When I was a kid my parents occasionally dropped us off in the evening at a place that was a drop in evening day care. I remember it had a really great sort of movie theater and indoor jungle gym.

I think it was pretty pricey so we didn’t go often, but I i know it was in an area with a lot of restaurants and bars

No idea what the margins on a business like this is and why it apparently doesn’t work. If it did one should be able to use existing daycate real estate and licensing so the big thing is staffing and customers I’d think

Although I lived in a section of NYC where dollar vans are a thing

I took them to work all the time. Sure thee was already a public subway and bus system. Dollar vans slightly undercut the price and were slightly faster if somewhat more terrifying due to poor driving.

Doubt it had much profit margin but enough to make it worth it to a bunch of dudes with shortbusses and church vans.

Sometimes it just depends on market