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DIRECtv is charging my local pub $7K to offer Sunday Ticket
Posted on 8/8/14 at 7:59 pm
Posted on 8/8/14 at 7:59 pm
I'm friends with the owner of my local pub (Maryland, near DC) and he told me tonight that he paid $7,000 in order to offer Sunday Ticket this season. He said they charge based on how the bar/pub is fire-coded (having to do with capacity). It's about a 1000SF place.
It was interesting to know how this works. I am sure he will make money (I hope, don't want him going out of business), but wow, DIRECtv is certainly gonna miss this revenue stream when it goes away.
(yes, CSB).
It was interesting to know how this works. I am sure he will make money (I hope, don't want him going out of business), but wow, DIRECtv is certainly gonna miss this revenue stream when it goes away.
(yes, CSB).
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Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:00 pm to classictiger
What's a pub?
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:04 pm to classictiger
I've heard that capacity 2k places is around 40-50k.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:05 pm to classictiger
That is the way they have always done it. Nothing new. Same for pay pie view events.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:08 pm to WDE24
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That is the way they have always done it. Nothing new. Same for pay pie view ev
Yeah, he told me the Mayweather match was going to cost him 35K, so he passed. No worth it to him for a one time event (even if he filled the bar to capacity and everyone got totally skunked).
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:08 pm to classictiger
That sounds like a good deal depending on how big the bar is.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:09 pm to classictiger
Say. Pub. Again.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:10 pm to Murray
Americans who call a bar a "pub" should be shot
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:10 pm to DelU249
If it's an Irish place it's a pub baw.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:10 pm to Murray
Can a bar just put up an antenna and show the games on local tv and not pay anything?
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:11 pm to classictiger
Sounds fair. If it's a big city and decent bar, it will fill the bar from 12-8 on a day when most people don't go out.
I'm sure bars hated when the World Cup ended. That was basically free entertainment that filled the bars at off hours almost every day for a month
I'm sure bars hated when the World Cup ended. That was basically free entertainment that filled the bars at off hours almost every day for a month
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:16 pm to tween the hedges
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Sounds fair. If it's a big city and decent bar, it will fill the bar from 12-8 on a day when most people don't go out.
I'm sure bars hated when the World Cup ended. That was basically free entertainment that filled the bars at off hours almost every day for a month
Yeah, he cleaned up during the World Cup. I think BAR owners were suicidal when the U.S. got eliminated!
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:44 pm to classictiger
I'm sure. Never had to fight for space in a bar at 3 on a Wednesday before
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:53 pm to tween the hedges
Why wouldn't you just get your direct tv stuff set up at your home with some additional TVs and then set it up yourself at the bar? Lol frick paying direct tv, it's not hard to set up a dish yourself.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 9:08 pm to classictiger
I'd pay the 7k and raise the cost of all food and drinks 25% across the board, if I owned the pub. This is the same thing every company in America is doing to offset the cost of the ACA that was passed with sweeping legislation in order to determine what it consisted of, while the wages of the American worker stays stagnant. 
Posted on 8/8/14 at 9:16 pm to Tiger Nation 84
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Why wouldn't you just get your direct tv stuff set up at your home with some additional TVs and then set it up yourself at the bar? Lol frick paying direct tv, it's not hard to set up a dish yourself.
I know someone that does this at his restaurant. He only has about three tv's in there though.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 9:58 pm to Tiger Nation 84
You know Direct TV has investigators who check for shite like that.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 10:16 pm to timbo
I don't get how they can charge different prices
Posted on 8/8/14 at 10:22 pm to MontyFranklyn
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Can a bar just put up an antenna and show the games on local tv and not pay anything?
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Why wouldn't you just get your direct tv stuff set up at your home with some additional TVs and then set it up yourself at the bar? Lol frick paying direct tv, it's not hard to set up a dish yourself.
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I don't get how they can charge different prices
Are you guys serious?
This post was edited on 8/8/14 at 10:23 pm
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