Re: Fan village : Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:35 pm  

Are they going to open the new sports bar Whelan’s before the rugby too?

Re: Fan village : Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:51 pm  

cherryandwhitedavid06 wrote:

Are they going to open the new sports bar Whelan’s before the rugby too?

It opens every Thurs-Sun and has been open last two games.

Re: Fan village : Mon Aug 08, 2022 9:00 pm  

Jukesays wrote: The exact same people were running the bar as the last 3 times I've been in. Always been the same Wigan staff running it not 3rd party. Not what I saw earlier on in season and last at that top bar. Team of four, black t-shirts on with white branding (can't remember the name of the company). This time all staff had Wigan Polo tops and lanyards, one girl was a player. EDIT: https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2022/03/ ... n-village/ We have teamed up with local events company Central Fusion to ensure it’s the perfect place to soak up the matchday atmosphere. Central Fusion – Serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic refreshments including beer, cider, wine and spirits.

Jukesays wrote: The exact same people were running the bar as the last 3 times I've been in. Always been the same Wigan staff running it not 3rd party. Not what I saw earlier on in season and last at that top bar. Team of four, black t-shirts on with white branding (can't remember the name of the company). This time all staff had Wigan Polo tops and lanyards, one girl was a player. EDIT: https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2022/03/ ... n-village/ We have teamed up with local events company Central Fusion to ensure it’s the perfect place to soak up the matchday atmosphere. Central Fusion – Serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic refreshments including beer, cider, wine and spirits.

Re: Fan village : Mon Aug 08, 2022 9:32 pm  

MattyB wrote: Not what I saw earlier on in season and last at that top bar. Team of four, black t-shirts on with white branding (can't remember the name of the company). This time all staff had Wigan Polo tops and lanyards, one girl was a player. EDIT: https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2022/03/ ... n-village/ Deffo same people as last 3 games, deffo the same lads serving at that top bar were I saw you. Didn't go last year so can't comment if they're the same as last year

MattyB wrote: Not what I saw earlier on in season and last at that top bar. Team of four, black t-shirts on with white branding (can't remember the name of the company). This time all staff had Wigan Polo tops and lanyards, one girl was a player. EDIT: https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2022/03/ ... n-village/ Deffo same people as last 3 games, deffo the same lads serving at that top bar were I saw you. Didn't go last year so can't comment if they're the same as last year

Re: Fan village : Mon Aug 08, 2022 9:45 pm  

cherryandwhitedavid06 wrote:

Are they going to open the new sports bar Whelan’s before the rugby too?

Give it a wide berth, the Warriors get zero income from it!

Re: Fan village : Mon Aug 08, 2022 10:00 pm  

Well surely most Warriors fans will? It's not like there's no other option nearby.

Re: Fan village : Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:23 pm  

Jukesays wrote:

Deffo same people as last 3 games, deffo the same lads serving at that top bar were I saw you.
Didn't go last year so can't comment if they're the same as last year

Definitely up until the long gap away from the DW cause I was talking to the main chap regards lack of cash payments.

Point now being its great things seem to be more 'in house' than previous. I can understand why they did it until they had the infrastructure in place.

Just need get rid of "Benny Burgers" and we'll be reet!

Re: Fan village : Tue Aug 09, 2022 9:19 pm  

MattyB wrote:

Went into the fanzone again pre and post match. Very busy inside and a good number of people outside on the running track as it was a pleasant evening.

Once noticeable difference I saw was the running of the bar, in games prior the bar was run by a third party company.
For the Wire game both bars were ran by Wigan staff (at least one of them was a player from the ladies team). Great to see as hopefully all takings and profits go directly to the club.

With regards to the food we had Ben Westwood's burger van outside. So plenty to work on from that respect. I believe it is work in progress and will only get bigger and better for the remainder of this season and into next but it must be having a positive £££ going into the club which is great.

I went with my nephew who was up from Dorset with his son. He absolutely loved the concept.
We didn't buy a burger from Ben's van