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  8. Posted

    What's the usual start time now at Sheffield for Heat 1? The team so far could well attract extra fans from all around the country so Season Ticket sales should be up.

    Personally I'm in Staffordshire and it would take 1 hour 45 mins to get over plus getting out of work at 5pm, so home for 5:30pm and then  anything up to 2 hours in evening traffic to get over to Sheffield would mean the earliest I'd arrive would be 7:30pm.

  14. Posted · Edited by ChrisSimpson

    If you're looking to add things to the night to entice families to attend etc the cost spread amongst your whole crowd could be very minimal.  Working on a crowd of say 1000.

    Band or DJ to play throughout interval and in bar after meeting - £250

    Free Bouncy Castle for Kids - £100

    Beat the Starter - Fastest Time of the Night wins £50 mounted on a home team riders 2nd bike which kids and fans get the chance to sit on.

    A4 Colouring in Stencil of Rider to give out free to kids - Say 300 at 10p each -  £30

    Free Draw to watch a race from centre green based on ticket number - FREE

    Photo & Autograph Session with 1 x Home Team Rider per meeting before meeting - FREE

    Sweets for home team to throw out to crowd on parade - £50

    Then just add anything that money can't buy in relation to fans mingling with their heroes.

    Just the above would offer better value for money, everyone loves something that appears to be free.

     

    Cost of the above £480 divided by 1000 fans = 48 pence.  It's not exactly rocket science is it ?!?!?!?

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  15. Posted

    On ‎8‎/‎29‎/‎2019 at 3:37 PM, iainb said:

    While I wish AJ all the best in his retirement, I don't think you can compare him to TK from a Coventry viewpoint. TK was a one club man

    I only meant from the point of view of that he could have been World Champion mate.  TK was a Bee through and through :)

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  17. Posted

    Well Done Rosco, I doubt very much it's a compensated role, so thanks for your service.  You can only work with the tools your given and when some of your competition is having money thrown at them for engines and tuning etc it's not hard to see why we don't finish on top despite having Tai.

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  23. Posted

    6 minutes ago, Wee Eck said:

    You’re not comparing like for like. When you buy a season ticket for a team, you know that doesn’t guarantee who will be in the team. 

    Injuries, loss of form, or even big payments to ride in Poland can cause a rider to be missing. 

    You are paying to see the team. The only comparison to your stack vs lasagne argument would be if you paid to see Peterborough and Kings Lynn were there instead (not to say that won’t happen!)

    I appreciate what you're saying mate, so to give a more specific example and this is only in my case.  IF...…. Tommy Knudsen came out of retirement and signed for a team in the UK, lets say Belle Vue, I'd immediately buy a season ticket to go and watch him race.  However if he didn't end up racing at all for the Aces I'd have no interest whatsoever in going.

  24. Posted

    If and that's a big IF.… Bomber and Cookie were your 2 fav riders and lets say for example you lived in Coventry and decided to buy a Peterborough Season Ticket, now the team has changed significantly would you have grounds to receive a full refund bearing in mind no matches have taken place yet?

    To put it into perspective, if you went to a restaurant where you pay upon ordering and order a fillet steak and when you waiter delivers it, it's turned into a vegetarian lasagne, would you not be a little pi$$ed off?

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  25. Posted

    I totally agree with Craig Cook, being told where to put the clubs sponsors on his racesuit, bikes and even his cap takes the pi$$. And to be told his sponsors have to be in black and white !!  Craig was well within his rights to ask Peterborough to make up the shortfall he'd be losing.  A Mickey Mouse attitude by what's become a Mickey Mouse sport with one of the smallest followings in the UK.

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