New Fan Village (16 Viewers)

[SkyB]

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?

 

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[SkyB]

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.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

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

Shame if the bars outside have moved, might be to get rid of can corner.

 

[Joy Division]

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.

 

[Monkeyface]

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!

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!

 

[pusbccfc]

Weren’t their plans to build a Dhillions fan zone where the recycling plant is?

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

 

[alexccfc99]

Piss myself if we extend the £3.60 pints offer to the Blackburn fans when we charged the Brummies full whack

 

[Grimetime]

Piss myself if we extend the £3.60 pints offer to the Blackburn fans when we charged the Brummies full whack

To be fair, you'd have to piss yourself with the state the Brummies usually leave the toilets in.

 

[pusbccfc]

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.

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]

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]

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

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

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

They were handy for a pint at half time, going to mean bigger queues in the concourse if they're not there

 

[CovInEssex]

They were handy for a pint at half time, going to mean bigger queues in the concourse if they're not there

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

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

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

Yes, certainly eased the congestion at HT

 

[Potbellypig]

Doesn't say anything about home fans only, from what I can see. I wonder how they'll play that.

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Should open it up for 9am. All dayer down the CBS.

Doug/the club would rake it in as well.

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

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

 

[pusbccfc]

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

Wouldn't get the numbers. Better off promoting the Anecdote.

 

[robbiethemole]

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

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Piss myself if we extend the £3.60 pints offer to the Blackburn fans when we charged the Brummies full whack

We'll don't drink so many then, even if they are cheaper!

 

[Johnnythespider]

I could see Dhillons pitching itself as an away venue if this takes away it's customers

 

[theferret]

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.

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]

I could see Dhillons pitching itself as an away venue if this takes away it's customers

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

 

[David O'Day]

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

all Dhillons need to do is get more staff and not charge 27 quid for piss poor lager

 

[hill83]

Should open it up for 9am. All dayer down the CBS.

Doug/the club would rake it in as well.

Dougtoberfest

 

[Johnnythespider]

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

Yeah hopefully, I was just thinking if it was me and I was losing custom I'd consider it.

 

[oscillatewildly]

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

Same.

 

[Great_Expectations]

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]

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

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

 

[alexccfc99]

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

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

 

[fernandopartridge]

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

Market competition, what more could you ask for as a drinker

 

[alexccfc99]

Market competition, what more could you ask for as a drinker

Hopefully they keep undercutting each other to the point they are literally, giving away booze for free

 

[SkyBlueSoul]

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!

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.

 

[clint van damme]

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

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]

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.

The Club have said the Exhibition Hall will be open from 12 p.m. before the game and 4.45pm after the game.