Non AMP
Sky Blues Talk
  • Home
  • Forums
  • Coventry City Football Club
  • Coventry City General Chat
This is a mobile optimized page that loads fast, if you want to load the real page, click this text.

New Fan Village (15 Viewers)

  • Thread starter SkyBlueChris
  • Start date Thursday at 10:02 AM
Forums New posts
Prev
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
Next
First Prev 2 of 3 Next Last
S

SkyB

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 3:20 PM
  • #36
I read this as the family zone part was moving inside, so the parts around block 23-28ish outside the stadium, with the bars staying put?
 
S

SkyB

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 3:26 PM
  • #37
Lets be fair Dhillons was great when it first opened because we hadn't had something like that around the ground for years. We use to go before every game a couple of season ago but we've only be once or twice since the bars outside the ground opened.

The experience at Dhillons (might have changed now) was shite, 90% of the beers tasted the same and were overly carbonated, the toilets are grim, the main room is deafening, the food was over priced and it'd take 15 minutes to get served.

Now outside the ground isn't much better on these points but at £3.60 a pint rather than £6 it's a completely different proposition, one that you're more than happy to live with for the value. And now with the money feeding back into the club I see no reason to go to Dhillons.
 
Reactions: skybluelee, ccfcricoh, ccfcchris and 4 others

Gynnsthetonic

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 3:47 PM
  • #38
David O'Day said:
why would they, it sounds like are just moving the beer sellers from by the east stand to inside the hall

dhillons still have their bars inside and the tv, they also have deals to work with other clubs
Click to expand...
Shame if the bars outside have moved, might be to get rid of can corner.
 

Joy Division

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 4:10 PM
  • #39
Great news and something I've always hoped would happen one day. It's another step towards an out of town stadium now becoming a great location for fan experience.

A couple of points to note, the Dhillons collaboration would have been great for them and still will be but I'm pretty sure the club would have had some kind of cut from the profits selling outside of the ground. Doubt Dhillons would be taking everything.

£3.60 pints a great and enjoy it while you can, I very much doubt they will stay at that price.
 
Reactions: skybluepm2

Monkeyface

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 4:16 PM
  • #40
SkyBlueChris said:
https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2025/october/16/new-fan-village-for-blackburn-rovers-game-/

New fan village for the Blackburn game, not sure who suggested it but should be a good idea!
Click to expand...
It was one of my questions to Doug and got read out. But I'm certainly not claiming it as my idea, or that I was the only person to submit that question for that matter!
 
Reactions: covcity4life

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 4:41 PM
  • #41
Sky Blue Goblin said:
Weren’t their plans to build a Dhillions fan zone where the recycling plant is?
Click to expand...

Not too sure but they've got and have had loads of ideas.
 

alexccfc99

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 4:56 PM
  • #42
Piss myself if we extend the £3.60 pints offer to the Blackburn fans when we charged the Brummies full whack
 
Reactions: skybluelee and ccfcanon

Grimetime

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 5:02 PM
  • #43
alexccfc99 said:
Piss myself if we extend the £3.60 pints offer to the Blackburn fans when we charged the Brummies full whack
Click to expand...

To be fair, you'd have to piss yourself with the state the Brummies usually leave the toilets in.
 
Reactions: SkyBlueCharlie9, covcity4life and ccfcanon

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 5:06 PM
  • #44
SkyB said:
Lets be fair Dhillons was great when it first opened because we hadn't had something like that around the ground for years. We use to go before every game a couple of season ago but we've only be once or twice since the bars outside the ground opened.

The experience at Dhillons (might have changed now) was shite, 90% of the beers tasted the same and were overly carbonated, the toilets are grim, the main room is deafening, the food was over priced and it'd take 15 minutes to get served.

Now outside the ground isn't much better on these points but at £3.60 a pint rather than £6 it's a completely different proposition, one that you're more than happy to live with for the value. And now with the money feeding back into the club I see no reason to go to Dhillons.
Click to expand...

It's a perfect place for away fans who want to get and may eventually become promoted as that.

I've not been for ages, but it was good for a one off if there's a big group on the beers all day. As a regular spot, it was naff. Music too loud, rubbish TV screens and expensive.
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 5:13 PM
  • #45
Will be interesting to see what it's like. They did it on one of the Community Days and it was rubbish. Parents letting kids run free because it was indoors.

The one they did before Arctic Monkeys was not great either because the hall is so big, it felt eerie.

They'll do a decent job and I'm sure it will be popular like the current fanzone is. I wonder if they will do security checks?
 

CovInEssex

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 5:36 PM
  • #46
So what's the crack with the bars alongside the east stand now

Only issue for me is the ballache of walking around from the south stand
 
Reactions: CrowHouse, oscillatewildly and bulko

Gynnsthetonic

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 5:46 PM
  • #47
CovInEssex said:
So what's the crack with the bars alongside the east stand now

Only issue for me is the ballache of walking around from the south stand
Click to expand...
They were handy for a pint at half time, going to mean bigger queues in the concourse if they're not there
 
Reactions: Cv3cov

CovInEssex

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 6:03 PM
  • #48
Gynnsthetonic said:
They were handy for a pint at half time, going to mean bigger queues in the concourse if they're not there
Click to expand...

I had no idea you could use them at half time as well. We are kettled in on the south stand
 
Reactions: wingy

Gynnsthetonic

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 6:11 PM
  • #49
CovInEssex said:
I had no idea you could use them at half time as well. We are kettled in on the south stand
Click to expand...
Yes, certainly eased the congestion at HT
 
Reactions: wingy
P

Potbellypig

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 6:16 PM
  • #50
Doesn't say anything about home fans only, from what I can see. I wonder how they'll play that.
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 6:25 PM
  • #51
Should open it up for 9am. All dayer down the CBS.

Doug/the club would rake it in as well.
 
Reactions: Sick Boy, pusbccfc, TomRad85 and 2 others

PUSB-We_are_going_up

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 6:36 PM
  • #52
Wonder if they could open it up for away games and charge a little bit more than a stream to watch. Probably a bit far-fetched but would be another little money maker
 
Reactions: Sky Blue Pete

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 7:07 PM
  • #53
PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Wonder if they could open it up for away games and charge a little bit more than a stream to watch. Probably a bit far-fetched but would be another little money maker
Click to expand...

Wouldn't get the numbers. Better off promoting the Anecdote.
 
Reactions: Sky Blue Goblin
R

robbiethemole

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 7:43 PM
  • #54
Was at the Club shop on Tuesday, it was heaving in that end of the halls!!! all car park A and most of B were full and it looked like a cosmetics seminar/road show, The exhibition hall was also full of something, so it looks like all the revenues from these things are topping up the bank account nicely
 
Reactions: bulko and Gynnsthetonic

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 7:44 PM
  • #55
alexccfc99 said:
Piss myself if we extend the £3.60 pints offer to the Blackburn fans when we charged the Brummies full whack
Click to expand...
We'll don't drink so many then, even if they are cheaper!
 

Johnnythespider

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 8:10 PM
  • #56
I could see Dhillons pitching itself as an away venue if this takes away it's customers
 
Reactions: pusbccfc
T

theferret

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 8:18 PM
  • #57
SkyB said:
Lets be fair Dhillons was great when it first opened because we hadn't had something like that around the ground for years. We use to go before every game a couple of season ago but we've only be once or twice since the bars outside the ground opened.

The experience at Dhillons (might have changed now) was shite, 90% of the beers tasted the same and were overly carbonated, the toilets are grim, the main room is deafening, the food was over priced and it'd take 15 minutes to get served.

Now outside the ground isn't much better on these points but at £3.60 a pint rather than £6 it's a completely different proposition, one that you're more than happy to live with for the value. And now with the money feeding back into the club I see no reason to go to Dhillons.
Click to expand...

Still go to dhillons every week and still busy despite the £3.60 offer. Agree about the main room being too noisy, but still like it down there. Getting served is no issue, even last season would hardly need to queue at all. Handy for 12.30 games opening so early. With 30K gates it'll be fine, but clearly makes sense for the club to maximise it's revenues and do it's own thing, so hope it's successful and will give it a try. Dhillons getting more popular with away fans now, which makes sense. Hopefully it'll be fine, the fan zone won't be every game, certainly midweek fixtures where there will be event clashes.
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 8:27 PM
  • #58
Johnnythespider said:
I could see Dhillons pitching itself as an away venue if this takes away it's customers
Click to expand...

Surely there's enough custom for both given the crowds we're now getting?
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 8:45 PM
  • #59
clint van damme said:
Surely there's enough custom for both given the crowds we're now getting?
Click to expand...
all Dhillons need to do is get more staff and not charge 27 quid for piss poor lager
 

hill83

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 8:50 PM
  • #60
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Should open it up for 9am. All dayer down the CBS.

Doug/the club would rake it in as well.
Click to expand...

Dougtoberfest
 
Reactions: ccfcchris, skybluejelly, Captain Dart and 6 others

Johnnythespider

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 9:06 PM
  • #61
clint van damme said:
Surely there's enough custom for both given the crowds we're now getting?
Click to expand...
Yeah hopefully, I was just thinking if it was me and I was losing custom I'd consider it.
 
O

oscillatewildly

Well-Known Member
  • Thursday at 9:36 PM
  • #62
CovInEssex said:
So what's the crack with the bars alongside the east stand now

Only issue for me is the ballache of walking around from the south stand
Click to expand...
Same.
 

Great_Expectations

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 11:52 AM
  • #63
Couldn’t tell from the article, is it;

A) This is instead of concourse and outdoor bars

B) It is this and concourse

C) It is all three; this, outside and concourse

Either way it’s an excellent idea and I’m looking forward to supporting it!
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 11:55 AM
  • #64
Saddlebrains said:
I mean can anyone blame Doug if so?

Fair play to Dhillons they piggybacked off the club for a while and have done really well with fans and offers etc. But at the end of the day that money was going to Dhillons and not the club

If we hoover up Dhillons business around the stadium then so be it. They will make a decent wedge out of the tavern
Click to expand...

With a 30k crowd there is more than enough potential custom for both parties to do OK I think
 

alexccfc99

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 11:59 AM
  • #65
fernandopartridge said:
With a 30k crowd there is more than enough potential custom for both parties to do OK I think
Click to expand...
True, but people are going to be more inclined to spend with the club now their money is going to CCFC

As I said, Dhillons was empty for the Blues game, they have made pints buy one get one free tomorrow I see so they are obviously feeling the need to entice some people in - I hope Dhillions do not feel too much of a pinch as they did a lot when not a lot of people wanted to be associated with CCFC but I think it is clear the club are going down a different path
 
Reactions: skybluepm2 and bulko

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 12:02 PM
  • #66
alexccfc99 said:
True, but people are going to be more inclined to spend with the club now their money is going to CCFC

As I said, Dhillons was empty for the Blues game, they have made pints buy one get one free tomorrow I see so they are obviously feeling the need to entice some people in - I hope Dhillions do not feel too much of a pinch as they did a lot when not a lot of people wanted to be associated with CCFC but I think it is clear the club are going down a different path
Click to expand...
Market competition, what more could you ask for as a drinker
 
Reactions: wingy, EalingSB and bulko

alexccfc99

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 12:02 PM
  • #67
fernandopartridge said:
Market competition, what more could you ask for as a drinker
Click to expand...
Hopefully they keep undercutting each other to the point they are literally, giving away booze for free
 
Reactions: skybluepm2, SkyBlueCharlie9 and bulko

SkyBlueSoul

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 1:25 PM
  • #68
Great_Expectations said:
Couldn’t tell from the article, is it;

A) This is instead of concourse and outdoor bars

B) It is this and concourse

C) It is all three; this, outside and concourse

Either way it’s an excellent idea and I’m looking forward to supporting it!
Click to expand...

It is a bit ambiguous. To me it reads as the fan zone is open after the game instead of the concourses, which were open as a trial after the Blues game.

“Previously we had the concourse open for an hour as a trial, and this week we are instead opening the Fan Village in the Exhibition Hall."



Doesn't mention pre-game, I think the bars outside the east stand will still be open seeing as they open at half time as well. No point paying a load of staff to serve for 30 minutes.
 
Reactions: Great_Expectations

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 1:32 PM
  • #69
alexccfc99 said:
True, but people are going to be more inclined to spend with the club now their money is going to CCFC

As I said, Dhillons was empty for the Blues game, they have made pints buy one get one free tomorrow I see so they are obviously feeling the need to entice some people in - I hope Dhillions do not feel too much of a pinch as they did a lot when not a lot of people wanted to be associated with CCFC but I think it is clear the club are going down a different path
Click to expand...

I don't often go to Dhillions but went in after the blues game foe an hour and there was a good crowd in there
 

COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 2:12 PM
  • #70
SkyBlueSoul said:
It is a bit ambiguous. To me it reads as the fan zone is open after the game instead of the concourses, which were open as a trial after the Blues game.

“Previously we had the concourse open for an hour as a trial, and this week we are instead opening the Fan Village in the Exhibition Hall."



Doesn't mention pre-game, I think the bars outside the east stand will still be open seeing as they open at half time as well. No point paying a load of staff to serve for 30 minutes.
Click to expand...

The Club have said the Exhibition Hall will be open from 12 p.m. before the game and 4.45pm after the game.
 
Prev
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
Next
First Prev 2 of 3 Next Last
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

  • frattonskyblue3 minutes ago
  • CovInEssex7 minutes ago
  • Skybluebaz7 minutes ago
  • no_loyalty8 minutes ago
  • Yorkshire SB8 minutes ago
  • Fluffsta11 minutes ago
  • SkyBlueSoul12 minutes ago
  • ... and 3 more.
  • Total: 16 (members: 10, guests: 6)
    Share:
    Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email
    • Home
    • Forums
    • Coventry City Football Club
    • Coventry City General Chat
    • Default Style
    • Contact us
    • Terms and rules
    • Privacy policy
    • Help
    • Home
    Community platform by XenForo® © 2010-2021 XenForo Ltd.
    Menu
    Log in

    Register

    • Home
    • Forums
      • New posts
      • Search forums
    • What's new
      • New posts
      • Latest activity
    • Members
      • Current visitors
    • Donate to the Season Ticket Fund
    X

    Privacy & Transparency

    We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

    • Personalized ads and content
    • Content measurement and audience insights

    Do you accept cookies and these technologies?

    X

    Privacy & Transparency

    We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

    • Personalized ads and content
    • Content measurement and audience insights

    Do you accept cookies and these technologies?