[maccawozzagod]

you are somewhat limited what you can do with the Crown regardless of footfall. It doesn't lend itself to a natural viewing angle for anything in particular.

There are niches available that aren't exploited for whatever reason by anybody. A quick example would be a comedy night. Every week. A one off doesn't appeal all that much as word has to get around. But if, say, every sunday evening was to become comedy night (rather than the usual saturday afternoon) then word gets around and it becomes 'the' niche venue for that. It could also become the towns Premier venue for hosting band nights of whatever ilk. I wanted to book a Bon Jovi tribute band for my 30th birthday but the cost was too much. They wanted around a thousand pounds plus accomodation expenses if they weren't in the area the night before. If a venue was to pay that they aren't limited to a particular weekend and the first expense can be met by 200 people paying a fiver each. Would 200 people attend a well publicised event like that in a proper club? Probably. The point is that there aren't any venues in Accrington any more that are willing to go to the lengths that we could. But the clubhouse at the moment couldn't host those sort of events well enough to become a money maker.