The BDO Annual General Meeting

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

Hire space lists it at 'from £15500'

Is that per day?
Bloody hell.

[trotter01]

I agree that the easy part is getting venues... The hard part is funding it.. I remember the Manchester ice hockey team playing at Manchester Arena.. Fantastic venue.. virtually bankrupted them..

So I'm definitely interested in the sponsorship and how they fund the prize money and everything..

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

I agree that the easy part is getting venues... The hard part is funding it.. I remember the Manchester ice hockey team playing at Manchester Arena.. Fantastic venue.. virtually bankrupted them..

So I'm definitely interested in the sponsorship and how they fund the prize money and everything..

I remember that time well. I was living in London at the time and used to go and watch the London Knights.
They had exactly the same issue.
The Docklands Arena was a fantastic venue, and used to be used for all sorts of concerts as well as the ice hockey.
The Knights were one of the league's best supported teams at the time, but ultimately couldn't make the maths work. The team folded when the old Superleague was restructured, and the last time I went past on the DLR when visiting the area a few years ago, there were flats where the arena used to be. If you didn't know of the history, you'd never know an arena had ever stood there.

[oche balboa]

I'm sure Des knows the score

[TimmyB]

A great initiative from Des to allow people to bring their own food and drink into the Indigo.

[Ginge]

A great initiative from Des to allow people to bring their own food and drink into the Indigo.

I hope none of them actually think they will be able to do that.

[nikkiboy]

Hire space lists it at 'from £15500'

Is that per day?
Bloody hell.

That's not bad for that size and they will be paying nowhere near that for a 9 day 10 year agreement.

[trotter01]

A great initiative from Des to allow people to bring their own food and drink into the Indigo.

I hope none of them actually think they will be able to do that.

I saw somebody who'd been to the AGM say you could bring your own food and drink.. Then hastily said they meant you could bring your own and eat and drink it outside the venue !!

[fling]

A great initiative from Des to allow people to bring their own food and drink into the Indigo.

I hope none of them actually think they will be able to do that.

I saw somebody who'd been to the AGM say you could bring your own food and drink.. Then hastily said they meant you could bring your own and eat and drink it outside the venue !!

Pretty sure you can do that anywhere in the world. I doubt that it is exclusive to the O2 Indigo.

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

Hire space lists it at 'from £15500'

Is that per day?
Bloody hell.

That's not bad for that size and they will be paying nowhere near that for a 9 day 10 year agreement.

I'd hope they're not paying anywhere near that or the ticket prices will be astronomical.

[mshaw2]

I'm sure Des knows the score

No, no, no, apparently he's just got a venue sorted without any of idea of how it's being funded.

[Black Velvet]

Fantastic news.

[ILAD]

I'm sure Des knows the score

No, no, no, apparently he's just got a venue sorted without any of idea of how it's being funded.

At least you get it, shame about the other mush.rooms.

[Zapp Brannigan]

Still find it odd that when there is any problem in the bdo it’s sportotals fault as they have a contract stating they must make all commercial deals for the bdo and will take the bdo to court if they try break it again.

But then when things are announced that are good news its Des that’s done it all and sportotal had nothing to do with it...

Also if the bdo is getting all ticket sales back they have hired the venue so it would be interesting to see how much they have paid for it. Screams of new era hoping to make money back in sales all over again

[oche balboa]

Make some calls

[ChrisW]

Still find it odd that when there is any problem in the bdo it’s sportotals fault as they have a contract stating they must make all commercial deals for the bdo and will take the bdo to court if they try break it again.

But then when things are announced that are good news its Des that’s done it all and sportotal had nothing to do with it...

Also if the bdo is getting all ticket sales back they have hired the venue so it would be interesting to see how much they have paid for it. Screams of new era hoping to make money back in sales all over again

I find it odd that when anything goes wrong it's Des and when anything positive happens it's sporttotal.

[oche balboa]

Yep its spun both ways.

[devosteve]

But who is doing the spinning?

[ILAD]

We get all the money from the ticket sales..........£2000

Venue hire........£10000


Well done Des.

[devosteve]

Anyway with all this good news do folks reckon little Richard and his team have blown it walking out just as the bdo is about to take off again?

Was a reason given at the agm for their decision?