How to throw a HUGE party

[Create Reality]

try to make more then one bathroom available.

always lock up valuable stuff.

WATCH YOUR STEREO SYSTEM, If that **** isnt mounted to the wall theres nothin stoppin some heads from walking off with your speakers.

have a dark, chilled back area where people can smoke and "do their ****" or they will do it in your bathroom. like a deck or a garage. or if its in a clearing, just somewhere on the edge of the main area. you want this place to be farthest from the direction cops might approach.

try not to get the cops attention.

people will bring their own drinks even if you got some. usually there is glass so make some trash cans available.

if its a house, lock all doors except the deck door and the door people come into. have a bouncer at each door.

if your trying to charge money for an outdoor party in a clearing, you gotta watch the parking lots and the beer supply.

 

[itishe]

Remeber:

Cops can give you minor's for drinking, which can lead to community service, it going on your permanent record until you're 18, etc.

 

[MightyMate]

Yeah. Mainly to throw good party You have to get %, get people who gonna bring %, and get hot chicks who gonna ****.

 

[TubularBells28]

Which is why you do your best to not have your party busted by the cops. Don't play music too loud, don't have jackasses fighting outside, and just use plain common sense.

 

[Oxide]

Good job guys, create reality and familyguysfan got some very good points especially.



I live in a house that is ranked within the top 3 on campus for the best parties/atmosphere. Here is how we do it:


First of all, realize that you throw large parties for one clear reason - to make money. Gaining more popularity and getting laid are just side bonuses. (at least for me).

Now, with this in mind, remember that you will need enough alcohol that a lot of people will buy it. HOWEVER, you can't offord to give away tons of it, so overbuying is an issue as well.

Generally, we are able to get 100 people drunk on 2 kegs. Yes, a lot of people end up with 2-3 cups, but that's life. Lately we have been adding 1.75 of UV BLUE, 1.75 of Clear UV and possibly Parrot Bay. ( Cheap stuff for shots) so people can drink more.

This is how you set the prices - $5 for a cup. $1 for a shot. NO EXCEPTIONS. Girls will flirt and beg for free cups, guys will say they have no money. People will offer $4 or say they will pay you later. Be stubborn. "$5." You are here to AT LEAST make your money back.

Kegs- cheapest beer you can find. Or, get one keg with strong beer to go first. Icehouse works ok. We usually get Busch.

I can't stress how improtant it is to lock the doors to placed you dont want people to go. I found two people naked on my bed ready to get busy when i forgot this obvious rule. Do not be lazy about this.

We restrict our upstairs for "VIP ONLY" we put a large barrier in the way and write those words on a piece of paper so people know. This is where our closer friends can hang out and where you can bring ladies by saying "Let's go party in VIP"


Let me remind you the cardinal rule of the party throwing -

Drunk People - Irresponsible People

After 7 beers they will not give a sh1t about your couch, stereo or hot tub. They will act like a bunch of belligerent, obnoxious idiots. This is normal. This is also the reason YOU MUST stay sober for most part of your party. You must have at least 2 somewhat sober people running the party - getting people away from expensive stereo system, making sure people dont jump on couches or get in the hottub with all of their clothes on. Being sober also helps when the cops come. When party calms down and there are 10-15 people left,then start drinking if you wish.

Things that can hurt your business, learn how to prepare:

1. Person will try to buy a cup with a $100 bill. Make sure you have at least $100 in 5's and 1's so you can give change.

2. People will bring Beer bongs. CHARGE THEM $5. We didnt, and there was a lot of free beer down the drain.

3. People brining their own. Fine, you either pay $3 to get in, save your beer and drink ours for $5, or you give us your beer as a tax.

4. People saying "they are driving". One Sober cab per group only. We can't allow too many not paying customers in.

Decide who is going in to buy booze for party. Share profits depending on %. In my experience, we have ALWAYS made profits.

I jokinly made a contract for one of my roommates becuase he had trouble grasping the concept. Here it is:

Fair responsibility – we ALL pitch in the money, all 3 of us.
It is our responsibility to call people. If people do not show up and we do not make any money, all THREE of us lose money.
If the cops show up and give us a ticket, all of us are paying for it.
CLEANING and PREPARATION will be performed BEFORE and AFTER the party. Nobody is allowed to skip out on either, otherwise they forfeit partial/all of their share.
The profits will be split three ways AND/OR put towards utilities.
Being gone for the most of the party, or being in a room with a girl for the most of the time IS NOT SUPERVISING.
Nobody will be allowed to be absent for more than 30 minutes unless your roommates agree to it and have things under control.
Money made is not to be stolen for individual needs. Obviously.


The way we set it up is most of the profits went to utilities.


Music. I will not argue with anyone here about preferences, but i will tell you what DOES work. Top 40 rap and dance. Remember - girls are the ones that you must appeal to here. If girls dance, guys will too. So 50 cent, David Banner "Play", Nina Sky - move your body, Nelly (classic), Ebony Eyes - "In your eyes". Your music will be one of the most improtant factors if you want to have a really good party. Make sure there is a lot of room for people to dance and mingle, move couches, chairs and lock em somewhere if you can. Invest in a good stereo system.

Lights - it would be nice if you could dim them in some areas of the house. We have 5 black lights, a strobe light, and a mini disco light for our dance club room.


Feel free to ask any questions, and remember - there will be a lot of stuff to clean up. YOu could pay someone to do it, or do it yourself. In any case, your house will get a lot of wear and tear.

P.S. VERY improtant if you live in a quiet neighborhood. - People walking to their cars will throw trash in people's yards. After the party, or early morning go around and collect all of it.

Good luck to everyone, happy partying.

 

[TubularBells28]

Isn't charging five bucks a beer a little steep? I mean, the purpose of College (or for the benefit of the doubt, HS) parties is for underage patrons to get cheap alcohol, isn't it?

What about three bucks instead?

 

[Way]

Remember to also have at least one deck of cards for drinking games (kings, f the dealer, etc), and a table set up for beer pong (beirut) and maybe a flip cup table - girls love flip cup for some reason.

If your playing beer pong for some extra fun you can do stuff like have a friend suggest to the girls that they take off their tops to distract you, or flash you during your shots, etc. You can steer almost any game to something sexual. At least, that's how it was in my hs. How were all of yours?

Have fun all

 

[Exo]

I'm no expert but the whole thing would dpened strongly on what sort of atmosphere you want to project. Like if you want a "chich minamalist" look then you got it cheap, if your going for a grungy or funky feel I'd supose that gets expensive.

Excluding legal issuees consider brewing your own beer and giving free drinks. That way you can charge more, have less people and thus an easier to control crowd and you get throw around exclusivety. OTOh the big bucks arent here.

 

[Oxide]

Isn't charging five bucks a beer a little steep? I mean, the purpose of College (or for the benefit of the doubt, HS) parties is for underage patrons to get cheap alcohol, isn't it?

Absolutely not. Remember, you need to AT LEAST make your money back. We are not talking about just the money paid for booze. We are talking cleaning/electricity/laundry/carpet cleaning and YOUR TIME invested.

Trust me, 99% of people will pay $5.

 

[Patrick124]

$5 will buy you a shot/beer at a bar, and won't even buy you a 12 pack.
whereas you could pay the measley $5 and get a good atmosphere, and all u can drink.

my boy is having a new years party, whole buncha people are going[like between50-70 people throughout the night] hes charging $5. if we break 50 people, we're a making $100 profit[as we're dropping $150 on handles.]..
good deal, everyone wins.
but we win more.