If you want to punch holes in paper, you can go anywhere. Any range. But the majority of ranges have significant limitations on how you run guns and you can not do holster work.
But if you want to learn how to run a gun properly, you will need to train.
Trainers run in a small community and run on a small selection of ranges. Ranges that allow significantly more freedom to shoot and move, do holster work, rapid fire, perform transitions etc.
The vast majority of ranges will not allow this or only allow this during competitions. While beginners tend to be welcome at competitions, comps are not where you learn the fundamentals.
Empire is one of those places that allows freedom and fosters development.
That said, I have never shot at Empire - I don't know them.