Improving the Griffin Park Experience

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Improving the Griffin Park Experience

Having visited Loftus Road I think there are a few things we could improve and learn from...

Things they do well at Lodtus Road.

People around the ground with sign boards making themselves available to help.

As you walk through the gates you are met by someone welcoming you to the ground. Not a line of numpty stewards searching you this is done outside.

£600 for two people in hospitality and I must admit it was crap food and entertainment. Made me think though the big red ball and 125 years celebrations are cheap and great value.

The club shop had a Rio number 5 baseball cap for sale for £30!!!!! (This was not a good thing and I would hope if he reach top flight football we don't seek to rip our fans off to make from the day trippers)

There were loads of yanks and Europeans over for the Amercian Football which I thought the weekend visit to London stag do etc might be an interesting market to seek to tap into when in Lionel Road. Also being sponsored by Air Asia meant loads off rich Chinese people.

Things I would like to see at GP to improve the matchday experience..

People with back packs walking around dishing out beer. This would help to disperse the crowd and ease congestion around the current beer stations.

I like the idea of helpful brentford staff not stewards making themselves available around the ground. Not stewards as they are numpties (also stewards with mobile cameras attached to them is not something I wish to see at GP or Lionel Road).

Stop vehicles from parking in front of Breamer Road turnstyiles...

Also a welcome to Griffin Park in different languages on the programme. Maybe this could be done on website also with a ticker bar.

Maybe have a Foriegn fans page or advertise brentford in that Dannish teams programme encouraging visitors to London to check us out and likewise in ours about them.

Improved signage outside tube and train stations would also help. It would be free advertising essentially on now match days.

Also around seats which get wet towels should be provided to occupants to dry them prior to seating.
 

Improving the Griffin Park Experience

Only thing the club do is the parking thing. No cars outside the turnstiles for about a year I think
 

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I'd guess the club would need volunteer "meet and greeters"; additional languages optional.
 

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With our now above 10000 crowds, it is now impossible for all those who would like to spend money on half time refreshments to get served. I would be sure that a 30 minute sit down together by those who are tasked with this would come up with some ideas as to how more can be served.

The profit margins on food and drink are huge so even if you can increase the take by a 1000.00 they end up with around 600 profit. And I would imagine the extra income would be more than 1000 so an even better result.

NFL teams are past masters at eking every penny they can from fans so send Mr Devlin to attend a Houston Texans game to see what they do - I can provide accommodation, transport in Houston and an introduction to the Commercial VP.
 

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jlove said:
I'd guess the club would need volunteer "meet and greeters"; additional languages optional.
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There were "meet and greeters" at the first couple of home games. But as Braemar Road forecourt is small and a lot of people drink outside the Hive, they get 'lost'.

Searching could be done outside though.
 

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wanderer paul said:
There were "meet and greeters" at the first couple of home games. But as Braemar Road forecourt is small and a lot of people drink outside the Hive, they get 'lost'.

Searching could be done outside though.
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That's why I recommend they use a sign board to identify themselves..

Also soft drinks and confectionary could be sold within the stands before the gsme and at half time. This keeping people in the stand and stopping blockages
 

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Loftus Road does not sound like heaven on earth from the write up above.
 

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Downbeat Bee said:
Loftus Road does not sound like heaven on earth from the write up above.
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I left feeling optimistic that if we managed to get promoted Griffin Park could host the games whilst Lionel Road was getting built..
 

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we will have meet'ers and greet'ers at the station for the Fulham game :cool:
 

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Hullbee said:
That's why I recommend they use a sign board to identify themselves..

Also soft drinks and confectionary could be sold within the stands before the gsme and at half time. This keeping people in the stand and stopping blockages
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Reminds me of "Roasty roasted peantuts" and "Tuppence on the ball"
Nevertheless this could be an idea worth thinking about. Certainly it is chaos at half-time behind New Road.
 

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Hullbee said:
Also a welcome to Griffin Park in different languages on the programme. Maybe this could be done on website also with a ticker bar.
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This is a great idea. Maybe have a day where all the players wear turbans.
 

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Why would we want to improve g/p i thought we were moving.
 

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Improving the Griffin Park Experience

All we really need is a drum.
 

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Hullbee said:
Having visited Loftus Road I think there are a few things we could improve and learn from...
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like **** would we improve anything that ***** do, what a stupid thread.. 50+ home wins from 70 odd is enough for me to go home happy! qpeer ground is a sh*t pit!
 

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.............can't quite fathom why a supporter of a team playing a local derby game would go to a jolly up at a supposed rival................well supported.............
 

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sonofabee said:
You're surpassing yourself this weekend for silliness and stirring trouble.
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Fine you may disagree with whether or not his post was racist but surely you agree it is designed to be offensive and discriminatory..

Anyway this thread is about suggestions as to how griffin park can be improved..
 

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Hullbee said:
People around the ground with sign boards making themselves available to help.
Also around seats which get wet towels should be provided to occupants to dry them prior to seating.
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One combi-job here, surely. Official Seat Towellers MUST be a part of the LR employment plan. If the seats aren't wet, perhaps they could go along the rows polishing everyone's shoes.
 

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Hullbee said:
Fine you may disagree with whether or not his post was racist but surely you agree it is designed to be offensive and discriminatory..

Anyway this thread is about suggestions as to how griffin park can be improved..
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Why are you intent on looking for issues where there clearly aren't any? Stop making yourself look silly and don't reply with all the bully click stuff, I'm trying to do you a favour.

I like your sense of humour but you get on my wick when you start getting on your soap box, knock it off
 

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Hullbee said:
Fine you may disagree with whether or not his post was racist but surely you agree it is designed to be offensive and discriminatory..

Anyway this thread is about suggestions as to how griffin park can be improved..
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this board can improve without your idiotic threads like this one.
 

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GP200 said:
.............can't quite fathom why a supporter of a team playing a local derby game would go to a jolly up at a supposed rival................well supported.............
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Cos I have seen us at the wall plenty of times and never experienced or am likely to again a £300 per person corporate package at a football ground.
 

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Hullbee said:
£300 per person corporate package at a football ground.
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so you gave those ****ers £300 just to tell us how sh*t our griffin park is ? :yawn:
 

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Hullbee said:
Cheers for yet more of your racist comments :(
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Apologies if this caused offence. It really wasn't meant to. I genuinely believe that if the players wore turbans then it would show just what a great community club we are.
The following week the players could all put bells on their boots and encourage another sadly missing minority group......Morris dancers.
It may alert the opposing defenders to Andre's runs but the sight of everyone dancing and whacking each other with brightly coloured sticks would surely be worth it.
 

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Mobile beer vendors would be a good idea.

Not sure if the companies that provide this service (MJRTOM is the one I've seen in a lot of other sporting/concert venues) would want to take over the whole catering side of things, rather than just provide a dozen backpacks for every game. :shrug:
 
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Billy Hunt said:
Mobile beer vendors would be a good idea.

Not sure if the companies that provide this service (MJRTOM is the one I've seen in a lot of other sporting/concert venues) would want to take over the whole catering side of things, rather than just provide a dozen backpacks for every game. :shrug@
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For ****s sake don't mention back packs. With all this multiculturalism going on at GP I'd sh*t myself if I sat next to a certain individual with a back pack.
 

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The one great thing about Loftus Road is that you are right on top of the pitch. But it is really cramped and the I am led to believe (ahem) that the scenes behind the main stand during our game against QPR in 2001-02 was one of carnage. I am 'reliably informed' that it was like a cross between Needlepark, Zurich c.1989, Hamsterdam in The Wire and those gin pictures from about 200 years ago - referring to disorder and people being out of it (probably mainly alcohol related) rather than anything else.
 

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Improving the Griffin Park Experience

I'm sure those doing the searching of bags etc could do so with a little bit more personality rather than giving the impression that every person coming in with a bag is carrying a stash of weaponry that they plan to unleash on the away fans.
 

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busheybee said:
I'm sure those doing the searching of bags etc could do so with a little bit more personality rather than giving the impression that every person coming in with a bag is carrying a stash of weaponry that they plan to unleash on the away fans.
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Well we will be for the Fucham game.

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Can we please allow bottle tops to be left on the bottles please?

Those numpties that threw the bottles on the pitch last season have a lot to answer for..... :mad2:

How the hell can you hold a freezing cold bottle of water, in a stand with 2500 people, and not see it fall over once or twice? This needs sorting out please BFCOfficial. Thanks.
 

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Give the Wendy House to home fans, and put the opposition in the New Road Stand (with no more than 1,100 seats) next to the Ealing Road terrace, that would improve my match day experience.
 

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Wickerman said:
Give the Wendy House to home fans, and put the opposition in the New Road Stand (with no more than 1,100 seats) next to the Ealing Road terrace, that would improve my match day experience.
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that would cost the club a lot more money in ground staff and how would the away fans get in?
 

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By using a walkway, that can be locked at the end of the game so home fans can get to the pubs first.
 

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Improving the Griffin Park Experience

You went to Loftus Rd of your own volition when Brentford were playing in another part of London. Whether it was free or not is not an excuse. Unbelievable..... :nono:
 

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Sheerwater Bee said:
You went to Loftus Rd of your own volition when Brentford were playing in another part of London. Whether it was free or not is not an excuse. Unbelievable..... :nono:
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There were less than 2,000 Brentford fans there yesterday:thetruth:

So what were the other 8,500 Bees doing yesterday who will be at Fulham??

Shopping:nono:

Cleaning the car:nono:

Visting relatives:nono::nono:

DIY on the house:nono:

Sitting at home scratching their arses:nono:

So I am the bad guy who got a free three course meal, a load of beers and to watch a bit of football that wasnt Brentfordlol

Have over 1250 loyalty pointslol
 

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We're not talking about anyone else. Dress it up as much as you want it's just plain wrong. Even if they offered me a grand, free champagne and a load of dolly birds for the day, I still wouldn't step foot inside that ground unless Brentford were playing. You'd of been better off doing what everyone else was doing as you listed above.

Treason, that's what I'd call it.... or maybe you just bottled it and got a touch of the Millwall flu... lol lol
 

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wanderer paul said:
Can we please allow bottle tops to be left on the bottles please?

Those numpties that threw the bottles on the pitch last season have a lot to answer for..... :mad2:

How the hell can you hold a freezing cold bottle of water, in a stand with 2500 people, and not see it fall over once or twice? This needs sorting out please BFCOfficial. Thanks.
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you take a spare bottle top in with you.sorted.
 

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wanderer paul said:
Can we please allow bottle tops to be left on the bottles please?

Those numpties that threw the bottles on the pitch last season have a lot to answer for..... :mad2:

How the hell can you hold a freezing cold bottle of water, in a stand with 2500 people, and not see it fall over once or twice? This needs sorting out please BFCOfficial. Thanks.
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Just put it in your pocket :shrug:
 

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Hullbee said:
There were less than 2,000 Brentford fans there yesterday:thetruth:

So what were the other 8,500 Bees doing yesterday who will be at Fulham??
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Well I bet they weren't watching QPR. Seems a strange thing for a Brentford supporter to do. If I was offered a corporate at a premier league club there is no way I'd go instead of watching the Bees, especially in a London derby.
 

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Hullbee said:
Nope I was someones guest:wave::wave::wave::wave::wave:
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And to think you have the temerity to tell me to sit down, hang your head in shame. I'm sure deep down you know how wrong you are and once you acknowledge you can start a long road to redemption.
Listen you've done something awful but we've been taught to hate the sin but love the sinner and none of us are perfect. lol
 
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