View the pdf to see our site plans and facility layouts. It includes site location on the airport grounds and technical drawings of Flight Line's layout.

THE FACILITY
There is sufficient land for a 50,000 square foot facility and 200,000 square foot parking area at our planned location. City sewer and water has been installed in the area and MnDot (Minnesota Department of Transportation) has granted our new driveway design to accommodate the facility layout. This will allow visitors access without having to go through the airport main entrance gates.

Our team of board members; Contractor, Accountant, Banker and Attorney is ready to tackle this project and market with limited competitors. This staff’s combined years of banquet facility, events management, corporation and restaurant experience with our dedication to the success of this facility will make Flight Line Café & Event Center a place of vast interest and fun for all its numerous visitors.

FACILITY CONCEPT
Our research has shown that the market for large event space, gift shop and a unique restaurant should be attractive to the rapidly growing area of Blaine. Its close location to a major freeway (35W) and two major highways (State HW10 and HW 65-Central Ave.) should allow visitors easy, fast and simple access. Blaine and its surrounding area have been under a tremendous expansion over the past 5 years. More and higher income families are moving into the area, so we feel the potential is high for the success of such a facility at this point in time.

Facility Potential Revenue Sources
1) Event center – An environmentally controlled space is planed to provide dining and seating needs. We hope to offer equipment amenities, parking, entertainment staging and lighting needs. A unique and formal décor, bar, coat check and restroom facilities will support the versatile layouts for groups of up to 800. There are only a few locations within the Metro area that can seat up to 600 plus people in one room and none of them are located on the north side of Minneapolis & St. Paul, so our competition is limited.

2) Gift Shop – Is planned to offer over 500 different aviation theme products ranging from books, videos, prints, models, toys and clothing available for sale. The gift shop location within the facility is planned to be similar to a “Cracker Barrel”, close to the entrance with an entry to the restaurant area. Our research has shown that there is very little in retail aviation theme products available in the entire metro area and surrounding 3 states.

3) Restaurant – The interior decor is planned to have an aviation theme, housing authentic aviation artifacts and items ranging through all aspects of aviation, from the Wright Brothers to NASA. Displays from civil and corporate, as well as military and current items will also be on display. High quality breakfast, lunch and dinner will be available 7 days a week. There will be a full menu providing a wide range of meal choices;, from burgers and salads, to steaks and pasta. The dining area is planned to seat approximately 300 guests with various shaped and sized tables and booths for seating. An atrium area within the dining area will allow visitors to view airport activities year round. We plan to treat the customers to cloth napkins, linen table cloths, and excellent airport views for the aviation enthusiasts, subtle lighting and boundless comfort. An outside deck is planned to face the airfield allowing families and visitors to watch the arriving and departing aircraft from a safe and comfortable distance while dining in the warm summer air. Our goal with the menu is to entice all types of visitors, from young singles, families, to middle aged, seniors and those time conscious executives.

4) Bar/Music – Two bars and an outside deck area are planned. We also plan to provide a stage and dance floor. Growth in the Blaine area indicates to us a need for additional evening activities and attractions. We have found that the social interest and need to be outside dining and socializing in this state has grown tremendously over the past few years. We feel that this will be a popular feature of the proposed location. We hope to accommodate live music to light up the evenings a few nights each week featuring local and national artists, allowing patrons the chance to see, hear and dance to a variety of music styles in the controlled environment year round. The decor of the restaurant and bar areas are planned to have an aviation theme with images, memorabilia and prints from past to present arranged through out the room. These will be in addition to display cases housing numerous artifacts from all times and all aspects of aviation.

5) Catering – The kitchen is planned to be designed to accommodate in house catering to the majority of groups utilizing the event center. We foresee catering to smaller groups in the surrounding community as our presence is recognized.

6) Flight Meals / Outside Catering – Networking with the numerous charter and private aviation groups at the Anoka County Airport, we plan to provide meals for customers of charter flights and personal passengers flights, delivering meals directly to their hangar or provide a pick-up service as needed. Our plan is to also cater to businesses in the surrounding area for luncheons, meetings and any other needs.

7) Special Events – We anticipate holding our own aviation theme special events within the event center, such as 1940’s swing dances, Aviation Art Shows, Pilot Forums, Aviation Safety Seminars and Special Interest Group features periodically throughout the year.

Flight Line Enterprise believes that the versatility of revenue generating options will strongly support the success of this facility. There are other potential forms of revenue and will be advised as the growth and success is established.

We received the results from our soil drilling of the building location completed on June 13, 2005. According to “Professional Engineering Consultants”, the site soil and subsurface conditions are satisfactory. The entire area was found to be mostly low grade sand and water levels were acceptable for building. The contractor was very pleased with the results, and indicated that we won't have to remove or replace existing soil.