OK, you have got your ticket, you know who is on the bill, and aside from the natural answers of well matched bouts and your guy winning what would make a show memorable for you.
Besides the above, what do you, as a paying fan, want from a boxing promotion ?
Or is the above enough to make it a great night/afternoon out.
What do you want ?
Re: What do you want ?
The same things you'd expect in any service industry:Lorn wrote:OK, you have got your ticket, you know who is on the bill, and aside from the natural answers of well matched bouts and your guy winning what would make a show memorable for you.
Besides the above, what do you, as a paying fan, want from a boxing promotion ?
Or is the above enough to make it a great night/afternoon out.
Good parking facillities.
Good seats with suitable viewing.
Good security to ensure ease of movement and to prevent individuals within the crowd from disrupting others' viewing pleasure (such as by standing up in front of them).
Well-priced food and beverage options.
Good service on the above - no silly queues and warm pints.
A good programme so you can find out information about boxers on the bill who you might not already be familiar with.
If there was a boxer on the bill I didn't know about I'd want to know his record and a brief biography about him as a boxer (style, titles, ambitions) and as a person (age, job, interests), as the human interest angle always works in terms of getting people's interest. Fans will get far more vocal in their support of someone if they know something about them.Lorn wrote:What kind of information, records etc ?
Good seating, Good action.Lorn wrote:Great point thanks !!!
I'm not one (sad I know) for Drinking and eating when watching live sport. I think there are a few guys still like me.
Thats one thing that really annoys me is when the lay fight fans (with money) get the expensive seats and only watch the main event.
If anybody saw Robinson vs Hamed in Cardiff, they'll remember the poor turnout for the precenting bout (which was Piper vs Noel Magee) and the world class bout which followed the dissapointing main event (a Prime Tony Pep vs Justin Juuko).
I'm not one (sad I know) for Drinking and eating when watching live sport. I think there are a few guys still like me.stujones wrote:Lorn wrote:Great point thanks !!!
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Can't say I am either, but I presume this thread is aimed at working out how to pull in the casual fans rather than the diehards, and so you have to think of these things.
Plus if you're in a allegedly 10-hour marathon show you'll need something to keep you going!
This may sound stupid but good organisation is important. It's very rare that the small hall shows I attend start on time, sometimes they are anything up to 30-45 minutes late. For people that have to be up early for work next morning this can be irritating because they get home at something close to midnight and are up at 6.
I also think a lot of promoters waste a good opportunity to promote their next show to an already captive audience. Invariably the promoter will know when their next date is and which boxers are likely to appear. A simple one-sided A5 flyer with "See us at our next show at so and so leisure centre featuring Blah Blah in the main event with x,y,z also appearing" might encourage fans to go to the next show.
I also think a lot of promoters waste a good opportunity to promote their next show to an already captive audience. Invariably the promoter will know when their next date is and which boxers are likely to appear. A simple one-sided A5 flyer with "See us at our next show at so and so leisure centre featuring Blah Blah in the main event with x,y,z also appearing" might encourage fans to go to the next show.