Then allow us to try and help.
It will be open before and after game for the CIC members. But will become an important part of the business plan for both the CIC and the club, and an important part of the plan for a number of the community members of 10000hours. It will be used a number of times a week not just on match days
Please be assured that a significant number of the 10000hours team have both historic and current experience in the industry and that they are all very happy about the potential for the sort of flexible space that will be created within the void to make some very real profit.
It will indeed require a significant amount of money to fit out this space. However firstly 10000hours CIC already has the development of this in hand should the deal conclude and secondly that while the opening times as a match day bar will be limited, the usage of a high quality flexible space is expected to be high.
We do not agree with your analysis. If the facility is run correctly and efficiently then it will more than add up. It adds up at similar sporting venues and indeed at locations such as theatres and the SECC where only very small time windows are avaliable for sales.
We don't recall publically comparing what goes on in the corporate with the proposed in the current "void" area. However there is good data on what the notional spend is in corporate (when inclusive) and there are occasions when the hospitality suite is run with a pay bar and certainly in the background all of this infomation has been used and we belive it is relevant.
We agree, but do not think this is a fair comparision, as the venue is not trying to make it as a full time licensed premises.
It is worth noting that the facility is large enough to hold 600 people standing 400 in theatre mode and 300 table seated. It will not only provide a great facility on match days, but a great hard working community facility and a fantastic extention to the existing club hospitality space enabling the club to cater over two large rooms (Banquet room and Party room) for weddings and christmas parties etc
It will be no surpirse that we storngly disagee with you on this point.
At the end of the day this is about a system of corporate funding and governance that allows the whole community to take control of the majority shareholding of St Mirren FC, and we think this can bring great benefits for the community, business and importantly for the individual fan the club.
We do not think we have a monopoly on good ideas but we have come up with what we believe is one and so decided to roll our sleves up and have a go at making this happen, if the deal does not complete then yes a lot of people will have wasted a lot of time and energy that they have invested in this project but we will at least have tried......we hope we will be able, at some point to have you try with us.
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