In some areas they add a nice bit of character. In others they're just somewhere for people to do crack.
As I said on here before the obvious one was to contact Hull City, do some sponsorship and offer all members a pre-match and post match deal with the club helping to promote. 2 for 1 on food with a membership card, a cheaper drinks price etc. They wouldnt risk it as they probably think a football crowd will smash the place up and be the wrong demographic however some well dressed and trained doormen would sort that. If there were deals on I would take the family in there pre or post match for sure. We have done it without a deal on but I would go more for a bargain. Not all City fans are stone island wearing teenagers looking for a 2 for 1 on WKD. And as you have said the same sort of thing with the three theatres/arenas with some mutual promotion would help massively with filling the place on event nights. If there is a band on at the Bonus surely getting a live act or a dj playing similar tunes for the three hours before and a proiper advertising campaign with drinks offers would work better than a sandwich board saying 'Pizza and a Drink £10' placed next to a homeless guy.
I hope that it wasn't you who left a sticky deposit in the little rejected coin slot, which I only discovered when reclaiming an unaccepted 10p many years ago. Although that was in Sunderland and wasn't by any means the most disgusting thing I found in a phone box there, in the dark days of the nineteen eighties. The dirty Mackem bastards, them.
It's difficult to know what conversations have been had, but right from the start HoH has felt like it has a lack of imagination about how to actually get people through the door. They need to go back to basics, get some good known local food producers in to replace the ones they've lost (even on short term low commission deals), work with nearby businesses to offer some deals and do some work to get the enthusiasm from the city back.
Not been to HoH but it sounds very much like a place in the ground floor of a new shopping centre where I live. It's never been successful either, traders come and go but there's no atmosphere and very few people in there. Went in today lunchtime, food is fine but it was 3/4's empty. Wonder if people just don't like eating in a big, impersonal place?
This one doesn’t seem to have problems. Don’t think these things are particularly suited to this country. Going out is more about the drinking to many people whereas in many other countries drink is something to accompany the meal. please log in to view this image
