Gigs back at sol

Tex said:
I have it on authority that the concerts did net a profit but it was a ridiculously small profit given the names we attracted, and demonstrative of what a shit job Hutchison did that the profit, such as it was, was so small.

I’ve never claimed to be ITK on anything when it comes to SAFC but this is from a cast iron unimpeachable source. The pitiful net gain was entirely down to GH botching the whole thing.

Same source said the night before the league cup final GH was in London with all the top dogs out on the lash. He insisted on going to the casino and got bladdered and left his jacket in there ... with everyone’s tickets for the match. Had to go knocking on the door of the casino early the next morning and luckily found a cleaner who let them in to retrieve jacket and tickets. The useless gonk.
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Similar to what I've heard although not the jacket in the casino bit. When we kicked the concerts off we simply rented out the ground but GH decided to set up his own company within Sunderland to run the thing and got things badly wrong that the profit came from the council support. The fact that Durham Cricket Club could make a decent profit on a smaller venue on the likes of Little Mix does raise the question of how inept he must have been.
 


Farfrom Athletic said:
Can’t see how they could possibly lose money on the concerts. You’d need to try very hard not to turn a profit I’d have thought.

Just what the hell has been going on behind the scenes this last few years?
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That was my view when they cancelled them, marra. Didn't know they'd shit canned the Stones, tho. Shameful. What a coup, that would've been for the city!
 
You need a different team to oversee concerts. Big gigs need experts in that area. I just don't think SAFC ever had that kind of savvy team in place. It's not London and the music business is brutal. Hiring a PA and sound-man needs to be done by people in the industry.

He probably out-sourced the whole operation as SAFC had zero experience setting up such an event. That plus the skimming resulted in SAFC making tens of thousands instead of hundreds.
 

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