Gone_Shrimping wrote:Accrington have built a Sports Bar (called Coleys !) which is open every day of the week and also takes serious money on match days. Andy Holt publishes matchday revenue returns on his Twitter account and it is very interesting.
I think we tried opening The Globe Grill (very commercial name ....not !!) when we moved there but it wasn't a roaring success , maybe the Wild Boar Burgers didn't take off. I think they could try something on the evenings when football is on T.V. either European games or Premier/EFL games with discounted drinks and pies available but everything seems to be in limbo until the club is sold.
I think they also made a mess, right from the start, by having MotM presentation in the Wright & Lord suite, not being inclusive to the rest of the fans. In the early days, W&L would still be quite busy, but the last time I saw a MotM presentation, there were about twenty people there, and they all left as soon as the presentation was made. I'd have two 'happy hours', the first, directly after the game, in JB's, then the second starting half an hour later, in the W&L Suite. That would give half an hour for people to leave, if they want to, (
avoiding too many people heading in opposite directions on the stair case) but then encourage fans to come up to the W&L in time for the presentation. Have a local (
cheap!) band play if there isn't a Premier League match on, or whatever, so people have a reason to stay behind longer.