Would you be more likely to go to the Student Bar if...

Would you be more likely to go to the Student Bar if it was open only on twice a week(say, tuesday and thursday) and had drinks promotions, nothin too extreme but something like all pints €3.50, shots €3 and Vodka + RedBull €4.

Personally, I would be more inclined to go there and it probably would be much more profitable for them...what do ye think?

Limerick Dude

Seems like a good idea!

They wouldnt have to waste money on paying peoples wages and stuff like that and they would probably make a killing if they did drink promotions on whatever days it was open.

AlkalineAcid

If shots were €3 I think pints ought to be €3 too. :pac:
If the bar was open in the afternoon when I finish college I'd be more inclined to go. I've been to the bar only a few times this year and it's always been dead.

Anarking

Id go if they got rid of those horrible thug bouncers

cabla

Ye those bouncers are a nightmare. They really out to get rid of them. One of them didn't even let a guy leave. The guy tried but he pushed him against the wall...

AlkalineAcid

I like how you can bypass the bouncers going into Old Bar... Just walk in through the smoking area.

Daysha

Anything's better than what the old bar was like at the end of 2008 tbh

public_enemy

They were selling pints there for 3.50 all of last semester. Granted, it was only Stella that was 3.50 most of the time, but it is a student bar. They've had different random drinks promotions on each week too I think.

Yes, more people would go if drinks were cheaper all the time, but there's more wrong with the bar than that.

monument

The bar is only going to be open on Tuesday nights from now on. Better then being closed altogether, but still not good news... Email just came in from DCU SU...

Hey Guys

Hope the exams went well for everyone, and you're all having a lovely week off. I know quite a few people are waiting for news on the bar and what's going on there, so I thought I'd fill everyone in before you all land back on Monday and find the bar closed. Yes the bar will be closed Monday, and every Monday from now on in fact.

The Union, Trispace and the University have been working hard to make sure that we stop losing money on the bar while not closing the place altogether. I can't for the life of me imagine a University Campus with no bar, and to be honest nobody wants to see that happen.

For Semester 2 the Bar will only be opening every Tuesday night. I know this doesn't sound like much, but fear not, we're going to make sure that we make Tuesday nights as big as possible.We're gonna have regular Tuesday night bar extensions and the best acts we can find to get the night going. Some people we've already been talking to are the Coronas and Aslan.

There'll be plenty of other acts coming in and if you have any suggestions on who you'd like to see playing here or any comments at all about this situation do feel free to let us know on this thread on life.dcu.ie: http://life.dcu.ie/discussion/viewthread/79/

So let's all get into our Super Tuesday groove and hopefully I'll see you
there for a pint next week.

thanks,

Niall
President, Dublin City University Students' Union

Cionád

University with an SU bar open 1 night a week! Hilarious.

Now that the Nitelinks don't run midweek I would have thought this an excellent opportunity for business to pick up.

Will

bit of a joke tbh, may as well just drink in your house/apartment with your mates. probably definitely have more fun and way cheaper

Daysha

Complete joke. I would've settled for 2 days a week, like Tuesdays and Thursdays, but just once a week is nonsense.

silentdog

dcumon wrote: »

Yet again dcu never fails to suprise me. Its student bar is probably one of the worst in this country, expensive drink, no atmosphere and well no students. I myself am not one bit disappointed that it will now only open one day a week, I went to the place once. But what annoys me is THE PLACE HAS GOT SO MUCH POTENTIAL but its seems the dcu student union and dcu in general has got no vision of what a real student bar is. Cheap drink, good music, and friendly staff inc bouncers that dont always look like the dont want you there. Does anybody feel the same way????

I think the problem is that the bar *isn't* run by the Students Union. Didn't they promise to take it over at Christmas? what happened to that plan?

gamblitis

dcumon wrote: »

its seems the dcu student union and dcu in general has got no vision of what a real student bar is.

Anyone who was in first year from last year onwards really has no idea what it could be like.
And this is going to continue and if the bar doesn't attract first years, who have just broke free of a 6 year long leash then thats saying something tbh. Doesn't give much hope for their remaining years here if big changes don't happen seriously fast. First impressions mean alot.

dcumon wrote: »

Cheap drink, good music, and friendly staff inc bouncers that don't always look like the don't want you there.

This used to be the bar. Upto about 2 years ago the bar was busy 4 nights a week, great fun, music and cheap drink.The staf were also student which made it more personal or something. It nice to go in and see one of your mates behind the counter. Not because they would give you a free drink but just it really makes it look the part."STUDENT BAR" Tuesdays were great and you barely had room to breathe in there. Now you could swing an overgrown tiger in there never mind a cat!

If they are so worried about losing money then it won't make too much of a difference losing a little more in an effort to make the place look as attractive, as cheap as fun as possible. And once they start getting everyone back in and keep it that way, the recuperation process begins. Easier said than done i know but thats just my opinion.

AlkalineAcid

Ah now... The SU had pretty good plans for the bar.

This Tuesday night thing might prove to be good.

cactus jack

there's one thing that has struck me about the old bar from when i started last semester that being that it looks like a beach cafe that only opens for 2 months in the summer. i know it's one thing saying they can't splash the money to have all the mod cons but there are some simple ideas that could get people going in there again. simple lick of paint & try get the art soc involved to do a few fancy bits around the place. the pool would do better if it was like the palace or the leisureplexes with renting the table by the hour as oppossed to E1.20 per game & if you pot the black on your second shot the game is screwed. plus one of the main problems seems to be the lack of music when bands aren't performing. pool & music may involve a larger investment but the paint wouldn't be too bad & i'm sure art soc & a few of the other socs could be talked into giving a hand.

Shiny

Will wrote: »

bit of a joke tbh, may as well just drink in your house/apartment with your mates. probably definitely have more fun and way cheaper

That is one big reason why the bar is having problems.

Less students have part time jobs so there is less disposable cash
going around to be wasting spending in the student bar.

I too have serious issue with the security. When they refused to let
me into the bar a few years ago because I was a dcu student but
wasn't a member of the bar, (despite a member offering to sign me in),
that was the last straw and I refuse to go near the place since.

gamblitis

Shiny wrote: »

I too have serious issue with the security. When they refused to let
me into the bar a few years ago because I was a dcu student but
wasn't a member of the bar, (despite a member offering to sign me in),
that was the last straw and I refuse to go near the place since.

I had the same problem a couple of years back. "Bar" members we allowed sign people with no association into the bar but not DCU students!!Like WTF I don't get it. They really should change the door staff tbh, they aren't very inviting.

Grudaire

If they didn't have 2 bouncers on the door, and three bar staff then maybe they could make a profit with cheap drink

2 bar staff and get campus security to keep an eye out without having to stand there all day doing nothing

gamblitis

Cliste wrote: »

get campus security to keep an eye out without having to stand there all day doing nothing

I think you may be pushing the limits there.Don't you know they have far more important things to be doing....

c0rk3r

Wow e-drama.

Im in my final year and ive only been to the campus bar maybe 4-5 times. Anytime i walk through the hub the place has been empty. People need to realise that the majority of students simply dont want a bar. Thats the reality and the current situation is proof of that. There will still be the minority clinging to the idea but gradually year after year the bar is slowly decaying. I wont miss it nor will the majority.

Just let it go.

gamblitis

Fair enough your in your final year.It makes no difference to you whatsoever, you won't be here next year. So you think its ok for a University not to have a campus bar?So no Freshers Ball, Halloween Ball, Summer Ball, Christmas Ball?
What a joke!

c0rk3r

I felt the same last year and the year before that. The bar is dead and people still try revive it. Its dead just dig a grave and say your goodbyes. Maybe in a few years there'll be a miracle and the bar will resurrect itself into a mutant zombie bar. Doubtful though

Hold the ball's in citiwest or some other venue. Its no big deal

gamblitis wrote: »

So you think its ok for a University not to have a campus bar?So no Freshers Ball, Halloween Ball, Summer Ball, Christmas Ball?

Yes i think its ok. No one goes to it so why have it there ?We have 2 bars that no ones uses. Get rid of them and put something else in place

gamblitis

Well thats your opinion. And unless you've spoke to the majority of people around the college and asked them personally if they wanted a bar or not I don't think you can speak on behalf of the masses.

Music, Prices and Staff do have a big impact on who is going to come to the bar. When it was run by the students the atmosphere was alot better, it was lively, fun and busy.

And as i said before if an impact isn't made on Freshers when they come to the college they are pretty much lost.

ridonkulous

Ah it wasn't always this way. Bring back Johnny Mac i say. Now he knew how to run a student bar and most of the staff were students or student age. The days of missing lectures waiting for a pool table to open up and all day drinking sessions when the place was jammers.....good times. Those were the days. Once they got rid of Johnny and the staff the place went severely downhill very quickly....shame cause as had been said the place does have great potential.

LaMer

The bar is a load of ****, granted Amstel is 3.50, but they should be serving it for less. It's ridiculous how much that bar is mismanaged, much like everything else in DCU.

simonw

Do other colleges make students pay membership for the student bar? That and the prices are what lost me anyway.

Landa2

the bars situation is complicated, its been on thin ice for a number of years now. and its unfortunate to have come to this... personally i blame DCU i'd love to be more specific about that but these people know who they are. Tri-Space, was not the best move in the world... Canteen staff behind the bar earning overtime... Who thought that'd be a good idea??? Outside of that DCU has hampered the bar from day one....

Not allowing the previous lease holder to spend his money (6 figure sum) to do up the old bar was a joke.. Not allowing minor changes to decor. Coming in and running a competeing bar, and then restricting the hours the old bar can open was underhanded.. Finally, not allowing the previous leaseholder to renew their lease... enough said...

The resulting situation we now have, has nothing to do with anyone except for DCU managment,

adamski8

so wait this acadmeic year we had to mandatorally pay to be "bar" or "citiclub" (or whatever they call) members and im not sure but i think thats around €15 per student and i think around 10,000 students = ~€150,000 that the college has taken (seems more like scamed) out of us and what do we get? a bar that opens one day a week, that is ridiculus! REFUND PLEASE

robby^5

I don't thinks that's the case, I think it's just free now can anyone clarify?

cocoa

There was a bar membership fee last year. It was done away with this year so ye can stop whining about something that doesn't exist anymore... Sheesh, complaining about having to pay for something you didn't pay for, goodness knows how you keep track of your money...

And complaining about the Union is just bull... Unless you have a better idea just be quiet... Also, for anyone who suggests it would be great if blahblahblah, there is no money left to do that. The union has had to work hard enough to get this one night gig, and have basically no money at their disposal to invest and improve the situation.