ronniemac
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Post by ronniemac on Nov 27, 2017 13:01:18 GMT
I believe a new Holding Company and Director are about to be named imminently.
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gmac
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Nov 27, 2017 16:35:04 GMT
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Post by gmac on Nov 27, 2017 16:35:04 GMT
Mr Muir gets criticism regularly for his running of our club, but sometimes we should be thankful that we don't go through worrying times like Cap's and Hull a wee while back
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flyersforlife01
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Post by flyersforlife01 on Nov 27, 2017 17:33:21 GMT
Mr Muir gets criticism regularly for his running of our club, but sometimes we should be thankful that we don't go through worrying times like Cap's and Hull a wee while back With the support we get we should never fall into that category, the problem fans have is the potential is there for even more fans.
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Post by rookie on Nov 27, 2017 17:42:37 GMT
They certainly have a plan in place, albeit drastic. Local radio stations advertising a three game bundle for Cardiff, Coventry and Belfast home games. What would be £42 now down to £21.
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rossco
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Post by rossco on Nov 27, 2017 23:34:45 GMT
I believe a new Holding Company and Director are about to be named imminently. I should hope so or people seriously consider where there money is going on Sunday!
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Post by kivo1889 on Nov 28, 2017 20:48:14 GMT
To be honest don't think a new arena would make any difference to there crowds can go back to the 80s and 90s when they were really successful and the only time they got big crowds was same as now when fife venture over the water sadly it will always be like that Edinburgh is more a rugby and football city I think you could have said that about Sheffield, Nottingham, or Belfast before their arenas were built. I'm from Sheffield and it was always about Blades v Owls before the Arena was built in 1991. And while the Steelers struggle to fill the 1500 capacity Ice Sheffield they average 6000 in the arena. We only get die hard fans at IS, and the same die hard's at the arena + families with small kids, couples on dates, occasional fans who like the razzmatazz, groups of students, a lot more away fans, etc. The Sheff Hallam v Uni varsity hockey game sells out 9300 tickets every year too. I was in Edinburgh with my family a few weeks ago on a city break. Didn't see any trace of the Caps while we were there, and I had a look in those racks full of tourist leaflets in the hotel lobby etc. Edinburgh has a population similar to Sheffield and vastly more tourists passing though. I reckon a comfortable warm venue, even a smaller one like Braehead's would be a success.
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Post by coloradoflyer on Nov 29, 2017 8:17:32 GMT
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superpatsy
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Post by superpatsy on Nov 29, 2017 8:50:24 GMT
To be honest don't think a new arena would make any difference to there crowds can go back to the 80s and 90s when they were really successful and the only time they got big crowds was same as now when fife venture over the water sadly it will always be like that Edinburgh is more a rugby and football city I think you could have said that about Sheffield, Nottingham, or Belfast before their arenas were built. I'm from Sheffield and it was always about Blades v Owls before the Arena was built in 1991. And while the Steelers struggle to fill the 1500 capacity Ice Sheffield they average 6000 in the arena. We only get die hard fans at IS, and the same die hard's at the arena + families with small kids, couples on dates, occasional fans who like the razzmatazz, groups of students, a lot more away fans, etc. The Sheff Hallam v Uni varsity hockey game sells out 9300 tickets every year too. I was in Edinburgh with my family a few weeks ago on a city break. Didn't see any trace of the Caps while we were there, and I had a look in those racks full of tourist leaflets in the hotel lobby etc. Edinburgh has a population similar to Sheffield and vastly more tourists passing though. I reckon a comfortable warm venue, even a smaller one like Braehead's would be a success. I think the two biggest issues regarding a new venue for the Caps is where they'll get the money to build it and then where they are going to build it. They can't knock down the rink they have due to it being a listed building and Edinburgh is a pretty dense city with regards to buildings and free space so may struggle to find a suitable place for it.
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Post by Dirty Lyle on Nov 29, 2017 9:32:17 GMT
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Post by coloradoflyer on Dec 1, 2017 8:20:27 GMT
here is what has been added
CAPITALS HOCKEY LIMITED
Company number NI607910
Follow this company File for this company
Company Overviewfor CAPITALS HOCKEY LIMITED (NI607910)
Filing historyfor CAPITALS HOCKEY LIMITED (NI607910)
Peoplefor CAPITALS HOCKEY LIMITED (NI607910)
Insolvencyfor CAPITALS HOCKEY LIMITED (NI607910)
1 Insolvency case
Case number 1 — Compulsory liquidation
Petition date11 September 2017Commencement of winding up16 November 2017 Practitioner The Official Receiver Or Belfast Fermanagh House Ormeau Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim, BT2 8NJ
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Post by coloradoflyer on Dec 5, 2017 14:00:38 GMT
www.tailfordmeats.co.uk/our-staff/George Ferdinando is the name being branded around as director of a new ho0lding company that will be in charge of the caps does this look dodgy to anyone
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Post by riverrat on Dec 5, 2017 14:11:32 GMT
www.tailfordmeats.co.uk/our-staff/George Ferdinando is the name being branded around as director of a new ho0lding company that will be in charge of the caps does this look dodgy to anyone Haha. Spot the odd one out. The dodgy world of UK hockey.
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Post by kivo1889 on Dec 5, 2017 23:02:30 GMT
I think you could have said that about Sheffield, Nottingham, or Belfast before their arenas were built. I'm from Sheffield and it was always about Blades v Owls before the Arena was built in 1991. And while the Steelers struggle to fill the 1500 capacity Ice Sheffield they average 6000 in the arena. We only get die hard fans at IS, and the same die hard's at the arena + families with small kids, couples on dates, occasional fans who like the razzmatazz, groups of students, a lot more away fans, etc. The Sheff Hallam v Uni varsity hockey game sells out 9300 tickets every year too. I was in Edinburgh with my family a few weeks ago on a city break. Didn't see any trace of the Caps while we were there, and I had a look in those racks full of tourist leaflets in the hotel lobby etc. Edinburgh has a population similar to Sheffield and vastly more tourists passing though. I reckon a comfortable warm venue, even a smaller one like Braehead's would be a success. I think the two biggest issues regarding a new venue for the Caps is where they'll get the money to build it and then where they are going to build it. They can't knock down the rink they have due to it being a listed building and Edinburgh is a pretty dense city with regards to buildings and free space so may struggle to find a suitable place for it. I don't believe any of Sheffield, Nottingham, Belfast or Cardiff paid for their venues. They're just important tenants in multi purpose arenas that are successful in hosting lots of other stuff, from Disney on Ice to Walking With Dinosaurs, as well as major bands etc. Fair enough re your other points, I don't know enough about local conditions one way or the other. Damn shame about the wasted potential of the caps though.
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Post by coloradoflyer on Dec 6, 2017 8:05:43 GMT
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superpatsy
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Post by superpatsy on Dec 6, 2017 8:43:00 GMT
I think the two biggest issues regarding a new venue for the Caps is where they'll get the money to build it and then where they are going to build it. They can't knock down the rink they have due to it being a listed building and Edinburgh is a pretty dense city with regards to buildings and free space so may struggle to find a suitable place for it. I don't believe any of Sheffield, Nottingham, Belfast or Cardiff paid for their venues. They're just important tenants in multi purpose arenas that are successful in hosting lots of other stuff, from Disney on Ice to Walking With Dinosaurs, as well as major bands etc. Fair enough re your other points, I don't know enough about local conditions one way or the other. Damn shame about the wasted potential of the caps though. I'm not sure about Cardiff etc. regarding what else they have in the area for hosting events but Edinburgh is full of them so I'd be surprised if the cooncil splash out to build another one. They may be able to use some of the land that the SRU have around the stadium but I'd be surprised if they would give up more land for another rink when the other one can't be demolished (that I'm aware of). I'm not sure if they've tried before but they could maybe speak to Hearts about striking a deal where you get discounted ticket prices if you have a season ticket with Hearts. As long as it applies to away fans as well so I could use my Hearts ST to get cheaper tickets for when we play the Caps!
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