*** NKI Testimonial. Sunday 16th March 3pm ***

[Lefty]

You have to be careful these days. After all you wouldn't want cash going missing from the back office or the gate hinges stolen!  Would you? 🤔

[1 valve]

1 hour ago, SaddlebowRoad said:

could you elaborate at all

all four payment hatches were open at the box office

other than offer advance ticket sales i dont see what more could be done

its the same argument as getting away from the stadium afterwards down one road, the sheer number of people means it will take longer

there were probably twice as many people there yesterday as for a stars meeting 

 

Sorry. I should have said "the lack of sufficient admission facilities" Four being insufficient hence the 30 minute delay of the start to get folk in. 
However, credit where credit is due. Four is far more sufficient than the two at Leicester. 
And to close - it was great that NKI got such a great and well deserved turnout for his testimonial.

[Lefty]

23 hours ago, BluPanther said:

First meeting of the season, and the start time is pushed back 30 mins... 😂

Very surprised to read this. Over the years,  travelling from Wolves, I cosidered King's Lynn League matches always started promptly at some time between 7:55pm - 8:15pm. It was just the Programme showing 7:30pm that was incorrect. 😃

[Triple.H.]

I don't know if they do have separate queues for card/cash payments. But surely that's the way to do it.

I've been in so many queues at Speedway where people get to the front of the queue then fanny about trying to cobble together part of the entrance fee in small change. It's not like they don't advertise how much entry is.

[tellboy]

3 hours ago, 1 valve said:

Ok, so my journey time was quicker than expected,
Yes, I got a program,
Yes, I got to stand where I wanted too
Yes I appreciate it was a good day for NKI.
No, I did not appreciate the 30 minute delay to the start of the meeting due folk turning up late 
No I did not appreciate the lack of admission facilities which caused the long queues. 

The point promoters should recognise and act on, is that customers (sporting event or supermarket) do not like unreasonable length of queues to get in or pay for the prodct...Example, last week, went to premier league football match circa 50,000 attendance. Arrived at stadium gate 30 minutes prior to kick off, qued for less than five minutes to gain admission using pre purchased ticket, had a beer, a pie, took my seat 5 minutes before kick off...and guess what, the match started on time!. 

Surely, speedway can have some willingness to provide a quality product, start to finish instead of relying on the willingness of supporters to accept a poor offering. Which judging by the fall off in spectators over the past decade is the outcome of poor promotion is fast coming home to roost. 
 

The promotion obviously thought of the paying fans in this case by delaying the start for everyone getting in.Nobody anticipated the crowd being as big as it was did they?If they did I would go as far as to say they were a liar.

[SaddlebowRoad]

15 minutes ago, Triple.H. said:

I don't know if they do have separate queues for card/cash payments. But surely that's the way to do it.

I've been in so many queues at Speedway where people get to the front of the queue then fanny about trying to cobble together part of the entrance fee in small change. It's not like they don't advertise how much entry is.

yep they have clearly marked cash only, cash & card and card only hatches 

12 minutes ago, tellboy said:

The promotion obviously thought of the paying fans in this case by delaying the start for everyone getting in.Nobody anticipated the crowd being as big as it was did they?If they did I would go as far as to say they were a liar.

the fact that the programmes sold out so early says everything

[noaksey]

2 hours ago, Triple.H. said:

I don't know if they do have separate queues for card/cash payments. But surely that's the way to do it.

I've been in so many queues at Speedway where people get to the front of the queue then fanny about trying to cobble together part of the entrance fee in small change. It's not like they don't advertise how much entry is.

They had 1 marked cash and 3 card/cash yesterday