I saw something the other day, I think it was on Football Insider so it's all rubbish, but it made me wonder what the reaction would be.Would people be happy if the club sold a sponsor naming rights for the new stand or part of the Villa Live area? If the money was to go to improving the playing squad and FFP rather than to offset build costs.I hate the very idea, but at the same time I can see how hard it is to compete on FFP without extra revenue. I think the Villa Live area might be better than the stand, especially if there's a music venue as that's quite normal to have a sponsor.I'm glad I don't have to decide if I'm honest!
As for Villa Live, I can't see any benefit for a sponsor in naming a very modestly sized drinking venue. If we can get a few quid fine, but I don't see it myself.
We've got the name of Doug fucking Ellis on one of our stands, there are very few sponsors we could find that would be as shit as that.
Quote from: chrisw1 on July 06, 2022, 09:33:20 AMAs for Villa Live, I can't see any benefit for a sponsor in naming a very modestly sized drinking venue. If we can get a few quid fine, but I don't see it myself.I think it's more if they have live music again really.
Quote from: paul_e on July 06, 2022, 09:29:32 AMWe've got the name of Doug fucking Ellis on one of our stands, there are very few sponsors we could find that would be as shit as that.Absolutely. 'The Scholl fungal nail cream stand' would be better than that.
Quote from: Dogtanian on July 06, 2022, 09:36:48 AMQuote from: chrisw1 on July 06, 2022, 09:33:20 AMAs for Villa Live, I can't see any benefit for a sponsor in naming a very modestly sized drinking venue. If we can get a few quid fine, but I don't see it myself.I think it's more if they have live music again really.Even so, who sponsors small music venues? If you're thinking o2, their sponsorship is with the Academy group, not individual small venues. I can't think of any other similar venues that are sponsored. We could potenially do a deal with the Academy Group or Box Park for them to run the venue for us, but I think that's doubtful.
Quote from: chrisw1 on July 06, 2022, 09:42:59 AMQuote from: Dogtanian on July 06, 2022, 09:36:48 AMQuote from: chrisw1 on July 06, 2022, 09:33:20 AMAs for Villa Live, I can't see any benefit for a sponsor in naming a very modestly sized drinking venue. If we can get a few quid fine, but I don't see it myself.I think it's more if they have live music again really.Even so, who sponsors small music venues? If you're thinking o2, their sponsorship is with the Academy group, not individual small venues. I can't think of any other similar venues that are sponsored. We could potenially do a deal with the Academy Group or Box Park for them to run the venue for us, but I think that's doubtful.So you don't think even our main shirt sponsors would pay more to increase their exposure to potential non-football audiences? If they build it and get the footfall, they will find a sponsor.Remember, this isn't some tiny independent bar that puts on a few acts, this is a massive commercial organisation with a team dedicated to going out and finding sponsorship partners for a whole range of things at the club.
Quote from: chrisw1 on July 06, 2022, 09:37:04 AMQuote from: paul_e on July 06, 2022, 09:29:32 AMWe've got the name of Doug fucking Ellis on one of our stands, there are very few sponsors we could find that would be as shit as that.Absolutely. 'The Scholl fungal nail cream stand' would be better than that. Maybe we could combine sponsor and illustrious player from the past?The Dwight Yorkie StandThe Juan Pablo Angel Delight StandThe Dion Visit Dublin StandThe Garry Parker Knoll Stand etc.