Orlando Ayala Cant Read said:
Definitely feel a need for this with small kids and the heat.
But not sure how it would support itself.
How bout having food trucks pay rent as well as a very small affordable admission fee?
The only real way to make it work is to have it cater mostly to daycares and other camps for field trips and that's just a maybe. Unfortunately this concept makes it not as appealing to the parents just wanting a place for their kids to play.
You could maybe make it work as a co-op type situation. However, realize that the rent on a place big enough for a play area, the insurance on anything for kids (it was outrageous 12 years ago), utilities for air conditioning something big enough, and payroll for decent employees costs more than you really could take in unless you charge people $20/kid or more. Food truck rent isn't going to make that cost any lower and probably would add costs since you'd have to have the parking and other city mandated additions to the building like water source and grease trap.
That means you can't even stay afloat, much less make money. We also did birthday parties but the income from that didn't make enough to cover the weekday play times. I really loved this concept and I wish it would work in smaller markets but the places in Houston/Austin/Dallas have a hard enough time staying open so it's really not going to work here.