Apparently Harrisons show isnt selling..... wonder why??
Posted: 26 Oct 2004, 17:07
According to the BBCs website the Harrison fight this Friday is "far from a sell out" this has prompted Frank Maloney to say..
"It's important to sell out the fight not only to keep Scott Harrison fighting in Glasgow but also to keep Scottish boxing going well.
"We've got to get this so-called Tartan Army to come out and get behind him."
Well Franky speaking as a passionate member of this "so called tartan army" perhaps if you put on better, more competitive shows at locations where it was simple enough to get to, as opposed to shopping complexes on the west side out of glasgow where public transport doesnt run after 11pm and where theres no hope of getting a taxi, theres no tube station, no bus station and is situated in the middle of nowhere.
perhaps if you didnt change the dates to fridays to suit the tv companies. perhaps if you thought of the fans and insisted on them being on saturdays to allow more of us who live more than 10 miles away from glasgow to attend.
perhaps if you yourself had a bit more forward thinking in selling this show to the public, for example not putting it on at the end of a month, at a time when there have been 2 much better shows to attend in the past two weeks one of which was promoted by your own company just last week in edinburgh. perhaps if you realise that there is only a (smallish) finite boxing fanbase in scotland very few of which can afford to attend three high priced shows on three consecutive weeks at opposite ends of the country. Perhaps if the company which employs you werent so greedy to stage 2 shows in 2 weeks and expect sell out crowds at large venues each time.
Perhaps if you staged the show at a smaller capacity venue, as was originally planned using the Kelvin Hall, nicely situated right out side a tube station in the middle of Glasgow, with the tickets slightly cheaper, garunteeing a bigger crown in a smaller venue, generating a better atmpsphere, then maybe this memeber of the "so called tartan army" along with a few other foot soldiers would attend.
Fact of the matter is that the Scottish boxing community is behind Scott Harrison 100%. If the shows arent selling then look to yourself for the solutions.
"It's important to sell out the fight not only to keep Scott Harrison fighting in Glasgow but also to keep Scottish boxing going well.
"We've got to get this so-called Tartan Army to come out and get behind him."
Well Franky speaking as a passionate member of this "so called tartan army" perhaps if you put on better, more competitive shows at locations where it was simple enough to get to, as opposed to shopping complexes on the west side out of glasgow where public transport doesnt run after 11pm and where theres no hope of getting a taxi, theres no tube station, no bus station and is situated in the middle of nowhere.
perhaps if you didnt change the dates to fridays to suit the tv companies. perhaps if you thought of the fans and insisted on them being on saturdays to allow more of us who live more than 10 miles away from glasgow to attend.
perhaps if you yourself had a bit more forward thinking in selling this show to the public, for example not putting it on at the end of a month, at a time when there have been 2 much better shows to attend in the past two weeks one of which was promoted by your own company just last week in edinburgh. perhaps if you realise that there is only a (smallish) finite boxing fanbase in scotland very few of which can afford to attend three high priced shows on three consecutive weeks at opposite ends of the country. Perhaps if the company which employs you werent so greedy to stage 2 shows in 2 weeks and expect sell out crowds at large venues each time.
Perhaps if you staged the show at a smaller capacity venue, as was originally planned using the Kelvin Hall, nicely situated right out side a tube station in the middle of Glasgow, with the tickets slightly cheaper, garunteeing a bigger crown in a smaller venue, generating a better atmpsphere, then maybe this memeber of the "so called tartan army" along with a few other foot soldiers would attend.
Fact of the matter is that the Scottish boxing community is behind Scott Harrison 100%. If the shows arent selling then look to yourself for the solutions.
