How Much it Cost To Open My Basketball Gym | The process of opening a basketball training facility

This video covers EXACTLY how to open a basketball gym and exactly how much it cost to open your own gym. This video I go into depth on the exact steps I took in order when it came to finding my own space, purchasing the hoops, paint and get the floor installed.
Opening a basketball training facility was not an easy process but was certainly worth it. I started by looking for my own business location around Lowell Ma by searching on loop net. I then proceeded to look at a couple and picked this space. It needed a lot of work so that is what ended up costing a lot of money.
We had to paint, fix up the stairs and mezzanine, install hoops and finaly install the basketball court which was the most expensive part. I also had to go through business registration, getting insurance and all sorts of annoying stuff like that to open my own business location. In the end it cost a bit of money up front but is well worth it and hope to be here for a while.
If you are interested in how much it costs and how to go about opening your own business this video will certainly help you get a general idea.
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[@natenelson2180]

That $44k doesn’t sound bad at all especially when it’s your dream and worked towards it. I’m looking at doing the same thing!!

[@tjltraining]

Hell yeah!!

[@mar657]

Wish you the best of luck man, same here💯✅

[@deez994]

How much should I charge

[@donaldwilson1283]

We're trying to do the same thing in our small town at the old highschool. We had a great gym and the wrong mayor let the roof go and now only have the foundation. We want to build one back for the town to have events. What do you suggest since we don't have the money

[@Muzicboy3]

It’s really not that bad forreal….. what I do wanna know is how much is the expenses as far as heat/ac and lights per month … training enough kids he’ll make that back in decent timing exapecially if he already had people he was training

[@jayt0321]

I’m going through the comments and the way Tyler is going through all comments & answering is truly appreciation. He’s not holding no info he’s helping out

[@tjltraining]

Exactly!! That’s the goal, help the next people coming up

[@50--11]

It's a big deal these are people's dreams thank you!@@tjltraining

[@ryanodonnell8000]

congrats bro this is my dream. Keep hustling and buy the gym outright one day

[@tjltraining]

Exactly that’s the goal💪🏽💪🏽

[@coachjensen611]

Very inspiring bro congrats on all your hard work, dedication and sacrifice. Your level of focus is commendable. I have a similar dream, and seeing someone younger than me carry it out is big inspiration

[@tjltraining]

much respect! go get it

[@domeloanthony1444]

Just stumbled onto your channel. In the process of starting a similar gym here in Connecticut. Very helpful video. The gym looks great man, best of luck.

[@tjltraining]

Thank you, glad it could help you and best of luck with the gym!!!

[@rafaelrosales8554]

where in CT

[@tyisswag4569]

I respect that you put your mind too it and went through with doing what you love, props too you man.

[@tjltraining]

Thank you

[@moonkid5961]

this is too dope man i’m hoping to open my own gym after my college basketball career

[@tjltraining]

Love it good luck!

[@ryan.musgrove]

I’m thinking of building my own indoor court and after I watched this it helped a lot

[@tjltraining]

Glad that it helped, check out our other videos too

[@mirwill]

Congratulations on your gym bro. This video was super helpful; thank you! 🙏🏾

[@tjltraining]

Thank you very much

[@liambrock3831]

Thinking about doing the same thing, but here in Melbourne, Australia. I grew up in the same area as Andrew Bogut and Bin Simmons so this area could do with more private facilities as basketball is booming here now.

[@tjltraining]

Should definitely look into it!! And if you open one up would love to come out and check it out!

[@AvgCitizenJay]

Very resourceful and direct. It gave me more confidence in my idea to open a facility. Best of luck to you.

[@tjltraining]

Thank you very much and best of luck to you as well

[@pedrojello8983]

@@tjltraining I want to open a 24 hour basketball gym. A lot of people don’t like to exercise and lift weights so they use sports as their way to exercise. And there is literally no night basketball gym

[@tahir1333]

Awesome videos man, I'm looking at opening up a court myself, and your videos are very transparent and helpful. Definitely using them for tips as I'm trying get my own running.

[@tjltraining]

Glad to hear

[@ballwithb1466]

This Gym is sick🔥 I would love to train here💪🏼 I’m looking to do something like this in the future and this Vid has helped a lot thanks!

[@tjltraining]

Best of luck with it!!

[@dcbasketballacademy]

Congratulations! Came across your video since my searches were building my own basketball gym. Great information 👍🏽

[@tjltraining]

Thank you! Glad I could help!

[@mikeysbestfriend6496]

Really cool, good luck with the business!

[@tjltraining]

Thank you!

[@thealiciaworldshow]

Omg this is so inspirational my dream is for a community center 🙏🏽 I hope all the best for you and your gym 🔥

[@tjltraining]

Appreciate it!!

[@kylenguyen6498]

Literally a video that I've been searching for the past few years. Love basketball and hope to become a skills & development coach in the future so this would help so much when it comes to the expected investment! Appreciate you 🙏🙏👌👌

[@tjltraining]

glad this video helped! If you are interested in any other type of videos feel free to let me know in the comments!

[@TheCheez_ttv]

love the video. inspiring others. much appreciated. keep going!

[@tjltraining]

Thank you

[@killerjunior23]

Dope!

[@begreatbasketball1]

That’s dope man fr proud of you and I don’t even know you thanks for the info

[@tjltraining]

Thank you!! Much appreciated

[@mercedesjohnson2786]

Great video thank you for your time and effort, keep grinding and may god keep blessing you and your business, this video is so knowledgeable and inspirational to me again thank you so much!!

[@tjltraining]

thank you very much!!!

[@solomonisrael3525]

Facts! I’m planning on doing the same thing right now in northern Cali. Definitely should connect 💯

[@misterlegacy430]

Just subscribed to your channel man. I loved the video and appreciate all the information without leaving anything out. I'm in the process of opening my own gym too. THANK YOU MAN!! 💯💯💯💯

[@tjltraining]

Without a doubt man!! Keep grinding and if you want to see any certain content let me know

[@misterlegacy430]

Fosho 💯💯💯

[@caelenow2829]

Oh damn your local. I’m in Worcester. Great idea. MA needs more indoor basketball areas that aren’t colleges or a YMCA. You can’t hoop probably 70% of the year

[@BoxHouseProductions]

MA has thousands of gyms. Gotta lock em up to make sure the kids are driving around smoking weed for some reason

[@caelenow2829]

@@BoxHouseProductions and every public court had the rims off all summer. Not a good year for poor hoppers like me lmao

[@tjltraining]

not a good year for MA hoops lol

[@kenphung88]

Great job bro, thank you for sharing your experience

[@tjltraining]

thank you

[@qwism]

Long time follower. Congrats man. Really awesome and inspirational. Keep on grinding.

[@tjltraining]

Thank you very much really appreciate it.

[@thehallherd1354]

Congrats brother!

[@BoxHouseProductions]

this is great info dude, Im in Mass as well and considering doing this, really want a full court tho, might be cheaper to buy an old barn (for half court) no idea just guessing. Congrats on the gym!

[@tjltraining]

Thank you!!

[@KORNABLOCK]

Thanks bro. You gave me some jewels to start with. I’m I. Southern California where we have several facilities with many having 3-6 courts in one building but with the size of our population there is still room for more facilities. May love to invite you and your team to tournaments once I get mines up and running in California. I’m originally from dorchester, MA so I still got love for Da Bean and would love to also open one in Boston too. I’ll definitely be reaching out to you

[@tjltraining]

Hell yeah, love it !! Let me know if I can ever help!

[@SousaBey7]

Thank you for creating this content 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@bballinthesky6261]

Thanks for the tips.

[@tjltraining]

of course!

[@BasketballSociety_]

Thanks for the info man

[@tjltraining]

Yessir

[@coachrast5620]

Nice Tyler big investment but I know you will definitely make it work. Congrats again and can't wait to see you put the gym to use.

[@tjltraining]

Thank you very much coach

[@b12beyou]

Following because I want to do something similar. I appreciate you making this video bro.

[@tjltraining]

Of course!! Any video ideas you want let me know !

[@josephrivera6198]

Great motivation thank you

[@tjltraining]

thanks for watching and dropping a comment!

[@pupito4709]

Thank you for taking the time to do this video. Did the city require a building with fire sprinklers? And I'm not sure if you used a realtor, but they should've negotiated for your lease to be contingent on the landlord making some of the changes to the space according to your business needs and also agreeing to the first few months of the lease being free. Thanks again!

[@tjltraining]

Appreciate the insight

[@thunders730]

I keep watching these videos over and over! Love what you’re doing. Just out of curiosity how tall are your ceilings there??

[@tjltraining]

about 22 feet

[@thunders730]

@@tjltraining thanks for the response brotha! One more question, what company did you go through for your flooring??

[@trendsettersbarbershop4175]

Looks great, how did you install the hoop in existing concrete?

[@tjltraining]

Cut hole in the concrete then install hoop like normal

[@VictorSanchezVS13]

I want one too. I want a full court in my yard. I have a half acre, large back yard.

[@AverageBrino]

how many square feet did you end up getting? Im in the process of starting this same project. Keep up the grind!

[@tjltraining]

love it, where at?? It is 3,300 total square feet

[@beauvalera1415]

This is so helpful in so many ways. You have my subscription and follow. Hope your business is thriving brother. Couple of questions: what type of flooring did you use? what is the measurement for the basketball court itself? how many sq. ft is the whole property? Is the second part of the insurance coming from the same insurance provider as Camp Team?

[@tjltraining]

Thank you very much, I used icon surfaces, basketball court is 50X50 and total sq foot is 3,300 sq feet. and yes

[@ebrettepeters4688]

Im currently working on opening my own with two full courts. this was definitely an eye opener for things I wasn’t thinking about so I definitely appreciate this video 👌🏾 what flooring did you go with and what size courts if you dont mind asking

[@dominik21xx69]

How is it going?

[@MrStarbai21]

Hey brother also want to ask the same thing because I'm looking Into starting one too and renting it out

[@BENJIBKNY]

Were you able to open yours?

[@NetanelColish]

Thank you!

[@tjltraining]

You are welcome!

[@macjohnson5384]

🤯🤯 gonna double/triple it back thooo

[@tjltraining]

👀👀

[@hottpan]

Happy for you bro, keep chasing dreams!

[@tjltraining]

Thank you💪🏽

[@Carolinanine_]

Appreciate the video.

[@tjltraining]

Yessir

[@123mukeshjaiswal]

Great video, thanks for sharing. Can you please share the info of floor you installed. Thanks

[@tjltraining]

icon surfaces was the company I got it through

[@brandonpruter7888]

That upfront doesn't sound bad. But the issue I'm having for me is trying to find a place to do it at that's affordable. It's hard to justify 4k a month rent

[@tjltraining]

Yup need the business to support that. Up front isn’t hard, it’s the operational and STAYING open that is the hardest part

[@LamontThompsonFilmMaker]

@@tjltraining what happens when the owner of the building says he's not renewing the lease because he needs the space? That 44k goes down the drain. Thats what I'm afraid of.

[@allenwatkins177]

Great video already

[@marckatechis6891]

Huge fan but I think u should leave the hoops at 10 ft but remove the things that you can higher or lower it so people don’t mess with it. Keep going huge fan

[@tjltraining]

yup already did that!

[@owurakuotchere8309]

Great insight.Subscibed to your channel and followed you on IG.My dream is to open one in the future.I love the way you were able to explain the cost involved in opening a basketball gym.Hopefully i can DM you to get some insight to open my own basketball gym.Writing from Ghana🇬🇭 and wishing you all the best in 2021.

[@tjltraining]

Appreciate that a lot and glad the video can help you out!! I wish you the best on your journey as well!!

[@welovejean]

Been looking for a video like this🔥 Can you include the company that installed the court and hoop ??

[@tjltraining]

Flooring from ICON surfaces and installed by new England sports floors

[@cheglt]

Thanks for making this vid. Really helpful! How high is the ceiling in your building? Just curious in terms of what the spec of the building were that you were looking for. Thanks in advance. :)

[@Ryanw1213]

I love this. Thank you for the video! This being one of my dreams...how profitable are you? How much do you net at the end of the day-is this sustainable as an only source of income?

[@tjltraining]

It can definitely be sustainable as your only income if you train and know what you are doing

[@allenwatkins177]

Thank you sir

[@khalidloda]

Great video Tyler, thanks for sharing. How many athletes can you have in there training at once?

[@tjltraining]

It is a good size for about 12 players to be training at once

[@lashawneham]

Great job. 🎉 who did you use for the hoops/goals

[@tjltraining]

Goalrilla

[@antunakasharpshooter1276]

Great gym man! Can you please tell me how much is for lighting and what type of lights do you use and what type of heating/cooling you use for gym (if any) and how did you pay for those two systems (lights and cooling/heating). Keep on with great work! P.s. excuse me on my bad English 😅

[@tjltraining]

The lights, and heating system were already in there so I just pay monthly utility cost for those two. No cooling system

[@jamesperrybasketball8472]

Thanks bro awesome video! I am trying to open up my own gym/ facility this video is very helpful

[@tjltraining]

Very glad I could help!!

[@mmccurdy1229]

What was the minimum height of your ceilings

[@tjltraining]

@@mmccurdy1229 minimum height is 20 feet I think and at highest point is 22 feet clear height.

[@mmccurdy1229]

@@tjltraining Thank you very much, so I can get away with 20ft? And also how many sq ft is your place?

[@tjltraining]

@@mmccurdy1229 yes you could, normally peoples arch on their shot gets to around 16 feet, so 20 feet plus is ideal. my place is 3,300 square feet total

[@self-madejacobo8281]

Sheesh , sounds like a pretty expensive process to me ,but hopefully it will all be worth it many times over in the end for you! Excited to see what’s next with your gym

[@tjltraining]

Thank you! Was definitely worth it!

[@nicholasbowens1111]

What in ground hoops did u get and what was the cost of them nice vid very in depth

[@tjltraining]

Goalrilla cv72 I believe and cost was in the video, $5600

[@nicholasbowens1111]

@@tjltraining thank you won’t be able get it tho can’t get many in ground hoops in Ireland

[@kevinbobbitt101]

Great video. Really helpful. Congratulations. Sorry if you have already answered this question. What company did you use for your floor?

[@tjltraining]

Yes please check other comments it’s in there somewhere

[@HouseDarten]

Nice family !

[@danpark947]

congrats! well done! is this full court?

[@tjltraining]

Half court

[@deez994]

That’s sick bro, where are you based out of? Are there locations in the US that are better than others ?

[@tjltraining]

im locatred in lowell MA

[@Muzicboy3]

Bro thanks for the video first and for most, secondly how much are the lights and heat/ac per month?

[@ginosmith7559]

solid

[@solomonisrael3525]

Powerful content, and I I’ll definitely subscribe. I’m looking to open up a gym in Northern California and where I’m located.. their is a huge need. I’m looking to dedicate my life to being a skills development coach and also deal with ages 12-17 years old for aau . I want to host tournaments , open run,. And practices, single games ,etc hosted here. Charge $5 a head. How long does the overall process take? How can I get started without a business loan and cash in hand?

[@tjltraining]

1. 0 chance the gym survives or thrives on $5 a head. 2. Process can take anywhere from a couple months to 6mo usually 3.you need money of some sort to do this but can start looking at properties and understanding not only the up front cost but recurring expenses

[@jimmymcgill5572]

If you wanted full court college size you think it would of been closer to $100k?

[@tjltraining]

Yes no doubt

[@cutdr]

Did you buy the building? How much is the rent monthly if not? Do you hire trainers? Awesome and insightful video.. Salute

[@tjltraining]

it is a lease, 3,100 a month, I have one other trainer working with me

[@samkay993]

How many square feet is your facility?

[@luciagarcia4913]

What would be the revenue for the gym

[@yangsterrrr]

are you able to share the flooring infor that you used?

[@coachnd8139]

Did not catch how large the overall facility is.

[@tjltraining]

3,300 sq ft

[@Mrsunay]

Respect

[@tjltraining]

Thank you

[@stanholloway4240]

Good information. What is the RoR? How much are you charging? Did you lease or buy?

[@tjltraining]

lease lots of different services I charge for so all depends

[@xavierdonaldson9110]

You do not own the place, yet you were able to make changes to the building. How did you go about it?

[@tjltraining]

I told them what I wanted to do with the space before hand and it was approved.

[@greenranger3000]

This looks like a great business to have a vending machine in.

[@tjltraining]

Not wrong

[@lt_thebrand]

What size space do you need as far as ceiling space

[@tjltraining]

20 feet +

[@basketballoperations]

Hey love the content! Thank you for the insights. Did you purchase the space or leasing ? If leasing how much do you have to pay per month for the space?

[@tjltraining]

Lease the space. I pay about .95 dollars per square foot per month. 3300 square feet

[@basketballoperations]

@@tjltraining would you happen to have a list of other expenses that incur for the month. Ex; How much for utilities?

[@basketballoperations]

@@tjltraining thank you Tyler I appreciate it!

[@brianam.williams4221]

What’s the square footage?

[@tjltraining]

3,300 square feet

[@berniemorris948]

I was wondering why you went with two different size backboards? Wouldn’t you want it to be all the same?

[@nostalgicfindsllc]

Hey, can you send a link or name of the flooring you used?

[@tjltraining]

www.iconsurfaces.com/

[@derrick5380]

How did you handle developing on leased property? Is there a worry of the landlord taking your gym?

[@mariatalasoesoe91]

What size is the court?

[@tjltraining]

3300 sq feet

[@kimyasavage2029]

Congratulations‼️ who did you have insurance through prior to getting your own facility?

[@tjltraining]

Thank you! I had k and k insurance prior

[@kimyasavage2029]

Thank you!

[@elijahgar]

Awesome job with the court! I was just wondering. How big is the court alone in sq.ft. ?

[@tjltraining]

3,300 sq ft

[@elijahgar]

@@tjltraining thanks man!!

[@danpark947]

how much is heating?

[@tjltraining]

Couple hundred in the winter

[@blandinakudayah9988]

What flooring company did you use?

[@tjltraining]

Icon surfaces!

[@BoxHouseProductions]

One more question, what do your utils run?

[@tjltraining]

Heat is about 200/ month. Electric is about 250 a month. WiFi 120 a month

[@shawnwatkins1321]

So, you didn't buy the place, you leased it??

[@tjltraining]

Correct, buying this space wasn’t an option

[@melman3kg]

How do you make money with the gym?

[@tjltraining]

Training and court rentals

[@melman3kg]

You have a weight room as well?

[@diy24-78]

question did you have to pull any permitting or licensing?

[@michaelrichards5414]

Did you have to do permits for your building?

[@mercywater]

thanks for doing this video, would love to have my own gym one day,,, just wondering does the gym have an air conditioner? if so, how much monthly? if not, do you use fans or does the gym stay pretty cool such that you don't need fans nor AC?

[@tjltraining]

No AC, just used fans. Looking to get AC installed though this coming summer

[@ivankatty8775]

How many square feet do you recommend for a single court facility? Thanks!

[@tjltraining]

For a full court I’d say about 5-6k square feet

[@ivankatty8775]

Awesome, thank you so much! God bless

[@jaythestranger]

How much was the floor ??

[@tjltraining]

I said it in the video, 23k

[@hussienhussle8143]

Why did you have different inch backboards ?

[@tjltraining]

Price difference, wasn’t necessary since second hoop wouldn’t have been used as much

[@hussienhussle8143]

@@tjltraining got it well other than that thank you so much for your dope content and your inspiration I wish you nothing but the best for your future and thank you for sharing that information and blueprint 🐐🐐

[@srteight]

No electrical expenses? For lighting?

[@tjltraining]

Yes, but that’s wasn’t in the start up costs, it’s a monthly expense once opened

[@axisb8618]

Simple but stunning ◑﹏◐

[@brenthanson4897]

When finding the building did you use to mess with floor leveling? Alot of industrial buildings will be sloped for drainage and what not, was that not an issue with placing the court?