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shrub: The reason clubs are dying is the cost of the piss.
Why would i spend $10-$13 on a jug when i can goto supermarket and get a doz and I can smoke where I drink. When I can sink 3-4 jugs in an evening it soon adds up. 1 night at the local is the same as drinking 2x a week for a month at home.
Working clubs should be known for cheap piss and good food not the same slop i can get at a buffet from the 1970s.
SteveON:shrub: The reason clubs are dying is the cost of the piss.
Why would i spend $10-$13 on a jug when i can goto supermarket and get a doz and I can smoke where I drink. When I can sink 3-4 jugs in an evening it soon adds up. 1 night at the local is the same as drinking 2x a week for a month at home.
Working clubs should be known for cheap piss and good food not the same slop i can get at a buffet from the 1970s.
This world is getting less social, $12 for a jug is a bargain.
ChevronX: Howdy, the local "Workingmens Club" is having issues with not enough people. So wondering, what would keep you going and staying (ie spending good old fashioned money) at your local club?
"The Atlantis base, brings greetings from the pegasus galaxy, you may cut power to the gate!."- Dr Weir (Rising) New Zealand · Luke.Geek.NZ
crackrdbycracku: I think clubs are a great idea because they provide a meeting place of adults.
I think there are three main issues to manage; beer, transport, family.
Here is what I would do if I started or wanted to keep a club going.
Beer - It costs money. Why not pool resources and brew yourselves? Craft beer is is growing so why not cut costs and make it part of the club experience.
Transport - Nobody wants to drink and drive, good thing that. So either put the club somewhere suburban so people can walk or put on a shuttle or use the fact that you have member engagement to sort out a solution?
Family - It's a club, not a place where 18 to 25s go to score. Make it somewhere you can take the family and feel that everybody is going to be safe, sure we are selling alcohol but drunken louts are not tolerated. Games for everybody like pool, darts and xbox/ps3 for kids and grown ups too.
Food should sort itself out, if the RSA can run a buffet no reason another club can't.
Basically leverage the fact you have members who are engaged to make something that isn't just another pub.
If such a place existed and was accessible I'd be there 3 times a week.
Hope you do it.
"The Atlantis base, brings greetings from the pegasus galaxy, you may cut power to the gate!."- Dr Weir (Rising) New Zealand · Luke.Geek.NZ
ChevronX: Howdy, the local "Workingmens Club" is having issues with not enough people. So wondering, what would keep you going and staying (ie spending good old fashioned money) at your local club?
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