a low start-up capital, what you need to do is to get wooden seats. This will minimize start-up cost and will be able to accommodate a significantly large number of individuals. But if you have enough capital, you can opt for single plastic chairs as they are more comfortable.



3. MAKE PROVISION FOR PROPER VENTILATION
You must ensure that your viewing center is properly ventilated; so as to make your customers feel comfortable. If they don’t feel comfortable watching football matches in your viewing center, then there’s a high chance they will patronize your competitors. I guess you don’t want that. You should provide fans (standing or ceiling) to enable a cooler atmosphere.

4. PURCHASE A GOOD TELEVISION SETS
I would recommend two or three – big – flat screen – coloured televisions with good graphics (HD). A new television with good sound and graphics makes the match more enjoyable. But if you’re working on a tighter budget, you can actually get fairly used televisions with the above qualities.


Multiple TVs enable you to give viewers the opportunity to watch any match of their choice when there are different matches going on at the same time.

5. PURCHASE DSTV DECODERS
DSTV decoder is the best to purchase as they have right to cover most popular matches all over the world.



6. GET APPROPRIATE SUBSCRIPTION PLAN(S)
DSTV has the right to cover directly the majority of football competitions such as:
1. UEFA champions league
2. Spanish La Liga
3. English Premiership
4. Italian Seria A
5. French Ligue 1 and so on.

To be able to watch all these competitions, you need to subscribe to the premium DSTV plan.

7. PURCHASE A STANDBY GENERATOR
Because of the epileptic power supply in Nigeria, you must have a standby generator in other to smoothly run this business. Football matches are always interesting that viewers are glued to their TV sets during the 90 minutes of the match. As a result, viewers would always be attracted to a viewing center that guarantees them uninterrupted power supply especially within the 90 minutes of the match. This can only be achieved by having a standby generator.



8. UPS
This is used to keep the decoder running in case of power outage. That way, you can easily switch to generator or public power without having to reboot the decoder all over again.

9. GET A WRITING BOARD
Writing boards publicize your viewing center and this will enable you to notify customers of the date and time of coming matches.



10. PRINT TICKETS
Get a printed ticket to identifying paying customers. The ticket is a small piece of receipt to certify that a certain customer has paid for the service to be rendered.



HOW TO EARN EXTRA INCOME FROM YOUR FOOTBALL VIEWING CENTER

1. SALE OF FOOD AND DRINKS
Another way to earn from this business is to sell food, snacks, drinks, etc. As people watch their favourite team play, they love to wash it down with snacks and cold drink. Most individuals usually come with a friend, girlfriend or relative. Not selling most of these is like hindering the full potential of your business.

2. BETTING
One of the reason why most people watch football is to know whether the game they played entered or not, that’s is, whether they won or lose. You can set up an account with betting companies like Bet9ja, Bet360, NairaBet etc. so that people can come and buck for games.

3. INCORPORATE GAMES CENTER
Matches do not go on every day. They go on at regular during Local Leagues, World cup, Nations Cups and European Football Leagues. Whenever there’s no match, the center can be converted to a gaming center where game fanatics can come and compete with each other, most especially PES. This will earn you additional revenue.

4. SALE OF RECHARGE CARDS


Source: https://www.billionairezmindset.com.ng/2019/02/how-to-make-money-starting-football.html

Na so una go dey house dey type nonsense

Include a spot to charge phones and a game centre with it.

anochuko01:
Nothing about spots for charging of phones and other appliances? OP your business don "collaspe" already o!

please is it necessary to create charging spots there ? I think that will create a means of fighting

You can skip recharging your dstv by using dongle, it will show all matches..

Nobeluscabral:
When Bet9ja shops dey show matches for free now

OP didn't say that.. most bet shops now show matches free... so what the big deal or the streaming apps available to anyone...

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Sometimes three or four big matches clash at the same day and time from different leagues.

Does it mean one got to have three or four dstv decoders to b able to show all the match?

Adeelijah17:


kindly tell us the risk part of it.
thanks

most viewing centers are often bursted by cops, looking for bad guys.

not to talk of the fights that break out btw rival club fans watching match and voicing out beef, snitches( this i can relate well)

damages done when fyts broke out in the shop, which may include tv screen smashing, chair breaking etc.

the idea of adding a gaming centre to the shop is not really a nice idea actually, because no sooner, underages go into gambling while playing, which some informants may leak to the cops.

viewing centre business is a lucrative business if its registered under CAC(Corporate affairs commission) a proof to show cops its a registered company.

have a nice day.

There was a thread like this sometime, how many times are we going to advise you that viewing center is not lucrative anymore. Who will pay 100 naira to watch match wen betting shops show for free or you can get a beer and watch comfortably in a bar with friends. calculate fuel cost, subscription, and you can't run it alone. some matches you will just burn fuel for nothing cos people will not even reach 10. What of wen season finish, any plan?

Cityfirstborn:
There was a thread like this sometime, how many times are we going to advise you that viewing center is not lucrative anymore. Who will pay 100 naira to watch match wen betting shops show for free or you can get a beer and watch comfortably in a bar with friends. calculate fuel cost, subscription, and you can't run it alone. some matches you will just burn fuel for nothing cos people will not even reach 10. What of wen season finish, any plan?

how many times have you watched a match in a betting shop... Me once when the Nigerian female national team was playing AWC.... Who get time to cramp for betting house, inside mad heat... Abeg

Cityfirstborn:
There was a thread like this sometime, how many times are we going to advise you that viewing center is not lucrative anymore. Who will pay 100 naira to watch match wen betting shops show for free or you can get a beer and watch comfortably in a bar with friends. calculate fuel cost, subscription, and you can't run it alone. some matches you will just burn fuel for nothing cos people will not even reach 10. What of wen season finish, any plan?

Am too big to go betting shop to watch match. I don't know about you.

I don't agree on the point of selling drinks except can drinks... If there's a fight just know that they will use the bottles as a weapon

Very Nice and organised write up. This article is worth some reasonable cash. But people are less appreciative of what they don't pay to get. But I commend your effort and research. God bless you.

macmiral:

most viewing centers are often bursted by cops, looking for bad guys.

not to talk of the fights that break out btw rival club fans watching match and voicing out beef, snitches( this i can relate well)

damages done when fyts broke out in the shop, which may include tv screen smashing, chair breaking etc.

the idea of adding a gaming centre to the shop is not really a nice idea actually, because no sooner, underages go into gambling while playing, which some informants may leak to the cops.

viewing centre business is a lucrative business if its registered under CAC(Corporate affairs commission) a proof to show cops its a registered company.

have a nice day.

Nice addendum. God bless you.

Why everybody shouting VC is lucrative because of betting shop, think is betting shop not an alternative to VC, entered one betting shop once, and my observation, it is only a very stingy and miser of the highest order, that will because of 100, go and be peeping in betting shop, 1, the heat and body odour coming out from the small tiny shop, u will die within an hour, this is because that place is not for a lot of people, 2, not betting shop will provide chair for 50 people or more to watch the match, so u probably be standing for the whole duration of the match, so because of 100 I. Will put myself through stress, never see a betting shop that will accommodate 50 people sitting to watch match, even the beer parlour not everyone drink beer, so make una stop shouting betting shop, it is only a miser, a broke teenage that will prefer a betting shop to VC, where u will be t least a little comfortable

Ibegtodiffer:
Nice addendum. God bless you.

Amen. Thanks

Mybussinessmind:


1. FIND A SUITABLE LOCATION
The talk about getting a good location is basically no news when starting a business. Because it’s a must for most business if not all.
Get a decent and well-spaced area for your viewing centre .It could be a shop or a field. If it’s an open space like a football field, you may have to get a carpenter to make a shed by making use of zinc and ensure that the structure is wide enough to contain a good number of people (say 100 to 500 sitting capacity

How does one keep the viewing equipment safe from burgling, Not ignoring the fact that the housing material is not that secured.

OLUWABIG:


i like the website kudos to you bro

Thanks bro

here in my area, abule egba lagos state precisely, is been long i see a functioning viewing center bicos even d smallest beer parlour hv dstv premium package free to watch for customer even if u buy 100naira bottle water u go enjoy ursef while watching any match, nt to talk of so many hotels in around here dat are even beging people to come flex and also enjoy d match inside AC bar, and if u are a regular and also sure guy who patronise any of dis places well u go sit down watch many match till u get tired to go home, tho some area like agege d business still dey make sense small sha, abeg study ur area well b4 jumping into d business ooo!!, instead of view center i go kukuma open beer parlour and equip it wit dstv and beta drink wit AC.

Cityfirstborn:
There was a thread like this sometime, how many times are we going to advise you that viewing center is not lucrative anymore. Who will pay 100 naira to watch match wen betting shops show for free or you can get a beer and watch comfortably in a bar with friends. calculate fuel cost, subscription, and you can't run it alone. some matches you will just burn fuel for nothing cos people will not even reach 10. What of wen season finish, any plan?

Guy i run a viewing center and a bet shop and am making money stop discouraging people . Bet shops cant and will never show all matches. Location is the key here

oh

Good one

jeroncomputers:
You can skip recharging your dstv by using dongle, it will show all matches..

Bro, pls kindly tell me a bit more about this dongle

.

Mybussinessmind:
A lot of people wonder, why some football viewing centers are always filled with people, is it that they cannot afford to buy a cable TV and watch in the comfort of their homes? The answer is that over 60% can watch those live matches live inside their living room but prefer to watch it at a viewing center because it is much more fun and enjoyable.

Infact when it comes to watching live football match, some Nigerians are ready to spend their last cash.

During the weekends, there are always a lot of matches, there are also midweek matches, although not every week. The cost of viewing a match in most places in Nigeria is low, most times its N100. Imagine if you start this business and your viewing centre is sufficiently spacious enough to accommodate 100 people, you will stand to make roughly N10, 000 per match.

In situations where there are matches at various time, say; Arsenal vs. Chelsea 1 pm, Man united vs. Liverpool 4 pm, Barcelona vs. Real Madrid 9 pm. That will mean a sum of N10, 000 multiply by 3 = N 30,000 on a single day. Isn’t that a good small scale business?

Now let's get down to business

STARTING A FOOTBALL VIEWING CENTER
How do you go about Starting a football viewing center in Nigeria? It is simple, we have compiled some practical steps and tips to follow. Here are they:

1. FIND A SUITABLE LOCATION
The talk about getting a good location is basically no news when starting a business. Because it’s a must for most business if not all.
Get a decent and well-spaced area for your viewing centre .It could be a shop or a field. If it’s an open space like a football field, you may have to get a carpenter to make a shed by making use of zinc and ensure that the structure is wide enough to contain a good number of people (say 100 to 500 sitting capacity).


Note: Capacity is a key success factor in the football viewing center business. The more people you viewing center can accommodate the more money you will make.

2. CONSTRUCT OR GO FOR CONFORTABLE CHAIRS
If you have a low start-up capital, what you need to do is to get wooden seats. This will minimize start-up cost and will be able to accommodate a significantly large number of individuals. But if you have enough capital, you can opt for single plastic chairs as they are more comfortable.



3. MAKE PROVISION FOR PROPER VENTILATION
You must ensure that your viewing center is properly ventilated; so as to make your customers feel comfortable. If they don’t feel comfortable watching football matches in your viewing center, then there’s a high chance they will patronize your competitors. I guess you don’t want that. You should provide fans (standing or ceiling) to enable a cooler atmosphere.

4. PURCHASE A GOOD TELEVISION SETS
I would recommend two or three – big – flat screen – coloured televisions with good graphics (HD). A new television with good sound and graphics makes the match more enjoyable. But if you’re working on a tighter budget, you can actually get fairly used televisions with the above qualities.


Multiple TVs enable you to give viewers the opportunity to watch any match of their choice when there are different matches going on at the same time.

5. PURCHASE DSTV DECODERS
DSTV decoder is the best to purchase as they have right to cover most popular matches all over the world.



6. GET APPROPRIATE SUBSCRIPTION PLAN(S)
DSTV has the right to cover directly the majority of football competitions such as:
1. UEFA champions league
2. Spanish La Liga
3. English Premiership
4. Italian Seria A
5. French Ligue 1 and so on.

To be able to watch all these competitions, you need to subscribe to the premium DSTV plan.

7. PURCHASE A STANDBY GENERATOR
Because of the epileptic power supply in Nigeria, you must have a standby generator in other to smoothly run this business. Football matches are always interesting that viewers are glued to their TV sets during the 90 minutes of the match. As a result, viewers would always be attracted to a viewing center that guarantees them uninterrupted power supply especially within the 90 minutes of the match. This can only be achieved by having a standby generator.



8. UPS
This is used to keep the decoder running in case of power outage. That way, you can easily switch to generator or public power without having to reboot the decoder all over again.

9. GET A WRITING BOARD
Writing boards publicize your viewing center and this will enable you to notify customers of the date and time of coming matches.



10. PRINT TICKETS
Get a printed ticket to identifying paying customers. The ticket is a small piece of receipt to certify that a certain customer has paid for the service to be rendered.



HOW TO EARN EXTRA INCOME FROM YOUR FOOTBALL VIEWING CENTER

1. SALE OF FOOD AND DRINKS
Another way to earn from this business is to sell food, snacks, drinks, etc. As people watch their favourite team play, they love to wash it down with snacks and cold drink. Most individuals usually come with a friend, girlfriend or relative. Not selling most of these is like hindering the full potential of your business.

2. BETTING
One of the reason why most people watch football is to know whether the game they played entered or not, that’s is, whether they won or lose. You can set up an account with betting companies like Bet9ja, Bet360, NairaBet etc. so that people can come and buck for games.

3. INCORPORATE GAMES CENTER
Matches do not go on every day. They go on at regular during Local Leagues, World cup, Nations Cups and European Football Leagues. Whenever there’s no match, the center can be converted to a gaming center where game fanatics can come and compete with each other, most especially PES. This will earn you additional revenue.

4. SALE OF RECHARGE CARDS


Source: https://www.billionairezmindset.com.ng/2019/02/how-to-make-money-starting-football.html

1. Can you please give a template of the rules and regulations you use at your viewing center?
2. Give us update on dongle and how to go about getting one.