Do RFC have a trophy room and museum at the Mad Stad?

[RobRoyal]

Yes. HTH.

Every day?

Are you trying to take the piss out of our stadium tours? Just so I know whether to get really fucking angry or not....

[weybridgewanderer]

I have done a stadium tour so yes reading does do (or cetainally has done) stadium tours

There is a trophy display in one of the hospitality areas (I think it is the vice presidents club)

[Svlad Cjelli]

I have done a stadium tour so yes reading does do (or cetainally has done) stadium tours

There is a trophy display in one of the hospitality areas (I think it is the vice presidents club)

Actually in the Trophy Room.

[Z175]

I have done a stadium tour so yes reading does do (or cetainally has done) stadium tours

There is a trophy display in one of the hospitality areas (I think it is the vice presidents club)

Actually in the Trophy Room.

Its kind of a cupboard...

[weybridgewanderer]

It may well be called "the trophy room", although "room" may be stretching things a little.

However yes much of our history is recorded there heralding our trophies and other achievements.

The tour I did was superb, and much more "personal" than the tours you have of "bigger" grounds where you have many tourists and a tight timetable to fit in.

The tour at the Nou camp you do not have a guide, you do at the mad stad!

[No Fixed Abode]

Yes. HTH.

Every day?

Are you trying to take the piss out of our stadium tours? Just so I know whether to get really fucking angry or not....

Not at all. It's quite a profitable enterprise for clubs, but I never really see Stadium tours advertised for the club. To me, if I turned up at the Madejski today - I get the impression you wouldn't be able to do much except go in the club shop, hotel and walk around the outside of the stadium.

I would also think the club should get some sort of museum together, there must be lots of old memoribilia they could show, old shirts, medals, pictures etc. Just seems a waste not having one and this could be incorporated into the stadium tour.

I'm looking at Manchester United as a business model. You do the tour, take in the museum and finish the Red Cafe for refreshments. I know they have a bigger captive audience, but surely Reading could do something similar on a smaller scale. Perhaps they should have regular tours in the summer holidays when parents and kids are looking for something to do.

[weybridgewanderer]

The stadium tour at the madejski needed to be pre booked, if it sstill runs that will be the case. I found the details perviously on the club website

reading is perhaps not the tourist attraction that Wembley or the emirates is with tours leaving ever hour

[weybridgewanderer]

In fact, looking on the website it did not take long to find the following

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/Stadium ... 48,00.html

I'm looking at Manchester United as a business model. You do the tour, take in the museum and finish the Red Cafe for refreshments. I know they have a bigger captive audience, but surely Reading could do something similar on a smaller scale. Perhaps they should have regular tours in the summer holidays when parents and kids are looking for something to do.

So yes basically they do have a similar model, on a smaller scale.

[Svlad Cjelli]

But it's a lot better than the Wembley tours, which, IMHO, is so artificial and stage-managed it's the sort of thing Tussuad's or Disney would organise. Everything to set timings and a set script (with required audience participation!).

The Madejski tour is so much more enjoyable because its informal and personal.

[weybridgewanderer]

I remember on my tour, as we approached his seat in the directors box ,i was asked what I knew about SJM

I said I had heard he drove a big fat bently and there was some rumour about cilla black