[talk-au] Sports Clubs

[Steve Bennett]

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 7:20 PM, James Livingston <doctau at mac.com> wrote:
> They're definitely not a QLD thing, but I think they are a very Australian thing. As well as sports clubs, you have the Surf Life Saving Clubs, RSLs and so on. Although a lot only have one bar and restaurant, there are a lot that are much bigger - if I recall correctly, the Bankstown RSL has something like 6 or 8 restaurants in it.

Yeah, agreed that RSL's, SLSC's etc are in the same category. Are they
really different from a Zagame's type venue, though?

> I asked this a while back (possibly on IRC not on the list) and no-one really knew. In some cases, particularly SLSCs, the original purpose would still be very useful to have marked, in that case because it tells you where the patrolled part of the beach will be near.

IMHO, the tag for the active life saving part should be different.
These two functions of "active location of sporting/lifesaving
facilities" and "pub and gambling venue operating under the banner of
a sports club" are really different. Along the foreshore here there
are various yacht clubs - genuine locations where boats are stored
etc. I'd want to tag *that* sports_club, and have a separate tag
nearby like amenity=club_bistro or something if there was a
restaurant/pokies venue.

I think my central argument is this: Your "sports_club" venue could be
- a sports facility with no eating/drinking/gambling facilities for the public
- an eating/drinking/gambling venue for the public with no sports facilities
- or both.

This looks like a case for two distinct tags.

Steve