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I thought the cloaks were an excellent idea, very fresh and really what I think the sport needs. It needs a kick in the theatrical arse, and this was just that.

 

Call it corny, call it tacky, it works. I loved it.

 

Absolutely fair enough if you enjoyed it then i'm sincerely glad for you.

 

Personally myself when i go to a sporting event or watch it on tv i want to see sport not pantomime. I seriously doubt any sport needs their participants popping out of black cloaks in order to improve it!!! ok maybe WWE American wrestling might be the only exception but then again that's 0% sport and 100% pantomime.

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Its beyond me that after years of not being allowed to take your own drink or food into stadiums that people try and still moan when their caught!!!

 

Stop being so tight and buy it in there, the pints are only about a quid more than the pub and how many pints are you realistically gonna drink in the stadium? Five? Thats a fiver more, infact probs less as i was paying 3.70odd a pint before going in the stadium. Also 7 quid odd for a burger king, cheaper than the stadium!

 

People just moan over anything.

You have a point! but a lot of people now support footy as well so over a year its a dear job.If things were more realistic food and drink would they sell more? i think so.
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Most football grounds remove tops from plastic soft drink or water bottles so you can carry the bottle back to the seat/terrace. Wily old supporters carry a couple of spare bottletops with them.thereby completing the health and safety farcical circle.

 

I'm certainly not old but i have to admit i do this very thing at Arsenal where i have a season ticket. I've got a bottle top thing that goes on my keyring, and hey presto, it comes into play once i'm past the stewards. Not had any problems. Still daft though - my bottle throwing days have long gone now..

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It's not hard, just don't queue to be searched and walk straight in.

The turnstile we walked in were searching everyone who had a bag or a coat, bit suspicious having a coat in that weather!!

 

I know you can't take bottles in to most venues but this is speedway not football, they let you take any drink to your seat if you have bought it in the stadium.

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The turnstile we walked in were searching everyone who had a bag or a coat, bit suspicious having a coat in that weather!!

 

Not really depending on where you've just travelled from and where you are going after the meeting.

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It's not hard, just don't queue to be searched and walk straight in.

 

This year was very funny. No queue, so I had no choice for the bag to be searched (my attempt to walk past him didn't work), but still waltzed in with my food & drink - they're not very thorough at checking. :wink:

 

All the best

Rob

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Biggest rip off is the programme at £10

 

the previous two saturdays I was at Wembley and Twickenham for football and rugby playoff finals. The progs there were £6, just as well produced with about the same editorial / adverts mix. Production numbers would have been similar for Wembley (40000 attendance), maybe more for Twick (80000 crowd), but that programme had 3d pictures in it and came with a free flag

 

Mate of mine went to Amsterdam for the europa league final - prog 7 euros, also about £6

 

Why was the GP one so much more - not even produced in a rush late on friday (except for the insert sheet) as we had to write in the riding order ourselves

 

(and yes, I know I could've just printed off a sheet off this site, but that's not the point)

 

Polish GP programmes are about £3 but they do vary country to country, cost of producing the programmes is dirt cheap so the mark up is horrendous.

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PERSONALLY I also think £10 is too much for a programme but the ones Pinegen (Speedway Star) handle on behalf of BSI are certainly not dirt cheap to produce. The quality of paper, perfect binding, printing in Denmark, transportation, translations, editorial content, production charges, etc all add up

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FOR logistical reasons ... more practical to use one printer for the ones we do (Gothenburg, Cardiff, Copenhagen, SWC Final, Italy and Stockholm) and transportation from Denmark is more convenient and allows us better deadlines. Obviously the New Zealand programme is printed there.

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Biggest rip off is the programme at £10

 

the previous two saturdays I was at Wembley and Twickenham for football and rugby playoff finals. The progs there were £6, just as well produced with about the same editorial / adverts mix. Production numbers would have been similar for Wembley (40000 attendance), maybe more for Twick (80000 crowd), but that programme had 3d pictures in it and came with a free flag

 

Mate of mine went to Amsterdam for the europa league final - prog 7 euros, also about £6

 

Why was the GP one so much more - not even produced in a rush late on friday (except for the insert sheet) as we had to write in the riding order ourselves

 

(and yes, I know I could've just printed off a sheet off this site, but that's not the point)

Got to agree with this post ! Been to every GP at Cardiff and used to buy a program.I havn't bought one for the last 5 years now as the price has ramped up and alot of the information, rider profiles and particularly GP statistics are exactly the same every year.Went to the ICC champions trophy cricket at Edgbaston yesterday,program 82 pages,full colour,good interviews and interesting stats,all for £5.If i'm ever going to buy a program at Cardiff again this is what I'm looking for.
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Got to agree with this post ! Been to every GP at Cardiff and used to buy a program.I havn't bought one for the last 5 years now as the price has ramped up and alot of the information, rider profiles and particularly GP statistics are exactly the same every year.Went to the ICC champions trophy cricket at Edgbaston yesterday,program 82 pages,full colour,good interviews and interesting stats,all for £5.If i'm ever going to buy a program at Cardiff again this is what I'm looking for.

 

I got a better idea, buy a Speedy Star.

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In my immediate vicinity at the Stadium ... There were three people filling in homemade print outs, two Speedway Stars and two Programmes.

 

The bizarre pricing at £10 seems to have gone beyond the tipping point where the high price is limiting the possible sales to such degree that BSI are now losing out on potential revenue.

Not a sign of a well run business.

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In my immediate vicinity at the Stadium ... There were three people filling in homemade print outs, two Speedway Stars and two Programmes.

 

The bizarre pricing at £10 seems to have gone beyond the tipping point where the high price is limiting the possible sales to such degree that BSI are now losing out on potential revenue.

Not a sign of a well run business.

Ther certainly would`t have sold double the number at £5 so i would think they are not too unhappy-same equivalent price in Denmark and Sweden GP`s.

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Not surprising they are expensive in Denmark + Sweden.Expect the same next year in Finland as well.But i wonder why Denmark for printing them?Surely if they are going to be printed abroad somewhere cheaper like Poland or Czech Republic etc can be found?I remember getting a very good programme for the Jancarz Memorial in Gorzow,so it isn't as if they don't have decent printers

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