Redfern's bar

Anybody know if its open tomorrow?

Thanks in advance.

 

No it isn't. Collect tickets at 9am but no fanzone, no kids clubs and turnstiles don't open till half 10 with awards given out at 11:30

 

Everywhere is shut so club must be swimming in money to not be bothered about approx 12k potential customers coming for midday. Because of the awkward kick off time, it's more likely than usual people would buy something pre game to eat, but we haven't got the fanzine open or food vans around like we've had in the past.

The national anthem is being forced on everyone so if you don't want to hear that turn up at 11:55 like many others will, which will mean less showing appreciation to the award winners.

 

So many are expected to collect tickets that they've got a special collection point set up outside the ground from 9am. I don't blame volunteers for not wanting to get up early but the club really should have something on to get people to spend money rather than collecting their tickets, leaving the ground and returning hours later just as the ref blows his whistle.

 

The stadium is closed until half 10. You can collect your tickets at 9am from the kiosk built outside to cope with demand but the stadium is locked up for 90 minutes after. That's just terrible planning, it really is

 

Seems we keep appointing new folk to the commercial side of the club, but what's changed? Crazy that someone has to ask every match ..."is the fanzine open? "
It should just be open every game and everyone should know that. That is no criticism of the volunteers that currently run it, why should a "professional" organisation be relying on volunteers for its pre match catering and entertainment output.
A season where we've hugely over achieved everyone's expectations and there's nothing happening to celebrate that. Will there be anything happening Fri night on the second leg?

 

I don't know. Maybe you should ask the club why they have arranged that. It's the club who have opened a special collection kiosk from 9am. It's the club who made it hard to load onto tickets and it's the club who chose to not open the stadium.

A lot of people have jobs so maybe that is why they'd collect at the weekend before a match

 

Looking at the sales map there's not a lot of seats barring singles dotted around, although a lot of space in the West. Of course that map doesn't allow for ST's who don't go.

 

You're completely missing my point fired.
Offering tickets for sale this morning = good
Not capitalising on that by offering food for sale = bad

 

The ground was locked up. Fans were asked to collect tickets from 9am but we're then instructed to leave the area of the stadium and spend money elsewhere. If you think that's good business sense then ok we'll never agree.

Then again I think turning fans away at half time as they'd ran out of cold drinks was a bit piss poor too

 

Maybe not but there is sense in making sure that the fanzone is open, the kids club is open or at the very least that there is a burger van in the carpark selling bacon sandwiches.
Or of course we could just say thanks for coming, go away now and come back in an hour. Because that makes a lot more sense right

 

It was an option to cope with the anticipated demand. The demand anticipated by the club, not by me, not by you. By the club. Now if the club anticipated such a demand that not only were tickets available to pick up from 9am but required an additional outdoor special collection area to cope with said demand then I'd say the club expected a big enough demand to sell bacon sarnies on a Sunday morning.

The pubs that opened early seemed to have quite a few people outside them and the town centre cafes were fairly busy for breakfast too. The club however didn't want any money. thats fair enough, we must be rolling in it.