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Surely the answer to this question is to attract other events to what we are told repeatedly on match days is a community stadium. There are some overheads that still have to be paid on an empty stadium so why not go for reserve football again or music concerts ,that is if they would be allowed there.

ninearches wrote:

Surely the answer to this question is to attract other events to what we are told repeatedly on match days is a community stadium. There are some overheads that still have to be paid on an empty stadium so why not go for reserve football again or music concerts ,that is if they would be allowed there.

I would agree nine. To only use the stadium for 1 day every two weeks does seem very expensive waste of an asset. I am not sure what restrictions there are on ground usage though.

As an aside, I have just looked at our attendance figures for 2011 for the Leeds and Hull matches; this year they were down by 600 and 1500 respectively. That's not good.

Worst Hull turnout I've ever seen at Warrington (HJ or Wilderspool)

Tin Soldier wrote:

Worst Hull turnout I've ever seen at Warrington (HJ or Wilderspool)

To be fair, they're coming to terms with the fact that Gentle is just Agar with an Aussie twang.

Winslade's Offload wrote:

I would agree nine. To only use the stadium for 1 day every two weeks does seem very expensive waste of an asset. I am not sure what restrictions there are on ground usage though.

As an aside, I have just looked at our attendance figures for 2011 for the Leeds and Hull matches; this year they were down by 600 and 1500 respectively. That's not good.

Let's not forget that the stadium as a facility contains the NHS units, and also hospitality which is constantly bringing revenue in outside of match days. I'm sure there is some detail in the stadiums location which doesn't allow it to be used for music events. I'd hazard a guess that those Leeds and hull figures are almost entirely away fans missing.

Timmy the Koi wrote:

Let's not forget that the stadium as a facility contains the NHS units, and also hospitality which is constantly bringing revenue in outside of match days. I'm sure there is some detail in the stadiums location which doesn't allow it to be used for music events. I'd hazard a guess that those Leeds and hull figures are almost entirely away fans missing.

I would agree with all of that, as I said in my earlier reply to Saddened. But it still means we have to run harder to just stand still with respect to our revenue. If we make it to Wembly of course, that would be a big earner, but everybody needs this recession to end ASAP. Warrington are a well managed club with good revenue, but I suspect there may well be another one or two Bradfords out there.

just_browny wrote:

To be fair, they're coming to terms with the fact that Gentle is just Agar with an Aussie twang.

That's hit the nail right on the head. At the end of this season Hull will have yet another clear out, their sixth in six years. The fans are getting sick of it and long away trips are the first casualty.

just_browny wrote:

To be fair, they're coming to terms with the fact that Gentle is just Agar with an Aussie twang.

They played better Rugby under Agar. Loved Gentle's comments on Super League Fulltime where
he blamed the ref for the 'atrocious ruck area' when his side spent most of their time holding down/hands on the ball to force the slow play the ball.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Whats really annoying, looking in from the outside, is that you've got gentle now mentioning to the press about disruptive influences within the camp, not toeing the line and he needs to sort these individuals out.

McRae was saying the exact same thing about 10 years ago, over players that he brought in. Eventually Ryan and greenhill were shipped out, nothing appears to have changed, they've got westerman in with one of his drinking buddies in Liam Watts.

They're just not going to make the step up.