Re: New Fan Zone open from Thursday : Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:16 am  

It was only after I'd ordered that I was told a Guinness was £5. A bit steep for most Wiganers probably but if the extras are going straight to the club then okay.

Re: New Fan Zone open from Thursday : Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:26 pm  

Price can be enough to put a lot of people off - forever - especially tight Wiganers.

£3.70 a pint and people will go in and buy 2-3 pints. £5 a pint and they'll buy none.

The club just have to be cute here and price match the bars in the DW, easy money.

Re: New Fan Zone open from Thursday : Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:30 pm  

Orrell Lad wrote:

Price can be enough to put a lot of people off - forever - especially tight Wiganers.

£3.70 a pint and people will go in and buy 2-3 pints. £5 a pint and they'll buy none.

The club just have to be cute here and price match the bars in the DW, easy money.

Putting it up 50p in a week put some off

Re: New Fan Zone open from Thursday : Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:37 pm  

Egg Chasing wrote:

Putting it up 50p in a week put some off

I noticed the Lockers trailer bar had gone up from £4 to £4.50 for a beer. I think people are right and the club really need to be careful. I’ve really enjoyed it these past two weeks and will continue to go but I work in Manchester City centre and £4.50 is about the norm but it’s expensive for what is essentially a sports hall in Wigan. It’ll be interesting to see how it all goes. If they improve the facility, put screens up and the like, people will continue to pay it but if I stays as it is now then I think numbers will drop over time as the shine wears off.

Is the club actually running that bar by the way or just letting a company pay to take the space and bring their own staff? Guess that would have some impact on what they can/can’t do.

Re: New Fan Zone open from Thursday : Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:59 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

I noticed the Lockers trailer bar had gone up from £4 to £4.50 for a beer. I think people are right and the club really need to be careful. I’ve really enjoyed it these past two weeks and will continue to go but I work in Manchester City centre and £4.50 is about the norm but it’s expensive for what is essentially a sports hall in Wigan. It’ll be interesting to see how it all goes. If they improve the facility, put screens up and the like, people will continue to pay it but if I stays as it is now then I think numbers will drop over time as the shine wears off.

Is the club actually running that bar by the way or just letting a company pay to take the space and bring their own staff? Guess that would have some impact on what they can/can’t do.

The middle bar was £4.50 for lager last week (and this) but bitter had gone up from £4 to £4.50

I understand all bars being priced the same but should be no more than £4. The again...Heineken in the SS Bar was £4.60


It has the potential to be a huge success but I'd like to see something slightly more permanent than "bars on wheels" somehow that could open for away game showings and parties after big games (good friday, cup semi finals, finals)

Re: New Fan Zone open from Thursday : Mon Feb 17, 2020 10:43 pm  

Orrell Lad wrote:

Price can be enough to put a lot of people off - forever - especially tight Wiganers.

£3.70 a pint and people will go in and buy 2-3 pints. £5 a pint and they'll buy none.

The club just have to be cute here and price match the bars in the DW, easy money.

Agree. It's not as if the South Stand bar pre-match isn't open anymore, it still is...... (I walked past last week and there was still a few hundred in there). If Wigan aren't careful they will price out the fans and that would be a shame. I agree, price match the DW and then there's no excuse, the only reason I can think is that the bars are sourced externally (obviously SOL has the gin bar).

Food was on offer last week (Via the beer bar) with Hot Dogs at £4.

I'm sure the club could knock out a few crates of warm meyt and prater pies, therefore ALL revenue goes to the club?

Re: New Fan Zone open from Thursday : Mon Feb 17, 2020 10:48 pm  

Egg Chasing wrote:

The middle bar was £4.50 for lager last week (and this) but bitter had gone up from £4 to £4.50

I understand all bars being priced the same but should be no more than £4. The again...Heineken in the SS Bar was £4.60


It has the potential to be a huge success but I'd like to see something slightly more permanent than "bars on wheels" somehow that could open for away game showings and parties after big games (good friday, cup semi finals, finals)

I noticed that the beer bar was a different company the 2nd week to the one who ran it against Wire. Agree slightly more expensive. The club obviously has an alcohol licence with the Kingfisher Bar upstairs so no reason why they can't staff a large permanent beer bar for themselves. Maybe they will do this long term.

Re: New Fan Zone open from Thursday : Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:00 am  

MattyB wrote:

It was only after I'd ordered that I was told a Guinness was £5. A bit steep for most Wiganers probably but if the extras are going straight to the club then okay.

Come on, the price of food and drink at all sports stadia including the DW Stadium and the Fan Zone/Horsebox is a rip off, especially when those serving it are only getting the minimum wage.

Re: New Fan Zone open from Thursday : Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:09 am  

Orrell Lad wrote:

Price can be enough to put a lot of people off - forever - especially tight Wiganers.

£3.70 a pint and people will go in and buy 2-3 pints. £5 a pint and they'll buy none.

The club just have to be cute here and price match the bars in the DW, easy money.

Paying £3.70 upwards for a beer/lager/Stout when the same beer/Lager/Stout can be bought elsewhere at a far cheaper price is not being tightfisted.

More like having a bit of common sense!

Re: New Fan Zone open from Thursday : Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:10 am  

Ruddy Duck wrote:

Come on, the price of food and drink at all sports stadia including the DW Stadium and the Fan Zone/Horsebox is a rip off, especially when those serving it are only getting the minimum wage.

Not sure about your minimum wage comment as we have no proof, however your right about sports stadia in general ripping people off. Greed springs to mind and I think Wigan have gone down the same route. I’m all for putting money into the club but I won’t be lured into being fleeced by them.