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I've recently been toying with the idea of setting up a local entertainment blog, potentially for money but always for entertainment. Here's my thought: Springfield has a pretty extensive nightlife, depending on what you want to do. Illinois Times *kind of* covers a few topics, but they don't really hit the cool spots. What I would love to do, is set up an entertainment blog for Springfield, IL that had like a schedule, drink specials, entertainment acts, etc. in the Springfield area. Once we got a few hits going, we'd sell ad space to local bars/nightlife/papers/etc. Here's why I think it works:
1.) As I've said before, Springfield really doesn't have that much of an entertainment website anyway. The young crowd don't read sj-r.com, and the hip crowd only reads illinoistimes.com.
2.) There's tons of stuff to do in this town, if you know where to look. Plus, there's a lot of eclectic stuff happening around here like cowboy bars, metal clubs, and shuffle board (lots of shuffle board).
3.) Springfield is a very working class town. Working class people love booze (I know I do...) so why not improve people's enjoyment of it by saving them money?
4.) Let's name the colleges, universities in the area: Illinois State University Springfield, Illinois College, MacMurray College, Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield College, Robert Morris College, Milikin University... have I missed any? Who uses the internet most? College students.
Anyway, I'm still toying with this, and I'd have to see what site host I'd go through... but I'm really thinking this might be a cool idea.
Posted by scurvylime
at 5:22 PM CDT
