Late Face Off on Sunday
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The attendance for last night is down on the gamesheet as 1331...
Last season against the Clan we had attendances of 1231 on Sunday 16th September and 1481 on Saturday 15th December.
I don't think the football or rugby being played yesterday really had that big of an effect on the attendance. I don't have the details to hand, but aren't Sundays supposed to be better attended?
The attendance for last night is down on the gamesheet as 1331...
Last season against the Clan we had attendances of 1231 on Sunday 16th September and 1481 on Saturday 15th December.
I don't think the football or rugby being played yesterday really had that big of an effect on the attendance. I don't have the details to hand, but aren't Sundays supposed to be better attended?
So a 6.45 F/O confirmed for sunday....
That means one less fan!
As someone who is reliant on public transport to get home to newport the delay means that I would not be able to get home as I would miss the last bus home in newport.
Sorry but F/O times should not be changed to accommodate fans attending other sporting events.
That means one less fan!
As someone who is reliant on public transport to get home to newport the delay means that I would not be able to get home as I would miss the last bus home in newport.
Sorry but F/O times should not be changed to accommodate fans attending other sporting events.
Difficult one for the club. In essence I agree that we should not accommodate other sporting fixtures but on the flipside many fans might not attend the Devils game if they are watching City. Getting across the City when 25k fans are leaving the stadium when faceoff is about to take place is a tad tricky to say the least.
Dammed if they do, dammed if they don’t.
Dammed if they do, dammed if they don’t.
If they'd left faceoff at the same time, people would have had a chance to get there a little earlier than usual, as doors open at 5 and the CCS won't be kicking out until 5.45ish?
As they've now moved the face off later, people will be arriving at the rink as the area is flooded with leaving fans - so unless I'm reading it all wrong, moving it makes it worse from a congestion point of view.
As for the 'many fans' that go to both the City & the Devils, I've often wondered at times like this how many fans that actually is. Worst case is they'd arrive at the BBT late, but that's part and parcel of going to both fixtures surely?
Is the number of fans that now choose not to go to the game due to travel issues or kids with school the next day more or less than those now happy then can go to both?
To me it's more damaging to lose those fans than have the footie fans inconvenienced by possibly arriving a little later.
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As they've now moved the face off later, people will be arriving at the rink as the area is flooded with leaving fans - so unless I'm reading it all wrong, moving it makes it worse from a congestion point of view.
As for the 'many fans' that go to both the City & the Devils, I've often wondered at times like this how many fans that actually is. Worst case is they'd arrive at the BBT late, but that's part and parcel of going to both fixtures surely?
Is the number of fans that now choose not to go to the game due to travel issues or kids with school the next day more or less than those now happy then can go to both?
To me it's more damaging to lose those fans than have the footie fans inconvenienced by possibly arriving a little later.
Fireproof jacket on!
Imagine said:
If they'd left faceoff at the same time, people would have had a chance to get there a little earlier than usual, as doors open at 5 and the CCS won't be kicking out until 5.45ish?
As they've now moved the face off later, people will be arriving at the rink as the area is flooded with leaving fans - so unless I'm reading it all wrong, moving it makes it worse from a congestion point of view.
As for the 'many fans' that go to both the City & the Devils, I've often wondered at times like this how many fans that actually is. Worst case is they'd arrive at the BBT late, but that's part and parcel of going to both fixtures surely?
Is the number of fans that now choose not to go to the game due to travel issues or kids with school the next day more or less than those now happy then can go to both?
To me it's more damaging to lose those fans than have the footie fans inconvenienced by possibly arriving a little later.
Fireproof jacket on!
As they've now moved the face off later, people will be arriving at the rink as the area is flooded with leaving fans - so unless I'm reading it all wrong, moving it makes it worse from a congestion point of view.
As for the 'many fans' that go to both the City & the Devils, I've often wondered at times like this how many fans that actually is. Worst case is they'd arrive at the BBT late, but that's part and parcel of going to both fixtures surely?
Is the number of fans that now choose not to go to the game due to travel issues or kids with school the next day more or less than those now happy then can go to both?
To me it's more damaging to lose those fans than have the footie fans inconvenienced by possibly arriving a little later.
Fireproof jacket on!
And No doubt there would be people moaning then as people getting in the way, asking them to move so they can get to their seat.
Imagine said:
If they'd left faceoff at the same time, people would have had a chance to get there a little earlier than usual, as doors open at 5 and the CCS won't be kicking out until 5.45ish?
As they've now moved the face off later, people will be arriving at the rink as the area is flooded with leaving fans - so unless I'm reading it all wrong, moving it makes it worse from a congestion point of view.
As for the 'many fans' that go to both the City & the Devils, I've often wondered at times like this how many fans that actually is. Worst case is they'd arrive at the BBT late, but that's part and parcel of going to both fixtures surely?
Is the number of fans that now choose not to go to the game due to travel issues or kids with school the next day more or less than those now happy then can go to both?
To me it's more damaging to lose those fans than have the footie fans inconvenienced by possibly arriving a little later.
Fireproof jacket on!
As they've now moved the face off later, people will be arriving at the rink as the area is flooded with leaving fans - so unless I'm reading it all wrong, moving it makes it worse from a congestion point of view.
As for the 'many fans' that go to both the City & the Devils, I've often wondered at times like this how many fans that actually is. Worst case is they'd arrive at the BBT late, but that's part and parcel of going to both fixtures surely?
Is the number of fans that now choose not to go to the game due to travel issues or kids with school the next day more or less than those now happy then can go to both?
To me it's more damaging to lose those fans than have the footie fans inconvenienced by possibly arriving a little later.
Fireproof jacket on!
I do wonder how many people this change actually benefits.
Why would people leaving the CCS be going home via the rink?
The majority of fans leaving the football would surely be going the opposite direction to the Devils fans going to the game?
I'll be going to the City first, and a 6pm FO would have seen me miss most of the first period. So for me a delayed FO is good.
It might be worth someone from the club finding out why the game is 4pm and not 2pm or 3pm? It was only moved because Spurs are in Europe on Thursday so it shouldn't really be important what time it was on. If it's the club's decision then perhaps they would be willing to play at 3pm in future if this situation ever arose again?
The majority of fans leaving the football would surely be going the opposite direction to the Devils fans going to the game?
I'll be going to the City first, and a 6pm FO would have seen me miss most of the first period. So for me a delayed FO is good.
It might be worth someone from the club finding out why the game is 4pm and not 2pm or 3pm? It was only moved because Spurs are in Europe on Thursday so it shouldn't really be important what time it was on. If it's the club's decision then perhaps they would be willing to play at 3pm in future if this situation ever arose again?
Whilst this change helps me get to both games and quite a few people who post on here I must admit I would never change FO times for any sport wether it be football,rugby whatever.
Your core fans not being inconvenienced is better than helping the smaller amount of fans of both teams that it affects particularly on a Sunday.I think if it was on TV there would obviously be more danger of fans leaving going to hockey and watching the football instead but as its not I would leave FO alone.
I think we will lose fans either way ofcourse but its down to the fans who are going to City to get to the rink either a bit late or leave the football early.My guess would be there will be less people this helps than annoys and as far Panthers fans I wouldn't want to travel to a Sunday game with a FO likely to end up being nearer 7 by the time the puck drops.
Your core fans not being inconvenienced is better than helping the smaller amount of fans of both teams that it affects particularly on a Sunday.I think if it was on TV there would obviously be more danger of fans leaving going to hockey and watching the football instead but as its not I would leave FO alone.
I think we will lose fans either way ofcourse but its down to the fans who are going to City to get to the rink either a bit late or leave the football early.My guess would be there will be less people this helps than annoys and as far Panthers fans I wouldn't want to travel to a Sunday game with a FO likely to end up being nearer 7 by the time the puck drops.
