Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
As a price in a sports stadium it is probably average. My other club Surrey CCC charge £7.80 a pint for general public and £ 6.80 for members bars. It is the problem these days when wanting to socialise at a sports event.
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
I think you are in a minority if you consider it 'successful'.
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
I expect it to cost more at the valley than a nearby pub so don’t mind knowing it helps the club - the fans bar is great and free entry unlike it was years ago so we should remember that and the beer is now good - I paid £40 for 5 pints in a green king pub in Victoria on Friday and the only real ale was green king ipa - utter dross - now that felt steep when I normally pay circa £4 for a decent pint in Sidcup
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
I think you are in a minority if you consider it 'successful'.
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
Know your competition is the advice they miss.
It's not my opinion ?! the bar is busy and has high footfall every home match. Businesses arent in the business of losing money. I think your mistaking "successful" ( PS single parenthesis or brackets, are only used for quotes within a quote).
What do you define as better ? lowering the prices would need to increase the footfall by a large number of fans, more fans equals more servers, more security more energy consumption.
What competition ? they literally have none hence why they can charge more.
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
I think you are in a minority if you consider it 'successful'.
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
Know your competition is the advice they miss.
It's not my opinion ?! the bar is busy and has high footfall every home match. Businesses arent in the business of losing money. I think your mistaking "successful" ( PS single parenthesis or brackets, are only used for quotes within a quote).
What do you define as better ? lowering the prices would need to increase the footfall by a large number of fans, more fans equals more servers, more security more energy consumption.
What competition ? they literally have none hence why they can charge more.
Good grief why are you so determined to defend the stadium bars when many on here complain about them regularly ?
I just refute your assertion the price of £7.40 is not expensive (in the context of geographic location and the fact it’s a 3rd division football match).
Do you suppose the price is the same (comparable?) at say Welling or Bromley for example in their bars and notably more expensive than their local pubs?
PS being an arse about the use of single quotation marks does nothing to enhance your argument either.
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
I think you are in a minority if you consider it 'successful'.
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
Know your competition is the advice they miss.
It's not my opinion ?! the bar is busy and has high footfall every home match. Businesses arent in the business of losing money. I think your mistaking "successful" ( PS single parenthesis or brackets, are only used for quotes within a quote).
What do you define as better ? lowering the prices would need to increase the footfall by a large number of fans, more fans equals more servers, more security more energy consumption.
What competition ? they literally have none hence why they can charge more.
Good grief why are you so determined to defend the stadium bars when many on here complain about them regularly ?
I just refute your assertion the price of £7.40 is not expensive (in the context of geographic location and the fact it’s a 3rd division football match).
Do you suppose the price is the same (comparable?) at say Welling or Bromley for example in their bars and notably more expensive than their local pubs?
PS being an arse about the use of single quotation marks does nothing to enhance your argument either.
What if you factor in that there is no membership fee which would be the norm for drinking in the ground in an area that overlooks the pitch ?
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
I think you are in a minority if you consider it 'successful'.
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
Know your competition is the advice they miss.
It's not my opinion ?! the bar is busy and has high footfall every home match. Businesses arent in the business of losing money. I think your mistaking "successful" ( PS single parenthesis or brackets, are only used for quotes within a quote).
What do you define as better ? lowering the prices would need to increase the footfall by a large number of fans, more fans equals more servers, more security more energy consumption.
What competition ? they literally have none hence why they can charge more.
Good grief why are you so determined to defend the stadium bars when many on here complain about them regularly ?
I just refute your assertion the price of £7.40 is not expensive (in the context of geographic location and the fact it’s a 3rd division football match).
Do you suppose the price is the same (comparable?) at say Welling or Bromley for example in their bars and notably more expensive than their local pubs?
PS being an arse about the use of single quotation marks does nothing to enhance your argument either.
How about you actually answer any of the points put to you ? You have put several points to me and i have rebutted them, you don't answer any points of mine and just repeat the same thing.
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
I think you are in a minority if you consider it 'successful'.
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
Know your competition is the advice they miss.
It's not my opinion ?! the bar is busy and has high footfall every home match. Businesses arent in the business of losing money. I think your mistaking "successful" ( PS single parenthesis or brackets, are only used for quotes within a quote).
What do you define as better ? lowering the prices would need to increase the footfall by a large number of fans, more fans equals more servers, more security more energy consumption.
What competition ? they literally have none hence why they can charge more.
Good grief why are you so determined to defend the stadium bars when many on here complain about them regularly ?
I just refute your assertion the price of £7.40 is not expensive (in the context of geographic location and the fact it’s a 3rd division football match).
Do you suppose the price is the same (comparable?) at say Welling or Bromley for example in their bars and notably more expensive than their local pubs?
PS being an arse about the use of single quotation marks does nothing to enhance your argument either.
What if you factor in that there is no membership fee which would be the norm for drinking in the ground in an area that overlooks the pitch ?
It’s not a strong factor. It’s a nice view but not all can sit at the window after all. Moreover wasn’t if true that when there was such a membership must no one used it.
It’s simple. The drinks are expensive. That is the bottom line
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
I think you are in a minority if you consider it 'successful'.
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
Know your competition is the advice they miss.
It's not my opinion ?! the bar is busy and has high footfall every home match. Businesses arent in the business of losing money. I think your mistaking "successful" ( PS single parenthesis or brackets, are only used for quotes within a quote).
What do you define as better ? lowering the prices would need to increase the footfall by a large number of fans, more fans equals more servers, more security more energy consumption.
What competition ? they literally have none hence why they can charge more.
Good grief why are you so determined to defend the stadium bars when many on here complain about them regularly ?
I just refute your assertion the price of £7.40 is not expensive (in the context of geographic location and the fact it’s a 3rd division football match).
Do you suppose the price is the same (comparable?) at say Welling or Bromley for example in their bars and notably more expensive than their local pubs?
PS being an arse about the use of single quotation marks does nothing to enhance your argument either.
What if you factor in that there is no membership fee which would be the norm for drinking in the ground in an area that overlooks the pitch ?
Why the excess charges in Bartrams then ? which 15 years ago was cracking little sports bar but now looks like a hospital waiting room.
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
I think you are in a minority if you consider it 'successful'.
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
Know your competition is the advice they miss.
It's not my opinion ?! the bar is busy and has high footfall every home match. Businesses arent in the business of losing money. I think your mistaking "successful" ( PS single parenthesis or brackets, are only used for quotes within a quote).
What do you define as better ? lowering the prices would need to increase the footfall by a large number of fans, more fans equals more servers, more security more energy consumption.
What competition ? they literally have none hence why they can charge more.
Good grief why are you so determined to defend the stadium bars when many on here complain about them regularly ?
I just refute your assertion the price of £7.40 is not expensive (in the context of geographic location and the fact it’s a 3rd division football match).
Do you suppose the price is the same (comparable?) at say Welling or Bromley for example in their bars and notably more expensive than their local pubs?
PS being an arse about the use of single quotation marks does nothing to enhance your argument either.
How about you actually answer any of the points put to you ? You have put several points to me and i have rebutted them, you don't answer any points of mine and just repeat the same thing.
Competition = local pubs/clubs
Better = price commensurate to local pubs and more people using all the bars
Better is also customer satisfaction and not just profit.
But to repeat the main issue I had with your post was the suggestion it is not expensive or an unreasonable premium.
It is for many.
Yes some / a good number pay it but that doesn’t mean they don’t think it is expensive.
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
I think you are in a minority if you consider it 'successful'.
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
Know your competition is the advice they miss.
It's not my opinion ?! the bar is busy and has high footfall every home match. Businesses arent in the business of losing money. I think your mistaking "successful" ( PS single parenthesis or brackets, are only used for quotes within a quote).
What do you define as better ? lowering the prices would need to increase the footfall by a large number of fans, more fans equals more servers, more security more energy consumption.
What competition ? they literally have none hence why they can charge more.
Good grief why are you so determined to defend the stadium bars when many on here complain about them regularly ?
I just refute your assertion the price of £7.40 is not expensive (in the context of geographic location and the fact it’s a 3rd division football match).
Do you suppose the price is the same (comparable?) at say Welling or Bromley for example in their bars and notably more expensive than their local pubs?
PS being an arse about the use of single quotation marks does nothing to enhance your argument either.
What if you factor in that there is no membership fee which would be the norm for drinking in the ground in an area that overlooks the pitch ?
It’s not a strong factor. It’s a nice view but not all can sit at the window after all. Moreover wasn’t if true that when there was such a membership must no one used it.
It’s simple. The drinks are expensive. That is the bottom line
Again you mentioned Bromley a pint at Bromley is £6, our most expensive beer is £1.40 more. Is that extra £1.40 such a hardship, without sounding like a di*k, I'd suggest if you cant afford the extra £1.40 there is probably better things you should spend your money on than alcohol ?
And again I ask you if we lower prices we have additional costs in stock, servers, energy, security ? how do you propose we pay for all that ?
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
I think you are in a minority if you consider it 'successful'.
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
Know your competition is the advice they miss.
It's not my opinion ?! the bar is busy and has high footfall every home match. Businesses arent in the business of losing money. I think your mistaking "successful" ( PS single parenthesis or brackets, are only used for quotes within a quote).
What do you define as better ? lowering the prices would need to increase the footfall by a large number of fans, more fans equals more servers, more security more energy consumption.
What competition ? they literally have none hence why they can charge more.
Good grief why are you so determined to defend the stadium bars when many on here complain about them regularly ?
I just refute your assertion the price of £7.40 is not expensive (in the context of geographic location and the fact it’s a 3rd division football match).
Do you suppose the price is the same (comparable?) at say Welling or Bromley for example in their bars and notably more expensive than their local pubs?
PS being an arse about the use of single quotation marks does nothing to enhance your argument either.
What if you factor in that there is no membership fee which would be the norm for drinking in the ground in an area that overlooks the pitch ?
It’s not a strong factor. It’s a nice view but not all can sit at the window after all. Moreover wasn’t if true that when there was such a membership must no one used it.
It’s simple. The drinks are expensive. That is the bottom line
Again you mentioned Bromley a pint at Bromley is £6, our most expensive beer is £1.40 more. Is that extra £1.40 such a hardship, without sounding like a di*k, I'd suggest if you cant afford the extra £1.40 there is probably better things you should spend your money on than alcohol ?
And again I ask you if we lower prices we have additional costs in stock, servers, energy, security ? how do you propose we pay for all that ?
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
I think you are in a minority if you consider it 'successful'.
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
Know your competition is the advice they miss.
It's not my opinion ?! the bar is busy and has high footfall every home match. Businesses arent in the business of losing money. I think your mistaking "successful" ( PS single parenthesis or brackets, are only used for quotes within a quote).
What do you define as better ? lowering the prices would need to increase the footfall by a large number of fans, more fans equals more servers, more security more energy consumption.
What competition ? they literally have none hence why they can charge more.
Good grief why are you so determined to defend the stadium bars when many on here complain about them regularly ?
I just refute your assertion the price of £7.40 is not expensive (in the context of geographic location and the fact it’s a 3rd division football match).
Do you suppose the price is the same (comparable?) at say Welling or Bromley for example in their bars and notably more expensive than their local pubs?
PS being an arse about the use of single quotation marks does nothing to enhance your argument either.
What if you factor in that there is no membership fee which would be the norm for drinking in the ground in an area that overlooks the pitch ?
It’s not a strong factor. It’s a nice view but not all can sit at the window after all. Moreover wasn’t if true that when there was such a membership must no one used it.
It’s simple. The drinks are expensive. That is the bottom line
Again you mentioned Bromley a pint at Bromley is £6, our most expensive beer is £1.40 more. Is that extra £1.40 such a hardship, without sounding like a di*k, I'd suggest if you cant afford the extra £1.40 there is probably better things you should spend your money on than alcohol ?
And again I ask you if we lower prices we have additional costs in stock, servers, energy, security ? how do you propose we pay for all that ?
Yes I do think £7.40 v£6 is steep.
Not going to bother answering any of the other points because they are inconvenient to your narrative ?
for that extra £1.40you would need to drink 5 pints to get the point where one has cost themselves a pint by drinking at a more expensive place.
If the cost of the fans bar is too much for you personally, no one is forcing you to drink there. just leave it to those that are happy and can pay their prices, instead of complaining that its not 100% to your suiting. That is the bottom line.
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
I think you are in a minority if you consider it 'successful'.
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
Know your competition is the advice they miss.
It's not my opinion ?! the bar is busy and has high footfall every home match. Businesses arent in the business of losing money. I think your mistaking "successful" ( PS single parenthesis or brackets, are only used for quotes within a quote).
What do you define as better ? lowering the prices would need to increase the footfall by a large number of fans, more fans equals more servers, more security more energy consumption.
What competition ? they literally have none hence why they can charge more.
Good grief why are you so determined to defend the stadium bars when many on here complain about them regularly ?
I just refute your assertion the price of £7.40 is not expensive (in the context of geographic location and the fact it’s a 3rd division football match).
Do you suppose the price is the same (comparable?) at say Welling or Bromley for example in their bars and notably more expensive than their local pubs?
PS being an arse about the use of single quotation marks does nothing to enhance your argument either.
What if you factor in that there is no membership fee which would be the norm for drinking in the ground in an area that overlooks the pitch ?
It’s not a strong factor. It’s a nice view but not all can sit at the window after all. Moreover wasn’t if true that when there was such a membership must no one used it.
It’s simple. The drinks are expensive. That is the bottom line
Again you mentioned Bromley a pint at Bromley is £6, our most expensive beer is £1.40 more. Is that extra £1.40 such a hardship, without sounding like a di*k, I'd suggest if you cant afford the extra £1.40 there is probably better things you should spend your money on than alcohol ?
And again I ask you if we lower prices we have additional costs in stock, servers, energy, security ? how do you propose we pay for all that ?
Yes I do think £7.40 v£6 is steep.
Not going to bother answering any of the other points because they are inconvenient to your narrative ?
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
I think you are in a minority if you consider it 'successful'.
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
Know your competition is the advice they miss.
It's not my opinion ?! the bar is busy and has high footfall every home match. Businesses arent in the business of losing money. I think your mistaking "successful" ( PS single parenthesis or brackets, are only used for quotes within a quote).
What do you define as better ? lowering the prices would need to increase the footfall by a large number of fans, more fans equals more servers, more security more energy consumption.
What competition ? they literally have none hence why they can charge more.
Good grief why are you so determined to defend the stadium bars when many on here complain about them regularly ?
I just refute your assertion the price of £7.40 is not expensive (in the context of geographic location and the fact it’s a 3rd division football match).
Do you suppose the price is the same (comparable?) at say Welling or Bromley for example in their bars and notably more expensive than their local pubs?
PS being an arse about the use of single quotation marks does nothing to enhance your argument either.
What if you factor in that there is no membership fee which would be the norm for drinking in the ground in an area that overlooks the pitch ?
It’s not a strong factor. It’s a nice view but not all can sit at the window after all. Moreover wasn’t if true that when there was such a membership must no one used it.
It’s simple. The drinks are expensive. That is the bottom line
Again you mentioned Bromley a pint at Bromley is £6, our most expensive beer is £1.40 more. Is that extra £1.40 such a hardship, without sounding like a di*k, I'd suggest if you cant afford the extra £1.40 there is probably better things you should spend your money on than alcohol ?
And again I ask you if we lower prices we have additional costs in stock, servers, energy, security ? how do you propose we pay for all that ?
Yes I do think £7.40 v£6 is steep.
Not going to bother answering any of the other points because they are inconvenient to your narrative ?
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
I think you are in a minority if you consider it 'successful'.
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
Know your competition is the advice they miss.
It's not my opinion ?! the bar is busy and has high footfall every home match. Businesses arent in the business of losing money. I think your mistaking "successful" ( PS single parenthesis or brackets, are only used for quotes within a quote).
What do you define as better ? lowering the prices would need to increase the footfall by a large number of fans, more fans equals more servers, more security more energy consumption.
What competition ? they literally have none hence why they can charge more.
Good grief why are you so determined to defend the stadium bars when many on here complain about them regularly ?
I just refute your assertion the price of £7.40 is not expensive (in the context of geographic location and the fact it’s a 3rd division football match).
Do you suppose the price is the same (comparable?) at say Welling or Bromley for example in their bars and notably more expensive than their local pubs?
PS being an arse about the use of single quotation marks does nothing to enhance your argument either.
What if you factor in that there is no membership fee which would be the norm for drinking in the ground in an area that overlooks the pitch ?
It’s not a strong factor. It’s a nice view but not all can sit at the window after all. Moreover wasn’t if true that when there was such a membership must no one used it.
It’s simple. The drinks are expensive. That is the bottom line
Again you mentioned Bromley a pint at Bromley is £6, our most expensive beer is £1.40 more. Is that extra £1.40 such a hardship, without sounding like a di*k, I'd suggest if you cant afford the extra £1.40 there is probably better things you should spend your money on than alcohol ?
And again I ask you if we lower prices we have additional costs in stock, servers, energy, security ? how do you propose we pay for all that ?
Yes I do think £7.40 v£6 is steep.
Not going to bother answering any of the other points because they are inconvenient to your narrative ?
I have see above post.
You haven't see post above.
Not sure if you missed it or cant see it but l can see I posted earlier the below:
Competition = local pubs/clubs
Better = price commensurate to local pubs and more people using all the bars
Better is also customer satisfaction and not just profit.
But to repeat the main issue I had with your post was the suggestion it is not expensive or an unreasonable premium.
It is for many.
Yes some / a good number pay it but that doesn’t mean they don’t think it is expensive.
Regardless we are not going to agree and have a different perspective.
There are plenty of alternatives. Including not drinking.
I'm a great believer in, if you don't like doing something, stop doing it. Don't carry on doing the same thing, and continue to moan about it. Nobody's forcing you to do it.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana
Is £7.40 really that expensive for a pint ? I get its slightly more expensive than a normal pub but its not ludicrously expensive.
Simply YES. 🙂
In the context of high ticket prices and most families not having the luxury of large amounts of surplus cash for ‘entertainment’ it all detracts from attendances increasing anytime soon.
Compare that price to say a Wetherspoon and it looks very high.
yes but Wetherspoons are an anomaly, they are known for particularly low prices so thats not a fair comparison, in the same way if I suggested central Stockholm or the O2 Arena where a beer can be upwards of £10 wouldn't be a fair comparison.
In reality its about about £1.50-£2 more expensive than a normal pub (non-spoons), it has a captive market hence why they raise prices bit but truthfully no one is forcing people to buy the pint and if it was so expensive people wouldn't buy it and the club would be forced to reduce the price.
Not an anomaly in my book given their footprint. Because if it’s a pint you want you can go there before the game.
They have a business model Which works. The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could.
But it’s also a price inflation you see on non alcoholic stuff too. It’s all overpriced and gives the impression of taking punters for mugs.
If you come as the stereotype family of parents and kids you’d be mad not to bring your own refreshments.
The footprint has nothing to do with it, its an anomaly in terms of the cost of a pint. Nowhere else will you be able to get a pint the price of a spoons (generally speaking), you would need to drink at home to beat their prices. Hence why I am saying its unfair to compare a spoons to a cost on the fans bar. It would be me like saying a holiday to Tenerife is incredibly over priced compared a weekend in Margate instead of comparing it to other holidays in Tenerife. Yes spoons is incredibly cheaper because of their business model but that has nothing to do with the fans bar.
The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
I think you are in a minority if you consider it 'successful'.
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
Know your competition is the advice they miss.
It's not my opinion ?! the bar is busy and has high footfall every home match. Businesses arent in the business of losing money. I think your mistaking "successful" ( PS single parenthesis or brackets, are only used for quotes within a quote).
What do you define as better ? lowering the prices would need to increase the footfall by a large number of fans, more fans equals more servers, more security more energy consumption.
What competition ? they literally have none hence why they can charge more.
Good grief why are you so determined to defend the stadium bars when many on here complain about them regularly ?
I just refute your assertion the price of £7.40 is not expensive (in the context of geographic location and the fact it’s a 3rd division football match).
Do you suppose the price is the same (comparable?) at say Welling or Bromley for example in their bars and notably more expensive than their local pubs?
PS being an arse about the use of single quotation marks does nothing to enhance your argument either.
What if you factor in that there is no membership fee which would be the norm for drinking in the ground in an area that overlooks the pitch ?
It’s not a strong factor. It’s a nice view but not all can sit at the window after all. Moreover wasn’t if true that when there was such a membership must no one used it.
It’s simple. The drinks are expensive. That is the bottom line
i think it emptied out in the duchatalet years after relegation so they opened it up to all - its one of the few good legacies of that era and if we were successful again, it would come under scrutiny to be a members area again i'm sure - £6.70 fora pint doesn't seem excessive compared to the £8 i paid in a standard pub in central london with none of the benefits of being in the stadium and a few minutes from my seat.
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The fans bar also has a much higher number of overheads compared to Spoons. The price isnt just plucked from the air. It's not taking the "punters" for mugs as they can quite literally as you said (The price in venue doesn’t work to get anywhere near the volume of sales it could) not buy beer from there ? The fact that it still operates at those prices means it must be successful otherwise they would drop the price of shut the bar ?
It could and should do better, and the price point is a key factor, just as it is for match day ticket prices.
Know your competition is the advice they miss.
In the bar at Dulwich Hamlet £6.0.
What do you define as better ? lowering the prices would need to increase the footfall by a large number of fans, more fans equals more servers, more security more energy consumption.
What competition ? they literally have none hence why they can charge more.
I just refute your assertion the price of £7.40 is not expensive (in the context of geographic location and the fact it’s a 3rd division football match).
PS being an arse about the use of single quotation marks does nothing to enhance your argument either.
Why the excess charges in Bartrams then ? which 15 years ago was cracking little sports bar but now looks like a hospital waiting room.
Better = price commensurate to local pubs and more people using all the bars
Better is also customer satisfaction and not just profit.
And again I ask you if we lower prices we have additional costs in stock, servers, energy, security ? how do you propose we pay for all that ?
for that extra £1.40you would need to drink 5 pints to get the point where one has cost themselves a pint by drinking at a more expensive place.
If the cost of the fans bar is too much for you personally, no one is forcing you to drink there. just leave it to those that are happy and can pay their prices, instead of complaining that its not 100% to your suiting. That is the bottom line.
Competition = local pubs/clubs
Better = price commensurate to local pubs and more people using all the bars
Better is also customer satisfaction and not just profit.
Regardless we are not going to agree and have a different perspective.
There are plenty of alternatives. Including not drinking.
I'm a great believer in, if you don't like doing something, stop doing it. Don't carry on doing the same thing, and continue to moan about it. Nobody's forcing you to do it.
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