Only 250 quid to [jump the queue for*] the Seven Stars Sports bar.. [* = get in to]

[Diablo]

I will be genuinely gobsmacked at ANYONE who actually takes this "offer" up from the club. Anyone who does truly must have money to burn, and/or more money than sense. Presumably they'll have to show some kind of pass at the door, like a Willy Wonka golden ticket or something. It'll certainly pick them out as being a bit of a prize prawn, when they mince past the queue with Cressida and Tarquin in tow to get their £750 quids worth that week.

I`m paying up....Can`t expect my darlings Cressida and Tarquin to queue with the plebs..

 

[Ernest]

Exactly this. For reference see the South stand at the County Ground. £1000 plus your memebership each year for a 'seat for life'. There are never more than half a dozen of the 100 seats taken at any one time, meanwhile the best view in the ground is out of bounds to all other members. Even SCCC admit it was a mistake, now.

BTW Ray Bloom has 2 seats up there but rarely attends.

Only 1 thing to do, just boycott 7 stars and drink elsewhere. Oh and don't complain to Barber, or you'll be accused of undermining the playing budget and therefore the promotion challenge.

PG

Is that the stand on top of the roof ? I always liked going up there when I was a nipper

 

[bhanutz]

Someone needs to bring this up at the fans forum...you can bet your bottom dollar it will be Dicks next!

 

[crabface]

Im still confused that the club think anyone will pay for this or that there are actually people out there that have such money to waste. What do they think we are mugs?

I would like to see the smug knob that is Paul Barber explain this one.

Fans not Customers.

 

[bhanutz]

Im still confused that the club think anyone will pay for this or that there are actually people out there that have such money to waste. What do they think we are mugs?

I would like to see the smug knob that is Paul Barber explain this one.

Fans not Customers.

It will be along the lines of...We lose over £1 mill a month, need to help reduce that...join 1901 if you want access to lounges etc etc...

 

[crabface]

It will be along the lines of...We lose over £1 mill a month, need to help reduce that...join 1901 if you want access to lounges etc etc...

He could always take a pay cut for coming up with such a shit idea.

 

[Ernest]

It will be along the lines of...We lose over £1 mill a month, need to help reduce that...join 1901 if you want access to lounges etc etc...

Bars on concourses, TV's there, upstairs bars are costing the club money , blah , blah, blah

 

[bhanutz]

Bars on concourses, TV's there, upstairs bars are costing the club money , blah , blah, blah

Don't get as much at other grounds....same old shit

 

[Seagulltonian]

The revenue generated from the fees, with all positions taken up, is only £40,000!!
If few people pay to use it, surely the revenue they would've got with free entry is more than £40,000 anyways?
The more you charge people to use something, the less they would use it!

 

[BBassic]

I can't make the forum but I'm going to email Barber tonight and will post his response (if he permits it).

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

It will be along the lines of...We lose over £1 mill a month, need to help reduce that...join 1901 if you want access to lounges etc etc...

Should have sorted out the business model before building the stadium then.

 

[Ernest]

We better have a good season coming up otherwise they will be worrying about more important things than people moaning over a members bar, start treating supporters like shite and they will turn on the management a lot quicker if things go wrong on the pitch

 

[Seasider78]

The revenue generated from the fees, with all positions taken up, is only £40,000!!
If few people pay to use it, surely the revenue they would've got with free entry is more than £40,000 anyways?
The more you charge people to use something, the less they would use it!

This is the main point for me it is such a small amount of money in the grand scheme of things it feels like a pointless move by the club which only serves to anger fans and force more people into spending their money away from the stadium.

Truly bizarre move

 

[gripper stebson]

Don't think of it as £40,000 per year. Think of it as O'Gradys wages for A MONTH.

That'll make you feel better!

 

[SAC]

Don't think of it as £40,000 per year. Think of it as O'Gradys wages for A MONTH.

That'll make you feel better!

Then they need to find another 11 bars to start charging entrance to.

 

[Blue and White Tiger]

I thought Paul Barber was deemed an angel by all Brighton fans?

 

[Ernest]

I thought Paul Barber was deemed an angel by all Brighton fans?

Only by the LICKERS

 

[Giraffe]

So to clarify this is £250 for the right to go to a pub before the game, so a family of four would pay ONE THOUSAND POUNDS to go and do something they can do for free elsewhere? No other benefit at all? No free food? No free drinks? Nothing?

WHY?

 

[Ernest]

So to clarify this is £250 for the right to go to a pub before the game, so a family of four would pay ONE THOUSAND POUNDS to go and do something they can do for free elsewhere? No other benefit at all? No free food? No free drinks? Nothing?

WHY?

FREE Programme

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Club could raise ten times that dumb Seven Stars £40,000 by improving access to concourse catering. Stupidly long slow-moving queues mean that huge numbers of punters before the match and at half-time and even after the match just walk away rather than queue, and spend their money in town instead.