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westwalesdragon
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Exactly. Its all about creating an atmosphere where people would rather come and watch the game at the ground than on TV. If we can build a stadium with the character to get people there every week, and market the games in a way where the whole region is covered as well as possible, we could realistically look at 10000 on a regular basis. Definitely sell outs for local derby's and Euro games.
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DgembaDgemba
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Once again Abbey great post |
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The localised condition of planetary atmospheric condensation caused a malfunction in the visual orientation circuits...
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redeyes
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100% correct. play decent rugby and the crowds will come. i bet the "stephen jones" factor will see more season ticket holders next season. |
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SA14
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3,000 |
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Scarletrover
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That's 2,999 and me then! Edited by SCARLETROVER |
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Pike
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I have a few comments and a question: Question: What is the size of population that the Scarlets play in, or what is the size of the scarlets market? As you know I live in the Chicago area,... the most comparable sport to Rugby is soccer (as far as attendance and popularity is concern). Soldier Field (ahuge 60,000+ stadium) is where the Chicago Fire played their games the past two years. The year before that they played at a small college's stadium(cardinal stadium). The games at Cardinal stadium (about 15k) were much better and cozier than the manmoth Soldier field. The atmosphere was much better, and the tickets much cheaper. This year, they are moving to their new stadium (built on the English soccer stadium) which will hold 20k. Its a valid point to state that a staium can be too big, however, if you stay small, you will never grow to be a powerhouse in Rugby. More people means greater revenue, greater revenue means more money for better players. In turn, better players mean better results, better result means more interest and more interest means more fans. There is stillthe question, isn't too big? Well, this is why I ask the question. I assume that the Scarlet "brass" did some studies to determine the best situation for the growth and development of the club. I know the Chicago Fire did. The new stadium (the Fires') is being built to be expanded if need be,... I hope the same concept is being followed with the Scarlets.... I guess this leads to another question,...LOL
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SA14 Pemberton
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but where do the 6,000+ extra people come from? |
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who's for the beach?
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Speedy
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our growth, thats where. in the 80`s we would have on average around 3000 gates. since hc rugby came upon us the interest has grown and grown, at our peak we were averaging around 7-9000, with quite a few games sell outs, and some games could have been sold twice over. missed revenue. are people honestly suggesting that we build a stadium the same size as stradey? we may as well build extra to allow some growth. imo they have got the target just right. not too much so we`ll be like a morgue, but enough to cope with bigger games. it will be interesting to see who else we sign along with stevo this year, and how that then has a knock on effect on our season ticket sales next season. the group in europe could see us have anyone dont forget. i`m hanging out for a trip to italy. scarlet finchè muoio Edited by Speedy |
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Vulcan
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It was written somewhere (Not Midol) that there would be room for expansion. No doubt Mike and several others will disbelieve. If so, tough |
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s.pimpernel
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In fairness Speedy, before the introduction of the Welsh league, there were regular 5-6,000 crowds at Stradey because we had the games against the English as well as the strong Welsh clubs such as Pontypool ( I clearly remember a 12,000 full house for the visist of the mighty Pooler on a Wednesday night). If we want to make the new stadium fairly intimidating, we have got to be looking at filling it for the big games and an average attendance of 9-10,000 for all the others. If the region are sitting back and using the "build it and they will come" attitude (and there is nothing to suggest that they are adopting this stance) then the stadium will be a failure. Just like the foundations, work should be starting 18months down the line to raise our core support and not when the thing is open. If the region just target the people of Llanelli, it will fail. Now is the time that the whole region should be targeted because the law of averages says that it should be easier to get 9-10,000 from 600,000 than 75,000.
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DgembaDgemba
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Cant believe it. Drove through Brecon last night and there was a sign advertising the up and coming home games! I have never seen that before!
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The localised condition of planetary atmospheric condensation caused a malfunction in the visual orientation circuits...
Or to put it another way, we got lost in the fog. |
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Mike
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The point is that we don't "have" to fill the new stadium purely to make it worthwhile moving. Obviously we want attendances to be as high as possible, but the constant "where are we going to get the 6,000 extra fans from?" wears a bit thin after you've heard it for the umpteenth time. It's all been explained enough times to people, but if they can't or refuse to understand simple facts then that's up to them. Just out of interest, if you had any involvement in decision making at the Scarlets (God forbid), what capacity would you build the new stadium? Edited by Mike |
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SA14
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i was drawing upon the atmosphere of the place rather than the financial side. i work with a large amount of scarlets and ospreys supporters and the ospreys ones say there's not much atmosphere when their ground is half empty. points taken though. anyway, the bulldozers are in so let's just look forward to things. there's 18 months of work ahead to discuss |
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scarletman
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To wind Andy Powell up that is !! |
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s.pimpernel
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Personally speaking, a capacity of about 12-13,000 would be ideal at the moment, and I gather that there are two options on the table as far as the plans are concerned, one for this option and one for 15,000. If there was a way of making it 12,000 with the ability to make it 15,000 if we were constantly attracting the big crowds, then that would be the direction to go. Your first sentance is very interesting, and appears to me that you accept the initial points raised by Quagmire. Make no bones about it, the novelty of a new stadium will wear off very quickly; ask Osprey supporters. I also don`t think that its the case that people can`t or refuse to accept simple facts. The subject of the new stadium stimulates good debate on the forum, and neither you,I, or anyone else will know how successful it will be until the end of our first season there. I hope that more supporters will attend on a regular basis, from all over the region and not just town, and that should be achieved through a number of channels with winning, entertaining rugby and competitive pricing being a good start.
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salmidach
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Well Pimp your so out field at the moment that you are bordering on the laughable. figures are stating that Rugby is on the up, the fan base is growing and if we continue to build on what we are doing on field, then the fan base will obviously grow...... On the point of the Ospreys with the dwindling support, what you fail to understand is the fact that they are cr@p..... their first few games they they had good attendances, yes they were pre-season friendlies but it showed that they would be terrible this season and the fan base started to fall, also the fact that they refused to play some games at the gnoll, caused quite a lot of fans to stay away...... So what you want Llanelli RFC LTD to do is think small so stay small, that's a great mentality to have there isn't it. What Llanelli RFC LTD are doing is thinking ahead and with the current trend of rugby attendances rising and the hopefull success of the national team then attendances will rise... what is the problem with playing infront of a 3/4 full stadium.. I'd rather do that than see Llanelli RFC LTD having to turn fans away 3 to 4 times a year...... Just remember, when the new stadium is built we'll be watching the Heineken cup champions playing there..... Edited by salmidach |
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