Comments on: It is facilities that maketh a club http://www.soccerwires.com/2009/04/it-is-facilities-that-maketh-a-club/ The Business of Soccer Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:59:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Finding sponsors requires sound analysis | Soccerwires.com http://www.soccerwires.com/2009/04/it-is-facilities-that-maketh-a-club/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Finding sponsors requires sound analysis | Soccerwires.com Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:36:46 +0000 http://www.soccerwires.com/?p=96#comment-243 [...] end objective. This is one sector that is bullish even now so our clubs must target firms such as Murray & Roberts who have healthy order books due to the frenetic government construction taking place in Gauteng in [...] [...] end objective. This is one sector that is bullish even now so our clubs must target firms such as Murray & Roberts who have healthy order books due to the frenetic government construction taking place in Gauteng in [...]

]]> By: As in other businesses communication is also vital in soccer | Soccerwires.com http://www.soccerwires.com/2009/04/it-is-facilities-that-maketh-a-club/comment-page-1/#comment-196 As in other businesses communication is also vital in soccer | Soccerwires.com Mon, 25 May 2009 12:13:58 +0000 http://www.soccerwires.com/?p=96#comment-196 [...] clubs great. I also mentioned a while back how the talk and excitement surrounding the proposed Amakhosi Stadium, Chiefs Ambitious new Stadium-building project which would be a first for South Africa, quietly [...] [...] clubs great. I also mentioned a while back how the talk and excitement surrounding the proposed Amakhosi Stadium, Chiefs Ambitious new Stadium-building project which would be a first for South Africa, quietly [...]

]]> By: CSI. It's time our soccer understood what this stands for | Soccerwires.com http://www.soccerwires.com/2009/04/it-is-facilities-that-maketh-a-club/comment-page-1/#comment-185 CSI. It's time our soccer understood what this stands for | Soccerwires.com Fri, 22 May 2009 09:32:14 +0000 http://www.soccerwires.com/?p=96#comment-185 [...] is real strategy behind it besides scoring a few quick publicity points. Clubs have to to start corporate social investment (CSI) programmes in order to meaningfully give back to the communities that support them because by [...] [...] is real strategy behind it besides scoring a few quick publicity points. Clubs have to to start corporate social investment (CSI) programmes in order to meaningfully give back to the communities that support them because by [...]

]]> By: Mozambique builds first national stadium ahead of 2010 | Soccerwires.com http://www.soccerwires.com/2009/04/it-is-facilities-that-maketh-a-club/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Mozambique builds first national stadium ahead of 2010 | Soccerwires.com Tue, 19 May 2009 13:17:52 +0000 http://www.soccerwires.com/?p=96#comment-157 [...] Stadium is presently the only stadium hosting national team games. With an estimated 30,000 sitting capacity, the stadium is in fact too [...] [...] Stadium is presently the only stadium hosting national team games. With an estimated 30,000 sitting capacity, the stadium is in fact too [...]

]]> By: Soccer must spread all over South Africa | Soccerwires.com http://www.soccerwires.com/2009/04/it-is-facilities-that-maketh-a-club/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Soccer must spread all over South Africa | Soccerwires.com Mon, 18 May 2009 08:28:07 +0000 http://www.soccerwires.com/?p=96#comment-144 [...] What Multichoice did when they decided to invest into soccer was not to buy an established big soccer brand, but they instead bought an relatively unknown franchise which they then built up starting from the [...] [...] What Multichoice did when they decided to invest into soccer was not to buy an established big soccer brand, but they instead bought an relatively unknown franchise which they then built up starting from the [...]

]]> By: Soccer can learn a lot from the IPL | Soccerwires.com http://www.soccerwires.com/2009/04/it-is-facilities-that-maketh-a-club/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Soccer can learn a lot from the IPL | Soccerwires.com Mon, 04 May 2009 11:44:53 +0000 http://www.soccerwires.com/?p=96#comment-31 [...] Let’s start off with the ticket-technology. The IPL have got electronic scanners at the turnstiles so that you just scan your ticket instead of getting a section of it torn off. The advantage of this is that if you want to exit the stadium and come back again you can do so by just scanning your ticket on the way out and scanning it to enter again. There is a very big commercial advantage to this. It means that you can extend the event’s hospitality income to the maximum - well beyond the stadiums limited corporate VIP suites. [...] [...] Let’s start off with the ticket-technology. The IPL have got electronic scanners at the turnstiles so that you just scan your ticket instead of getting a section of it torn off. The advantage of this is that if you want to exit the stadium and come back again you can do so by just scanning your ticket on the way out and scanning it to enter again. There is a very big commercial advantage to this. It means that you can extend the event’s hospitality income to the maximum – well beyond the stadiums limited corporate VIP suites. [...]

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