English Premier Ice Hockey League
Attendance: TBC
Admission: £15/£12/£7
Manchester Phoenix are an Ice Hockey team who play in the
second tier of English Ice Hockey and they play at the Altrincham Ice rink.
Manchester are the current play-off champions after finishing 3rd
last season. I went to watch what I hoped to be a close affair but it was fair
from it the entertainment from a home aspect was second to none with an 11-0
win. As a Phantoms fan this was not a game to remember. Despite that fact Away
Chips was the main focus. There is a large car-park outside the rink and inside
the ground there is a large amount of seating with many going unfilled for this
match.
The Admission at the game was £15 for Adults and £7 for
Children (Match-Day). An expensive price but high entertainment was on offer
and a long match can provide the value for money. It’s a standard place with
what you need, the rink is in a great condition. The match programme on offer
was £3, although the professional feel to the programme it failed to impress
with a very lacking content, and at that fee it felt a larger outlay than it needed
to be, so not good value.
The food on offer was a wide range and what you would
expect with the standard: hot dogs, burgers, etc. The main focus was on their
chips priced at £2 for a reasonable serving but they were distinctly average
with the condiments the common ‘cafeteria’ quality products. The service was
quick allowing you to get back to your seat quickly. Also there was many
vending machines offering confectionary goods.
Overall, the staff were friendly enough and the overall experience was good but maybe
high cost for an adult to get admission, programme, chips, bottled drink then
it would cost them £21.50. Add one more adult’s admission and children who want
chips, drinks then you looking at an outlay of over £50 but then again if you’re
like me and like the sport of Ice Hockey then you will feel the outlay is maybe
justified for the experience.
Price: 5pts
Programme: 5pts
Food: 6.5pts
Entertainment: 8.5pts
Parking: 4pts
Staff: 1.5pts
Facilites: 1.5pts
Total Score: 32pts
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