Adults Pay $750 to Play in Life-Sized Sandbox: Worth the Money?
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2011/09/03 16:06:59
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Aren't sandboxes just for little kids? Not anymore! A business owner in Las Vegas has built what amounts to a life-sized sandbox for adults.
Customers at Dig This can push around dirt, rocks, and huge tires with bulldozers and other construction equipment. All it takes is a 10-minute classroom lesson, guidance from trainers through headsets, and, oh yeah, $750.
Ed Mumm decided to start the business after renting and operating an excavator while building a house in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
"I thought to myself: If I'm having this much fun, imagine the amount of people that don't get to do this stuff that would love to do this," he said.
"When they're in those machines, everything else doesn't mean anything," added Mumm.
"They've forgotten about all the stresses in their lives because the fact is, they've got to focus on that piece of equipment. When they get in there and they rev up that engine, they know they've got a serious program on their hands."
Dig This sits right across the freeway from the Las Vegas strip, near the remnants of an actual construction industry that hasn't recovered since the recession. Unlike many other construction workers, Travis Mills, a trainer at Dig This, is glad to have work.
"A lot of my construction friends are just sitting at home and there's nothing going on. This is a lot more fun. I don't get yelled at by my superintendent all day. I like being around equipment, so that's a plus," he said.
What do you think? Is the opportunity to play in a life-sized sandbox for adults worth the $750 price tag?
Customers at Dig This can push around dirt, rocks, and huge tires with bulldozers and other construction equipment. All it takes is a 10-minute classroom lesson, guidance from trainers through headsets, and, oh yeah, $750.
Ed Mumm decided to start the business after renting and operating an excavator while building a house in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
"I thought to myself: If I'm having this much fun, imagine the amount of people that don't get to do this stuff that would love to do this," he said.
"When they're in those machines, everything else doesn't mean anything," added Mumm.
"They've forgotten about all the stresses in their lives because the fact is, they've got to focus on that piece of equipment. When they get in there and they rev up that engine, they know they've got a serious program on their hands."
Dig This sits right across the freeway from the Las Vegas strip, near the remnants of an actual construction industry that hasn't recovered since the recession. Unlike many other construction workers, Travis Mills, a trainer at Dig This, is glad to have work.
"A lot of my construction friends are just sitting at home and there's nothing going on. This is a lot more fun. I don't get yelled at by my superintendent all day. I like being around equipment, so that's a plus," he said.
What do you think? Is the opportunity to play in a life-sized sandbox for adults worth the $750 price tag?
Read More: http://www.newser.com/article/d9pgamh82/sandbox-to...
Top Opinion
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Redskin 2011/09/03 22:26:35
Hey come play at my house I will take your money!!!
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Looks like fun though!
I got sand in my backyard, I can play with that. :)
WHY NOT SHOW A LITTLE KINDNESS, AND DONATE THAT MONEY TO CHARITY,
TO "HELP SOMEONE WHOSE LIFE IS NOT FUN AND GAMES, BUT THE STALK REALITY
OF FOR REAL, PROVERTY"!!