Extortionate price increases at the Arena (car park)

[Jayboy]

We chose to pay it because we have little to no choice, but that just does not make it right.. I would have been interested to hear the clubs point of view on this massive price increase and other issues since the new arena management has taken over.
But we won't because the club will be effectively silenced out of fear of speaking up for the fans would lead to conflict and a poorer relationship with their new landlords.
Which in turn, means nobody listens to the concerns of the customers and the arena will do whatever they want in full knowledge nobody can or will do a bloody thing about it...

Jayboy

[BontSteeler]

We chose to pay it because we have little to no choice, but that just does not make it right.. I would have been interested to hear the clubs point of view on this massive price increase and other issues since the new arena management has taken over.
But we won't because the club will be effectively silenced out of fear of speaking up for the fans would lead to conflict and a poorer relationship with their new landlords.
Which in turn, means nobody listens to the concerns of the customers and the arena will do whatever they want in full knowledge nobody can or will do a bloody thing about it...

Jayboy

From what I've seen, you take away the Steelers & there isn't alot more going off.

It's not called RIP off Britain for nothing

[DiscoRay]

We chose to pay it because we have little to no choice, but that just does not make it right.. I would have been interested to hear the clubs point of view on this massive price increase and other issues since the new arena management has taken over.
But we won't because the club will be effectively silenced out of fear of speaking up for the fans would lead to conflict and a poorer relationship with their new landlords.
Which in turn, means nobody listens to the concerns of the customers and the arena will do whatever they want in full knowledge nobody can or will do a bloody thing about it...

Jayboy

The biggest problem is, much like what has went on lately with Clan price rises, you're only form of protest is fully withdrawing your custom. Aka the nuclear option is the first/only action you can take, we can theoretically complain about this kind of stuff, but no letter/e-mail will magically get stuff like this tempered or reversed. Understandably nearly all people don't want to go straight to a nuclear option as an opening gambit, but there is no process or stages of escalation to go through. For all intents, we're being emotionally blackmailed as they know we'll ultimately pay for it, or find some way to make it otherwise work, because the passion for our club's drives us to.

[smbmetal]

We chose to pay it because we have little to no choice, but that just does not make it right.. I would have been interested to hear the clubs point of view on this massive price increase and other issues since the new arena management has taken over.
But we won't because the club will be effectively silenced out of fear of speaking up for the fans would lead to conflict and a poorer relationship with their new landlords.
Which in turn, means nobody listens to the concerns of the customers and the arena will do whatever they want in full knowledge nobody can or will do a bloody thing about it...

Jayboy

Pretty much spot on Jay in my eyes.

I completely understand why people have no choice to pay the extortionate parking prices if they have mobility issues etc, but as you say the arena will continue to put up their prices, knowing that the club won't or aren't able to do anything about it and justify by saying that it's 'competitive' compared to other arenas etc. Can anyone validate that who travel to the away games?

Our new landlords appear to be ensuring that the prices are as high as possible. I certainly won't be attending any further live games and will suffice with the stream which I quite enjoyed last season.

I recently went to the Peter Kay gig at the arena and when asked for feedback, I wrote that the prices for parking and food and drink in the arena were in my opinion a 'rip off' and suggested that they were 'profiteering' at events. £9.50 for a pint of Spanish Carling (Madri)!!

Until the fans vote with their feet the prices will continue to rise each and every season IMO. The arena would be on thin ice (pardon the pun) without the Steelers.

[Jayboy]

The Steelers had built a valued relationship with the previous arena management and in some mutual way they had certainly benefited from that also, finally it sempt to understand the value of have the Sheffield Steelers as long term tenant's. Forming what could be called mutual appreciation for each other, I remember talking once to Dom (may have name wrong- I am sure someone will correct me if I have) who admitted to a group of us at a fans forum, that the arena would be in serious danger of closing without the Sheffield Steelers as sitting tenant's and it was in everyone's interest to keep the two way relationship a very good one.. I can't imagine Tony being at all happy with the new guys, you only have to read some of the arrogant comment's they have already come out with in regard to some of their implemented changes..

Jayboy

[Jayboy]

I will also add into the discussion, I've spoke to several owners of Sheffield Steelers over my long commitment to watching the Steelers live at the arena (over 30 years) especially Bob and Tony and one constant golden ticket they have always wanted is to somehow finance and own their own venue.. using the extortionate rent and previous poor relationships with the arena as a major factor.. adding into any financial equation that if you own your own venue to can market that venue for ice hockey and other events for 365 a year rather than the current 32-35 days we get now..
A pipe dream maybe, but financial doable should the right property ever become available...

Jayboy

[smbmetal]

I will also add into the discussion, I've spoke to several owners of Sheffield Steelers over my long commitment to watching the Steelers live at the arena (over 30 years) especially Bob and Tony and one constant golden ticket they have always wanted is to somehow finance and own their own venue.. using the extortionate rent and previous poor relationships with the arena as a major factor.. adding into any financial equation that if you own your own venue to can market that venue for ice hockey and other events for 365 a year rather than the current 32-35 days we get now..
A pipe dream maybe, but financial doable should the right property ever become available...

Jayboy

Owning our own venue would be tremendous. I just don't see how we would be able to afford the millions of outlay it would take to build one. I remember the 'Rother Valley' idea years ago to build a 6,000 seat arena, but with almost an average of 8,000 fans a game this wouldn't be big enough now.

I've no idea how much we would save in rent, or what prospective concerts or events AND parking can be charged if it was a multi purpose facility, but I would think it would take years and years to pay back the initial investment on getting an arena built etc. The recent co-op live arena in Manchester cost £450 million+ to build, appreciate that's a big arena. I think it's a £50 million project to build a 9,000 seat arena.

Ice hockey just aint big enough in our country.

[Jayboy]

No i think your right regarding a new build but re purposing at very large unused building/wharehouse/ homebase type building would or could be viable, I know several sports teams have done this...

Didn't Nottingham convert lower parliament street wharehousing into an ice rink?
Don't quote me on that one

Jayboy

[smbmetal]

No i think your right regarding a new build but re purposing at very large unused building/wharehouse/ homebase type building would or could be viable, I know several sports teams have done this...

Didn't Nottingham convert lower parliament street wharehousing into an ice rink?
Don't quote me on that one

Jayboy

Nottingham's arena/project:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Arena

£43 million pounds please

[Jayboy]

Can we buy our own arena of Sheffield council at a knockdown rate.. then manage the building ourselves.. OK only dreaming...

Jayboy