Certified Legendary Thread Roos lodge plans for massive Arden St upgrade

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I'm there pretty much weekly and there is **** all people around.

I also know the club have run the numbers and it doesn't ads up.

It's a BigFooty meme is all.
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I’ve never seen the appeal of a proper cafe at Arden St. As long as there are consistently food trucks around for the VFL/AFLW games I.e the times when people are actually around - that should be perfectly fine.

Something I’ve wondered about: is there any on site catering for players? After training lunches, that sort of thing? Do any clubs do that?
Wtf! We even have an espresso machine at the bee club to serve coffee on the one day a month when the market is on.

It cost nothing when your not using it. Power it up the morning of market day and stock aome fresh beans. As for a food servery even a match or training day kiosk is better than nothing. Virtually every country football club has said facilities.

Sure you can compliment it with food trucks and the like for variety but its a no brainier in my experience.
 
Wtf! We even have an espresso machine at the bee club to serve coffee on the one day a month when the market is on.

It cost nothing when your not using it. Power it up the morning of market day and stock aome fresh beans. As for a food servery even a match or training day kiosk is better than nothing. Virtually every country football club has said facilities.

Sure you can compliment it with food trucks and the like for variety but its a no brainier in my experience.
I’m not really the best person to debate this topic - I’m never there and am quite unlikely to ever be there. I would only say that as long as match days are being catered to a reasonable standard, I don’t think anything else is needed. No issues with people who feel otherwise.
 
A cafe could bring additional revenue and also work experience/hospo training through the huddle.

A Cafe won't bring additional revenue, it'll cost us revenue.

Childcare in the new Arden precinct is the go
 
Don't see too many go broke. Fitness is the other I would look at.

Beauty of childcare is the govt subsidies. Fitness pretty saturated market as is but if we get first mover advantage aye.

Hospitality aka a Cafe is such low margins and high failure rate.
 

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Arden St will remain our permanent home.

Spectator seating is a part of the plans long term. Ideally a couple of additional grandstands.

Permanent food and drink selling amenities will be incorporated.

Second oval.

The 40,000 additional residents of the precinct will require further recreational facilities.
The bit about residents needing recreational facilities hits a bit different now we are discussing whether Vic Park should be allowed to keep hosting professional football given how extensively it is used all week as a public space. Yes there is an opportunity, but it’s a balancing act.
 
Around 75% of cafes fail in their first year. Right now, even mature businesses in this sector are failing at the highest rate on record.

Think gokangas saying you don't see many childcare businesses go broke
 
“And so it's going to be a significant project, but you're absolutely right. Some grand stands would be great. We don't even have a tuck shop at the moment”

“You've got to bring food trucks in, which is fun, but we need to have some more amenity there. So that'll all happen in the next period of time.”


From Roos on Radio: Jen Watt on SEN - November 13, 2024, 13 Nov 2024
 
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“And so it's going to be a significant project, but you're absolutely right. Some grand stands would be great. We don't even have a tuck shop at the moment”

“You've got to bring food trucks in, which is fun, but we need to have some more amenity there. So that'll all happen in the next period of time.”


From Roos on Radio: Jen Watt on SEN - November 13, 2024, 13 Nov 2024
Extra points for the use of "tuck shop"
 
“And so it's going to be a significant project, but you're absolutely right. Some grand stands would be great. We don't even have a tuck shop at the moment”

“You've got to bring food trucks in, which is fun, but we need to have some more amenity there. So that'll all happen in the next period of time.”


From Roos on Radio: Jen Watt on SEN - November 13, 2024, 13 Nov 2024
... dims sims?
 

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