alexukhc Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Clues in the name.. are we doing any? And how do we book if there are? My son has never been to the gate and ideally like to take him before breaking his heart gently, as aim to get us both season tickets next season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shauntaylor85 Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Great point, I did an Arsenal tour recently and it was well managed and easy to do. Not even hosted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattjb Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Says coming soon on the website . you get to see a fair bit of the stadium as part of the mascot package (u12s only), and parents do to. Might be a bit early for him though if he’s never been before. Can thoroughly recommend it though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted February 8 Author Report Share Posted February 8 1 minute ago, Shauntaylor85 said: Great point, I did an Arsenal tour recently and it was well managed and easy to do. Not even hosted. I did similar a couple years ago at Arsenal, didn’t even book was so easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted February 8 Author Report Share Posted February 8 9 minutes ago, mattjb said: Says coming soon on the website . you get to see a fair bit of the stadium as part of the mascot package (u12s only), and parents do to. Might be a bit early for him though if he’s never been before. Can thoroughly recommend it though Absolutely want to do that in the future but not just yet as you said not been before 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattredrobin Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 46 minutes ago, mattjb said: Says coming soon on the website . you get to see a fair bit of the stadium as part of the mascot package (u12s only), and parents do to. Might be a bit early for him though if he’s never been before. Can thoroughly recommend it though Yes we are doing this for the Cardiff game my lad and my nephew are mascots, they both can't wait, hoping it won't be too much for them and they've both been going to games for a while now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattjb Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Just now, Mattredrobin said: Yes we are doing this for the Cardiff game my lad and my nephew are mascots, they both can't wait, hoping it won't be too much for them and they've both been going to games for a while now They will love it! They will probably get a bit nervous prior to going out on the pitch but that’s normal for them. My girl did it for her 11th birthday, said it was the best day ever! Make sure they’ve got something for the players to sign, I left it a bit last minute and had to buy a city calendar and pen on the day. Loads of photo opportunities before ko when you go around the stadium but they don’t allow photos in the changing room. It’s a great day for both the kids and the adults and something City do well in my opinion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 8 Admin Report Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, alexukhc said: Clues in the name.. are we doing any? And how do we book if there are? My son has never been to the gate and ideally like to take him before breaking his heart gently, as aim to get us both season tickets next season. My advice would be to ask @JerrySLO in the sub section He has largely been responsible for arranging and giving them in the recent past 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 16 minutes ago, phantom said: My advice would be to ask @JerrySLO in the sub section He has largely been responsible for arranging and giving them in the recent past Is there much point in that section anymore? It seems a lot of questions are answered by yourself, which is a good thing on your part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj77 Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 I've been a couple of times through my son's football teams. I can't remember the name of the contact but he was brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEd73 Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Jerry organises stadium tours throughout the year, and occasionally during school holidays. I went on one with the kids in October 2022. You can reach out to Jerry at SLO@bcfc.co.uk (email on the website so I'm not offering you any contact details that are not already "out there") to enquire when he might have availability for a tour. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Done it years ago with my kids before the gate was redeveloped as part of the mascot package was really good kids ( and me ) loved it , also done corporate before and after ground redevelopment and always had a great time good food good company with good friends usually followed by a shite result 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattredrobin Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 On 08/02/2024 at 11:09, mattjb said: They will love it! They will probably get a bit nervous prior to going out on the pitch but that’s normal for them. My girl did it for her 11th birthday, said it was the best day ever! Make sure they’ve got something for the players to sign, I left it a bit last minute and had to buy a city calendar and pen on the day. Loads of photo opportunities before ko when you go around the stadium but they don’t allow photos in the changing room. It’s a great day for both the kids and the adults and something City do well in my opinion. Thanks for advice i will get him something for the players to sign, we did a stadium tour of old trafford ( Brother-in-law is a united fan) they got the kids to walk out the tunnel with the music playing my lad was buzzing and that was in an empty stadium so god knows what he is going to be like at our ground when its full. Glad your daughter enjoyed it. I'm sure it will be a memory she will never forget 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 5 minutes ago, Mattredrobin said: Thanks for advice i will get him something for the players to sign, we did a stadium tour of old trafford ( Brother-in-law is a united fan) they got the kids to walk out the tunnel with the music playing my lad was buzzing and that was in an empty stadium so god knows what he is going to be like at our ground when its full. Glad your daughter enjoyed it. I'm sure it will be a memory she will never forget I led the away team out when Joe and I did the tour. 30 people formed the Man Utd line, Joe led them out, 4 of us the away team. I pretended I was Gerrard leading Liverpool out. The OT tour is well done. They made a big fuss of Joe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattredrobin Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Love this Dave what an experience. You are right it was really well done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 9 Admin Report Share Posted February 9 On the subject of stadium tours I'm taking a friend to her first England game at Wembley in a few weeks against Brazil, we're staying London and doing the Wembley tour the Sunday morning - has anyone been on it? The last Wembley tour I went on was just after we lost to Stoke before the rebuild 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fpcity Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 I remember during the development me and a friend were near so took a look. Think it was a Sunday and the doors to the south stand were open. So we looked inside and saw a guy working, he was like come on in! So we had a little walk around before getting caught Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattredrobin Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 1 hour ago, phantom said: On the subject of stadium tours I'm taking a friend to her first England game at Wembley in a few weeks against Brazil, we're staying London and doing the Wembley tour the Sunday morning - has anyone been on it? The last Wembley tour I went on was just after we lost to Stoke before the rebuild Doing the tour at some point this year,let me know what its like, We are going to the Brazil game too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashton Fete Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 7 hours ago, phantom said: On the subject of stadium tours I'm taking a friend to her first England game at Wembley in a few weeks against Brazil, we're staying London and doing the Wembley tour the Sunday morning - has anyone been on it? The last Wembley tour I went on was just after we lost to Stoke before the rebuild Yeah did this a few months ago with my lad, really well done with some nice little extras to make it special for kids 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted February 9 Author Report Share Posted February 9 Shame on the club, guess it’s coming soon, but nothing going on this weekend well we got an away game and rugby us on tonight, missed opportunity n that! Off to the Roman baths instead but hopefully Rocco will get his opportunity soon, to visit the ground and to watch us too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shauntaylor85 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 On 08/02/2024 at 10:15, mattjb said: Says coming soon on the website . you get to see a fair bit of the stadium as part of the mascot package (u12s only), and parents do to. Might be a bit early for him though if he’s never been before. Can thoroughly recommend it though What is the mascot package like? Do you as parents get to meet the players etc? Where do you sit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Didn't the old OS website used to tell you about the coffee shop, sports bar and stadium tours? Nothing on there at all now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 8 hours ago, phantom said: On the subject of stadium tours I'm taking a friend to her first England game at Wembley in a few weeks against Brazil, we're staying London and doing the Wembley tour the Sunday morning - has anyone been on it? The last Wembley tour I went on was just after we lost to Stoke before the rebuild I've done the Wembley tour twice. It's really good. The guides are excellent and it's very relaxed, plenty of time for photos etc and it was professionally done with just the right amount of facts without being boring or overly educational if you know what I mean. Sometimes certain areas maybe out of bounds due to events or work being done. The first tour the Royal box was, but when I went again a year or so later I got to lift a replica FA Cup I've also done the West Ham/London stadium tour a couple of years ago. That was really good too. I would like to do the Spurs one at some point. I'm not a fan, just like seeing new grounds. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattjb Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 2 hours ago, Shauntaylor85 said: What is the mascot package like? Do you as parents get to meet the players etc? Where do you sit? You do the tour around the changing rooms etc with the kids then you go off up to the Heineken lounge whilst the kids meet the players. The kids meet you up at the Heineken lounge for some grub then they go off to get ready for going out for kick off with a bit of a warm up on the side off the pitch . They go out with the players at the start of the game and you take your seats in front of the Heineken lounge . They then bring the kids up to you afterwards . that’s about the long and short of it if it’s still the same . you get photographer photos of them about a week later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 Regarding City, I've been lucky enough to have been in our changing rooms etc and have seen a lot of behind the scenes stuff that is out of bounds. It is very interesting and surprising. I've also been in hospitality in the Lansdown and Heineken Lounges, and I think it's a real shame that some people haven't seen the facilities we have. I don't mean this in a 'look at me I've had hospo' sort of way, but I just remember how absolutely mind blown I was when I was shown these areas for the first time after the redevelopment. The attention to detail and quality rivals most hotels. Jerry does do occasional tours, but it's very ad hoc. If you got access to a child's football team, eg a parent or something you got a chance that way. Similarly I know he has taken overseas visitors or very ill people on a tour as a 'bucket list' request. But in general there is no paid for tour you can book online which is a shame. I'm hoping one day to see the HPC but that is very locked down but occasional tours happen there I believe. Like I said there are stadium tours occasionally, mainly in the school holidays. I don't know why the club thinks only kids are interested and excludes everyone else pretty much. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Rich Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 On 08/02/2024 at 10:07, alexukhc said: Clues in the name.. are we doing any? And how do we book if there are? My son has never been to the gate and ideally like to take him before breaking his heart gently, as aim to get us both season tickets next season. Where are you going to get tickets? Which Stand? I've just moved back to Bristol after 8 years in California and aiming to get a season ticket trying to decide where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 40 minutes ago, BCFC Rich said: Where are you going to get tickets? Which Stand? I've just moved back to Bristol after 8 years in California and aiming to get a season ticket trying to decide where. Lansdown is the best stand by far - I’ve been in all of them over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 51 minutes ago, RedM said: Regarding City, I've been lucky enough to have been in our changing rooms etc and have seen a lot of behind the scenes stuff that is out of bounds. It is very interesting and surprising. I've also been in hospitality in the Lansdown and Heineken Lounges, and I think it's a real shame that some people haven't seen the facilities we have. I don't mean this in a 'look at me I've had hospo' sort of way, but I just remember how absolutely mind blown I was when I was shown these areas for the first time after the redevelopment. The attention to detail and quality rivals most hotels. Jerry does do occasional tours, but it's very ad hoc. If you got access to a child's football team, eg a parent or something you got a chance that way. Similarly I know he has taken overseas visitors or very ill people on a tour as a 'bucket list' request. But in general there is no paid for tour you can book online which is a shame. I'm hoping one day to see the HPC but that is very locked down but occasional tours happen there I believe. Like I said there are stadium tours occasionally, mainly in the school holidays. I don't know why the club thinks only kids are interested and excludes everyone else pretty much. With regard to the HPC I wonder if tours could be arranged with Jerry during the now brief close season. Perhaps small parties shown around for a donation to the foundation or children’s hospice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 Just now, Countryfile said: With regard to the HPC I wonder if tours could be arranged with Jerry during the now brief close season. Perhaps small parties shown around for a donation to the foundation or children’s hospice? This would be good. I'm sure people would be willing to pay/donate. I would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old School B block Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 school holidays next week. Stadium tours should be available. I know my boy would love it. Missed a trick here City 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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