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agree with that! are they going to have sky sports 1 for the live lunchtime games in the concourse? as dicks bar may get very full and stop letting people in which will be a shitter!
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- Thread starter gripper stebson
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agree with that! are they going to have sky sports 1 for the live lunchtime games in the concourse? as dicks bar may get very full and stop letting people in which will be a shitter!
Billy the Fish
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It would be madness to make it adults only, wouldn't it?
(It's probably adults only then)
ngood77
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- Aug 5, 2006
- 983
Indeed !
Colossal Squid
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If the capacity is only 200 then why would you let kids in? They can't drink the expensive beer we fought so hard to get put in
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
This.
If the capacity is limited there's no point in wasting one of the 200 spaces on kids when someone outside could be making use of the bar
stevedx
New member
i dont see why kids cant be let in, as its the parents that are spending the money anyway. So if you dont allow children, you alienate all parents!
And if kids are on the mosaic which they are surely its not right to not let them see it. I know my son is dieing to see it!
And if kids are on the mosaic which they are surely its not right to not let them see it. I know my son is dieing to see it!
Colossal Squid
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i dont see why kids cant be let in, as its the parents that are spending the money anyway. So if you dont allow children, you alienate all parents!
And if kids are on the mosaic which they are surely its not right to not let them see it. I know my son is dieing to see it!
It's a tough one, and you're always going to get fans who think kids should be welcomed whilst others think they should be banned completely. The problem, as already mentioned, is the very limited capacity and whilst we don't know for certain exactly how busy the place will get, it's a good bet that it's not going to be lacking in customers of a match day. If this is the case then there is no need to allow kids in just to appease the fans with family, because the fans without will be keeping the place easily in business.
Perhaps a trade off would be to allow kids before games and not after, or vice versa.
This could SERIOUSLY split opinions
I seriously can't see kids not being allowed nomatter what anyone says.
(They won't be, will they?)
(They won't be, will they?)
I don't understand any of it. Why would you not want to make money?! On a match day, even if only 1% of fans wanted to stay on a drink/eat why not let them? Why not close at 10 or 11 at night?
stevedx
New member
Well with the club trying to make it family friendly, and it being the Community Stadium, it would not be a good start to stop kids from entering!
Colossal Squid
Returning video tapes
Well with the club trying to make it family friendly, and it being the Community Stadium, it would not be a good start to stop kids from entering!
Perhaps you are right, but similarly it might not be a good idea to frustrate fans by having precious limited spaces taken up by children who can't actually fully appreciate the place. After all it is primarily a place intended for the consumption of alcohol and if 25% of the patrons are children that's 25% less beer sold.
The Large One
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Children drink soft drinks and eat food as well, you know.
Colossal Squid
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This is true, and I dare say the mark up on soft drinks is greater than that on the beer, wine and spirits so pound for pound perhaps the club would be making MORE profit on the children. I'm just looking at it from the perspective of a bunch of lads queuing to get in for a few rounds of Harveys/Heineken/Babycham who might feel frustrated at being denied entry because a bunch of pre teens are nursing a few lemonades.
It doesn't have to be a problem, I'm just highlighting that it potentially could be. We're all obviously jumping to the (likely) conclusion that demand will outstrip capacity.
- Aug 8, 2005
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Children should definitely be allowed in for all the reasons stated above.
As for the opening hours, what the f***?
I was originally under the impression it would be open all day every day, breakfasts for students, a nice place for lunch and a pint etc. It almost sounds like they planned to have a staff canteen then someone said what about the supporters bar so this is what it is.
I thought it would be a highly visible, pub/cafe that attracted student trade in the week not something that has the look, feel and position of a private members club.
As for the opening hours, what the f***?
I was originally under the impression it would be open all day every day, breakfasts for students, a nice place for lunch and a pint etc. It almost sounds like they planned to have a staff canteen then someone said what about the supporters bar so this is what it is.
I thought it would be a highly visible, pub/cafe that attracted student trade in the week not something that has the look, feel and position of a private members club.
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
If you read what Attila has posted in the past, this is exactly what happened.
In his interview with Harty, Hebbard said we didn't need a bar because the concourses were so high spec