: Tue May 12, 2009 5:50 pm  

-VIKINGMAN- wrote:

bluesox4evaaa what on earth is that avatar? is it Fat Frank with a haircut?

I prefer seeing the mellons.

sorry bout their absence, some killjoy requested i removed them because they were 'offensive'
then when i replaced it with a nice a55 i got a similar response
clearly the person in question bats for the other side so i changed it to this

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:01 pm  

Halifax RLFC wrote:

just so you all know. . halifax rlfc gets nothing from bar sales in the ground. . all monies over the bar go to the council. . so if we had a really big game at the shay, say st helens in the cup, we would get extra revenue from ticket sales but nothing whatsoever from the sales of drink/food in the stadium

this looks likely to be the case in the new stand too

But i thought having a completed stadium would boost the revenue streams. Isn't that what the RFL said would work in our favour when the stadium was completed? What about functions on non-matchdays?

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:42 pm  

littlerich wrote:

But i thought having a completed stadium would boost the revenue streams. Isn't that what the RFL said would work in our favour when the stadium was completed? What about functions on non-matchdays?

It will , for the council , somehow you must get control of the Shay if you ever want to get back into SL

If you dont you will end up like us

We have 15 days a year to make £ 600,000 income just to survive

So that works out at £ 40 grand a match

Thats why I had the 4,000 ave attendance figure on the other thread

I would guess you are at a similar level

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:48 pm  

why would they be so a*sed if we owned it or not if its a quality stadium to go watch a game of rugby league?

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:51 pm  

bluesox4evaaa wrote:

what about discount entrance fee for first hundred in or something, that way theyll end up spending more in the bar

The club don't get any money from bar sales.
But keep the ideas coming

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:52 pm  

bluesox4evaaa wrote:

why would they be so a*sed if we owned it or not if its a quality stadium to go watch a game of rugby league?

The RFL need to know that we are financially viable. Having stadium facilities which generate revenue other than gate receipts is seen as a tick in the box.

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:53 pm  

Malfax wrote:

The club don't get any money from bar sales.
But keep the ideas coming

my brain is a tropical fountain of ideas. unfortunately only 99.9% are good ones

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:54 pm  

This might sound really daft but.

Why not send out a player or too to some Old People's Coffee mornings to help out, with a few tickets and the like, may get some people who havn't been down for years coming back, and they may even bring grand kids with them.

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:58 pm  

bluesox4evaaa wrote:

why would they be so a*sed if we owned it or not if its a quality stadium to go watch a game of rugby league?

As Rich pointed out , the whole point of new stadiums is that they are making money for whoever runs them 7 days a week , 52 weeks a year

So it is vitaly important that if you ever wish to get into SL and be successful there you need control of the Shay and all it's revenue streams

: Tue May 12, 2009 7:01 pm  

Starbug wrote:

As Rich pointed out , the whole point of new stadiums is that they are making money for whoever runs them 7 days a week , 52 weeks a year

So it is vitaly important that if you ever wish to get into SL and be successful there you need control of the Shay and all it's revenue streams

ok i respect that. entrance into super league might well have to come first though before we can steadilty build the finances to 'control of the Shay and all it's revenue streams' in my non-expert opinion