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codeforhuntsville / Frontier

A civic app for finding whats near me
http://codeforhuntsville.com/
MIT License
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Further define what the layer "Entertainment" means #7

Open chrisbeaman opened 9 years ago

chrisbeaman commented 9 years ago

We've talked of offering "entertainment" sources to people who are using Frontier. What is defined as "entertainment"? What are some real, tangible examples of "entertainment" here in Huntsville?

spearna commented 9 years ago

In the abstract, I see entertainment as mostly something fun where you passively observe in something. (where recreation is is something fun you actively participate)

So things that fall into this: movie theaters, play houses, orchestra, sporting events, etc http://www.monacopicturesusa.com/, http://www.merrimackhall.com/, http://www.hso.org/, http://huntsvillehavoc.pointstreaksites.com/view/huntsvillehavoc

chrisbeaman commented 9 years ago

Bowling alleys, arcades, miniature golf, laser tag, trampoline places, bouncy castles, haunted houses, shooting ranges, pool/billiards/halls, darts,

chrisbeaman commented 9 years ago

Maybe these things are Recreation, not Entertainment.

We might also want to distinguish Events from Entertainment/Recreation - things on a calendar schedule, such as Swing Dancing and Beer Tastings

PaigeColburn commented 9 years ago

By @spearna definition, with a slight tweaking of how "active" and "passive" to think of "active" as in "sporty" for recreation and "passive" as in not-so-sporty for "entertainment" each activity @chrisbeaman listed...

Entertainment: Haunted Houses, Arcades, minature golf, laser tag, bouncy castles (not seeing these on ESPN, maybe "Obscure Sports Quarterly," but not ESPN).

Recreation: Bowling, Shooting range, pool/billiards, darts (there are official international sporting organizations built around each of these).

Either/Both: Trampoline places. Recreation for adults (who have like, sports teams that play here) Entertainment for kids (see bouncy houses).

skylenewman commented 9 years ago

Would describing the buckets differently help?

Et cetera

PaigeColburn commented 9 years ago

I am a big fan of all forms of user-filtering responses Frointer will provide.

Like I said, the first time someone uses this, if it doesn't show them something they didn't know about beforehand, they may never use it again.