All great suggestions.
The only elephant in the room is the fact 1) Why has it not been done from day one. 2) Nothing as yet has been confirmed.
Nothing I am reading is unique, in fact it’s pretty obvious. Greenbank could easily employ a manager and invest money to make these changes, if they want it, having Todd managing the IAW is not going to persuade Greenbank to invest what would be tens of thousands of pounds refitting that space into a sports themed bar serving food. The floor space is too small for a start, a restaurant style bar serving the % of potential customers in a facility for 3,000 plus potential customers needs to have a fully equipped facility, staffed by cooks or food preparation operatives (min wage staff, chefs cost more). The excuse that they want it to function as a neutral function room is a pathetically poor excuse to hide the fact it was never designed to be such a venue. Having an Ice Sports facility is going to attract customers to use a theme bar as a function room, as the majority of people aware of its existence would be fans or skaters. Even for boxing events, it could actually attract some to attend hockey games. I’m getting the impression some fans are going to be disappointed. The main change we are likely to see is more school groups visiting in school hours, more promotions in the evenings. This change is too get more users into the facility and increase missing revenue, alongside some changes on match nights. Placing a few photos or shirts around the bar might make it look more appealing, but do any fans not use the bar because it’s bland. Is a coat of paint going to bring revenue, no it will not, it’s not going to encourage Mr and Mrs Smith to suddenly part with several hard earned £’s bringing little Johnny to game night because the bar has a few photos and a make over.
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