the sad truth is the fan zone has been an unmitigated disaster from it's inception
From what was shared as the vision quickly became a nightmare
From the closure of the ground and lost revenue. The ongoing barriers around the ground from that issue . The inflating costs associated to the fan zone works. The way libero were cast aside. Then the subsequent works delivered in the area to give an intial capacity of
Agreed. It’s an unmitigated amateurish shambles. But don’t forget the current board are more interested in revenue streams than piss streams. Installing toilets yields no revenue. The Fanzone is yet another way of emptying football supporters’ pockets, the goal of our board. Surely if you want a good beer in a hospitable environment then go to a pub/ bar, don’t expect a football club to meet your needs - but this board will try and meet them on the cheap and to the detriment of supporters who are actually interested in football.
"The Board are more interested in revenue streams than piss streams".Well unless you're hoping for Owen Oysten to be recruited I should hope so.
"The Fanzone is yet another way of emptying football supporters’ pockets, the goal of our board."I had a couple of drinks in the FZ on Saturday and don't remember being frog marched there by a Board member, I actually walked in myself, as did 100 or so others. After sampling what was on offer I plan to do so again. My money, my choice - crazy stuff.
"Surely if you want a good beer in a hospitable environment then go to a pub/ bar"A football club providing a bar for it's fans has caught on in a quite a big way over the past, oh I don't know, 100 years or so?
IMHO there's a few things need to be done amongst which should be - obvs a roof which has been mentioned, some proper signage from the entrances to the FZ itself, a bit more softer landscaping (has a feel of an East European border guard post under those arc lights) etc. But, the beer is an alternative to that in the CSH and so offers another revenue stream to the club, which of course is a good thing.