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The standard estimate of throughput is 50-60 people an hour for 9 hole  
mini golf.  There is a lot of material out there for people who are  
considering building mini-golf courses as a for profit business or  
franchise.  We have not yet opened to the public, but in previews, we  
seemed to be good with about 40-50 people/hour.

Eric Siegel
esiegel at nyscience dot org



On Jun 16, 2009, at 1:43 PM, Chuck Howarth wrote:

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> I don't know the answer to your question about through-put, but we  
> helped Exploration Place in Wichita plan and open a science-themed  
> mini-golf course in 2000.  It's still going strong nine years  
> later.  You might check with them on their experience.
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>> It looks awesome. I lobbied our directors to build a mini-golf  
>> exhibition in the mid-90s and it got nixed because of questions  
>> about though-put. So tell us, can groups of school kids move  
>> through it in a timely fashion?
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>> David Savory
>> Community Extensions Program Developer and Exhibit Curator
>> Science World British Columbia
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