cuporbust Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Hey guys. Just found this to be an interesting situation , and thought i would get cdc s take on it. A Vancouver bar is under fire for offering free wings to oilers fans A Vancouver sports bar is being accused of gross misconduct after launching a chicken wing promotion aimed at Edmonton Oilers fans. The Pint, a Gastown watering hole located just a slap shot away from Rogers Arena, the Canucks’ home rink, is offering fans a free pound of wings every Wednesday for a year if they show up in an Oilers jersey for tonight’s Game 7 of the Edmonton-Anaheim playoff series. A pound of wings at The Pint on Wednesday costs $4. Multiply that by 52 — the average number of Wednesdays in one year — and that’s $208 worth of wings. Not a bad deal, right? Well, some Vancouver supporters didn’t think so. The Twitter promotion received a hostile overreaction reaction from a sensitive segment of Canucks fans. “Boycott this establishment Canucks fans,” wrote @powderfinger. “Close your doors,” said @JakeCanuck. Alannah McIntyre, The Pint’s operations manager, was surprised by the blowback. With the Canucks missing the playoffs for the third time in four seasons, local bars have to get creative — like appealing to different fanbases — if they want to survive and thrive. “It’s a little disappointing because we do a lot of promotions and giveaways for Canucks fans, because at our heart we will always be a Canucks bar. You just have to walk in — and see the photos on the wall – and it’s quite clear we cheer for the Canucks,” McIntyre said. “But at the end of the day, we are a sports bar and hockey is Canada’s favourite sport. A lot of people want to back a Canadian team if we can’t back the Canucks.” While The Pint tries to lure in Oilers fans with wings, the Black Frog, another Gastown bar, has no choice but to turn some away. Kitchen manager Ryan Sherbank says unless you show up at least two hours early on Oilers’ game night, you will not get inside. “The lineup outside goes all the way around the corner,” he said. The Black Frog, which is owned and operated by ex-Edmontonians, has been an Oilers bar since it opened in 2005. That was the season of Edmonton’s improbable — and ultimately heartbreaking — march to the 2006 Stanley Cup Final. “That Stanley Cup run kept this place going that first year,” said Sherbank, who hails from Sherwood Park, Alberta. The Oilers fell to the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 7 of the 2006 series and then went on to miss the playoffs 10 seasons in row, before finally — thanks to young superstar Connor McDavid — qualifying this year. “The Black Frog has almost been like a safe haven for Oilers fans. When you are in here, it doesn’t feel like you are in Vancouver. It feels like you are backing watching the Oilers in Edmonton,” Sherbank said. “We get Canucks fans come in here and it’s like they’ve entered enemy territory in their hometown. But usually they handle it pretty well … they recognize we’ve been through 10 years of suffering and misery". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Hope they choke on the wings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMash Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Fans take sports too seriously and a promotion like this should be fun. If it genuinely upsets you, you've probably got some issues to work out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I don't really care. That said, it seems pretty stupid from a business point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuporbust Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 2 minutes ago, -AJ- said: I don't really care. That said, it seems pretty stupid from a business point of view. Lol. Yep. Not the best PR choice. Looks like they are in full damage control now. UPDATE: In reaction to the social media protest, The Pint is reaching out to angry Canucks fans and offering them the same wing deal Oiler fans are getting along with a $50 gift card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Wouldn't want to go there on Oiler promotion night, don't really care other than that. It would be different if the Canucks were still in the playoffs, but they're not so I don't have a huge issue with a bar trying to drum up business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 5 minutes ago, higgyfan said: Hope they choke on the wings... That's a good one, LOL But really no big deal. I suppose the bar has to earn money and I am sure free wings would attract a ton of Oilers fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuporbust Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 12 minutes ago, BananaMash said: Fans take sports too seriously and a promotion like this should be fun. If it genuinely upsets you, you've probably got some issues to work out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Yep. I agree some fans go too far , but i can see how it might rub some the wrong way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I always think it's a bad idea to bandwagon on another city' sport team's success. The exception would be if your team doesn't have a team in that league (Seahawks, some MLB, NBA team, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I'd prefer it was for Ottawa fans.... maybe Burr-falo wings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combover Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 The meal should come with mandatory coil(er) fries. Cant say I care Its not like anyone will remember this by the time the Nucks make the playoffs again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Meh -- it's their business, they can bust it up if they want to. If I know where a bunch of Oiler fans are going to congregate, I'm likely to stay away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircool Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Honestly... You are going to pick a division-rival of the Canucks to support? On top of that, no sports fan likes a bandwagon fan. They are entitled to do it, I don't live in Vancouver and won't patronize them either way, but how does the owner of a Sports Bar not understand these basic concepts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebreh Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 not a big deal but wtf would you offer this to a hated rivals fans? why not Ottawa fans instead where an ex Canuck is playing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuporbust Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 2 minutes ago, Aircool said: Honestly... You are going to pick a division-rival of the Canucks to support? On top of that, no sports fan likes a bandwagon fan. They are entitled to do it, I don't live in Vancouver and won't patronize them either way, but how does the owner of a Sports Bar not understand these basic concepts? Yeah , not a great promotion. Im sure they could have come up with a better way to fill the pub. Kind of a weak excuse they gave. Pretty stupid move in a market like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48MPHSlapShot Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 So Ottawa wasn't even considered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 We should be a sport town. Other teams fans are welcome. It's healthy. Especially if they tip our waiters & waitresses, help support our businesses. Get more people coming downtown to watch hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Wonder how many Calgary pubs are offering the same promotion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cromeslab Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 If the CANUCKS were goin to game 7 I think the promotion would be better,but it's the Oilers,businesses need to be creative.no big deal imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Industrious1 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 This is someone that obviously doesn't understand the traditional interplay between these two cities and their hockey teams. You may appeal short-term to some Oilers fans in the city but i'm going to assume that their bread and butter is Canucks fans and this is going to rub quite a few of them the wrong way (which is already evident apparently). Honestly, they can do whatever they want and if this gets them some dollars during this dry spell then that is their prerogative...but it may hurt them in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.