Post by blockseventeen on Nov 2, 2016 7:58:48 GMT
Just an update;
After taking advice from the good folk at TCW and various other opinions from around social media, we've decided to go about this 'loud & proud' campaign a little bit differently. In this past week, we've tried to get our name around by purely spamming anywhere that fans would take notice, we've had Ken/Paws/McGrattan re-tweet us and we've had posts in Facebook groups all over the place, The Cats Whiskers also included us in a blog post they did, which we appreciated. Whilst we've definitely peaked interest, it's been very hard to organize. In the Panthers previous game against the Capitals, it was incredibly hard to get any sort of atmosphere going after letting in the second and third goals but we still had a few people in the top of the block who were happily singing away and enjoying their night, not your usual happy clappers but people who didn't want to go home depressed after a loss. It didn't make a difference in the arena, but the people singing had fun.
The last week has made us realize that we're advertising the entire thing wrong, we're never going to make the arena noisy by getting all the 'loud' people into one block because then the rest of the arena will be very very quiet and we'll turn the block into a Coventry Blaze loud section, which in my honest opinion, sucks. We also want to eliminate all the 'problems' that the old block 18 had, which was ultimately it's downfall (24/7 singing, too much swearing, children not welcome, people bitching, abuse between fans), it's no wonder the block fizzled out in smoke and why GM turned it into an adult only gold block. We are NOT looking to become the same block as previously, we are not interested in singing 24/7 for the heck of it, we'd be quite happy to get a 'if you all hate the Steelers clap your hands' and 'just can't get enough' chants going mid-game (that don't fizzle out half way through) along with doing The Great Escape for the entire PK.
This is why, we've decided to start advertising for fans who are interested in joining a bunch of likeminded fans who want to create a family friendly community within the block, fans who are willing to sing/clap and those who genuinely enjoy doing so. We're hoping for people to join us who may not have been loud in the past but want to get involved, make new friends, have a good time at games, regardless of the result or performance on the ice. We currently have a private group of around 35 people who will be sitting in block 17 within organised rows/seats (row M/N/O - seats 10-20 for those who don't have Facebook, feel free to join us, tickets on sale on the 7th Nov) from the next Steelers game onwards. This group isn't just to organize the current season but a group that can have a discussion and decide on a permanent block for next season. We welcome fans who have current ST's in different blocks who are interested as we can help pay for the movement of ST's and even if you're not interested in moving seats this season, you are welcome to discuss the block for next season.
We're hoping that the current group (35 people) will continue to grow throughout the season so that we have a big community of 200+ people willing to sit near eachother and be the difference that our arena needs.
If you're interested and willing to get involved, feel free to add me on Facebook and I'll get you involved in the group. Link below. Thanks for reading.
www.facebook.com/block17nic
After taking advice from the good folk at TCW and various other opinions from around social media, we've decided to go about this 'loud & proud' campaign a little bit differently. In this past week, we've tried to get our name around by purely spamming anywhere that fans would take notice, we've had Ken/Paws/McGrattan re-tweet us and we've had posts in Facebook groups all over the place, The Cats Whiskers also included us in a blog post they did, which we appreciated. Whilst we've definitely peaked interest, it's been very hard to organize. In the Panthers previous game against the Capitals, it was incredibly hard to get any sort of atmosphere going after letting in the second and third goals but we still had a few people in the top of the block who were happily singing away and enjoying their night, not your usual happy clappers but people who didn't want to go home depressed after a loss. It didn't make a difference in the arena, but the people singing had fun.
The last week has made us realize that we're advertising the entire thing wrong, we're never going to make the arena noisy by getting all the 'loud' people into one block because then the rest of the arena will be very very quiet and we'll turn the block into a Coventry Blaze loud section, which in my honest opinion, sucks. We also want to eliminate all the 'problems' that the old block 18 had, which was ultimately it's downfall (24/7 singing, too much swearing, children not welcome, people bitching, abuse between fans), it's no wonder the block fizzled out in smoke and why GM turned it into an adult only gold block. We are NOT looking to become the same block as previously, we are not interested in singing 24/7 for the heck of it, we'd be quite happy to get a 'if you all hate the Steelers clap your hands' and 'just can't get enough' chants going mid-game (that don't fizzle out half way through) along with doing The Great Escape for the entire PK.
This is why, we've decided to start advertising for fans who are interested in joining a bunch of likeminded fans who want to create a family friendly community within the block, fans who are willing to sing/clap and those who genuinely enjoy doing so. We're hoping for people to join us who may not have been loud in the past but want to get involved, make new friends, have a good time at games, regardless of the result or performance on the ice. We currently have a private group of around 35 people who will be sitting in block 17 within organised rows/seats (row M/N/O - seats 10-20 for those who don't have Facebook, feel free to join us, tickets on sale on the 7th Nov) from the next Steelers game onwards. This group isn't just to organize the current season but a group that can have a discussion and decide on a permanent block for next season. We welcome fans who have current ST's in different blocks who are interested as we can help pay for the movement of ST's and even if you're not interested in moving seats this season, you are welcome to discuss the block for next season.
We're hoping that the current group (35 people) will continue to grow throughout the season so that we have a big community of 200+ people willing to sit near eachother and be the difference that our arena needs.
If you're interested and willing to get involved, feel free to add me on Facebook and I'll get you involved in the group. Link below. Thanks for reading.
www.facebook.com/block17nic