Re: South stand smoking ban : Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:44 am  

I could not go to the match yesterday so I am maybe misunderstanding the situation but I thought this was a Calderdale Council descision and nothing to do with the rugby club? It will be the same for the soccer and whoever else rents this public stadium .I am only surprised that you were actually allowed to smoke there as the majority of places like this have already enforced smoking bans.

Re: South stand smoking ban : Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:46 am  

faxlad66 wrote:

Yes but the poor bugger who has to clean the mess up that they leave behind is inconvenienced. Now the mess will be outside the ground for some other person to clean up, plus if they stay away from the game in view of a non smoking stadium they will go elsewhere where someone else has to clean it up again or alternatively they could just stay at home and mess their own homes up. On the other hand they could just watch the game for 80 minutes without having a fag......rant over

lots more mess left behind at the end of a game by everyone else, than smokers if look around the south stand as it empties.

Re: South stand smoking ban : Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:55 am  

johnny freeman fan club wrote:

I could not go to the match yesterday so I am maybe misunderstanding the situation but I thought this was a Calderdale Council descision and nothing to do with the rugby club? It will be the same for the soccer and whoever else rents this public stadium .I am only surprised that you were actually allowed to smoke there as the majority of places like this have already enforced smoking bans.

Correct, There is no smoking allowed on any Calderdale Premises.

Re: South stand smoking ban : Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:48 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

Correct, There is no smoking allowed on any Calderdale Premises.

except on the calderdale and kirklees health trust sites.

Re: South stand smoking ban : Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:59 pm  

swifty62 wrote:

except on the calderdale and kirklees health trust sites.

Correct, but no one dare tell them off.

Re: South stand smoking ban : Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:13 pm  

simple if people cant go 80 mins without a cig they have a serious problem, :p

Re: South stand smoking ban : Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:42 pm  

seanfax wrote:

simple if people cant go 80 mins without a cig they have a serious problem, :p

Its not that simple.My wife for example goes to around 5 home games.Part of the appeal
is to have a drink and a chat and a smoke and is prepared to miss 15 mins of match as she's not as interested
as we are.She has lost interest due to the way we now play but this means she wont go again
and her friend and sister sometimes come too.A guy stood at the hotdog stand told me this was his last match
too.

Re: South stand smoking ban : Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:44 pm  

Sean,

If this keeps people away then HRLFC have a serious problem !!!!!.

Do you not remember the damage to making Pubs non smoking did to the pub trade, that along with higher prices and cheaper supermarket booze has basically decimated pubs in the outskirts of halifax.

Imagine the same to the fans numbers, Lets be honest, Its not cheap for a Maximum of 2 hours for a family of 3, £30 in ( 2 adults, Kids go free ) Burger and chips, a few drinks and some change in the bucket, thats £50 gone. It could easily be a tipping point for the hoards or people who are ussually there at half time.

I can take it or leave it as far as smoking is concerned, but here is the Crux of it, I ENJOY a fag at half time after a couple of beers, Nerves are up and it adds to it for me. I will still attend but i can guarentee that this will knock at least 50 fans minimum off the gate( (£750) that they were already getting.

Re: South stand smoking ban : Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:52 pm  

Nothing to do with the club, get in touch with the council, or the stadium management.

Re: South stand smoking ban : Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:25 pm  

Malfax wrote:

Nothing to do with the club, get in touch with the council, or the stadium management.

Why woud I ?. In fact most people will just think, F It, i aint going. Do they miss out ?. In their eyes no they don't, Do the club miss out, yes on attendances.

The price of beer before was "nothing to do with the club" but look at what a difference it makes to people pon matchdays. I'm not saying the club can do anything about it but surely coming from the tennant is better than some random bloke off the street. Just a thought