just been informed that another small hall show in scotland has been cancelled. it was a show run by saltire promotions at greenock. it seems that it is getting harder to put these shows on. it was only 6 weeks ago that another show is scotland was pulled and that the fighters were added to josh taylors homecoming show because of struggling tickets sales at both shows. is this the same all over the country that small hall shows are being cancelled? or is this problem just around scotland ? what is needed in boxing is proper promoters, people who are willing to promote shows and alleviate the pressure on the boxers selling tickets. i wish that brad welsh would get properly involved in the professional boxing scene in scotland because he really can promote a show! he has had bigger attendances for amateur shows in edinburgh than any professional show in the last 10 years here.
I love a small hall show, but the problem I have with them is the pricing seems to be the exact Same structure as a FW or Hearn show. If I have £40 am I gonna buy a ticket to see Crolla win a world title or a couple of game kids fighting for an area title?
i understand but if everyone had that thinking then there would be no stars to end up on a fw or hearn show. warrington, quigg, flanagan etc all honed their skills on small hall shows
I agree with him. But you wont fill shows (and promotors pockets) on the basis that they "might" end up good. It has to be priced accordingly. Alex Morrison wants to charge me £15 more (as it includes a table buffet) to see guys just turned over as opposed to what I paid to see Burns/AJ/Simmons/Ogogo on the same card.
A big reason why they are struggling I'd because they don't cater for the grass root fan, and by that I mean you don't get child price tickets for children like you do at other sports. So that means when kids become adults they are not used to regularly attending boxing events so are less likely to get the urge to regularly go as adults. Can also say same about big boxing events.
The fan with no particular vested interest in a fighter is sadly not what the promoter is catering the shows for... Sure you guys know similar stories if you don't sell tickets you don't get on the shows especially on the left hand side of the bill. Even reasonable ticket sellers struggle after the initial debut when family,friends turn out in force. The pricing for kids is non-existent and that is a real shame.
Dave Coldwell used to have child prices although he's not active as a promoter it seems. Which suggest he was finding it a struggle. Although he had some horrendus luck with injury
A local small hall promoter to me lets me have half price tickets for my lad. After i spoke to him about prices for kids. Dave coldwell was doing kids for £10 with an adult and offers for forces in uniform.
