Rising Sun could be in trouble

[ScottH]

Another liquor industry figure associated with a string of well-known inner-city pubs, Michael Reardon, was made bankrupt in June, court documents show.
Mr Reardon and his wife, Rosemary, control or had interests in the North Fitzroy Arms, the Carringbush in Abbotsford, Richmond's All Nations Hotel and the Rising Sun Hotel in South Melbourne.

The fate of the Rising Sun and All Nations is also under a cloud. Until recently both venues were owned by entities associated with Mrs Reardon.

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[Primmy]

Umm??????

[Melbournehammer]

I assume you are wondering why this is relevant - it is the pub which shows swans matches down here where the south melbourne crowd get along to

[Red]

No worries, back to Bells Hotel then.

[dimelb]

So someone else now owns the Rising Sun. It's only a worry if they don't play Swans matches on their house screens, and I'd think that's an unlikely scenario.

[Go Swannies]

Isn't there a stronger link to this South Melbourne pub than just it plays our games on the TV?

[Plugger46]

Went there after both flags so some great memories.

[dimelb]

Isn't there a stronger link to this South Melbourne pub than just it plays our games on the TV?

There certainly is. It's a traditional South watering hole, and has been for a long time. Past players drop in from time to time, every match day sees the place crowded with young and old in red and white, photos of past heroes cover the walls. Which is why I think it's unlikely that the new owner is going to stop playing our games on the TV.
But if I'm wrong, tradition and a collection of transistor radios won't be enough to bring the fans.

[Primmy]

Ta hammer. Looked like a weird post without that sad info.

[Triple B]

No worries, back to Bells Hotel then.

We've spent the past 3 GF evenings until the wee hours at Billy Bells. Strangely enough, I think the consensus when we walked/staggered out last September was that we would try the Rising Sun this year to avert the WLWL scenario...

[Sandridge]

There certainly is. It's a traditional South watering hole, and has been for a long time. Past players drop in from time to time, every match day sees the place crowded with young and old in red and white, photos of past heroes cover the walls. Which is why I think it's unlikely that the new owner is going to stop playing our games on the TV.
But if I'm wrong, tradition and a collection of transistor radios won't be enough to bring the fans.

Absolutely! It's a place you can catch up with friendly faces -some of them from Lake Oval days - and there's a great atmosphere provided by one eyed Swans fans and magnificent memorabilia on the walls. (I could be wrong but I think the memorabilia belongs to the club and therefore could be moved to another pub in South Melbourne. However, the pub is very close to where my mother lived as a girl so even though another pub down South could provide the same feeling for us, I'd be sad to see the Rising Sun no longer used as a Swans home base!)

[Nico]

There certainly is. It's a traditional South watering hole, and has been for a long time. Past players drop in from time to time, every match day sees the place crowded with young and old in red and white, photos of past heroes cover the walls. Which is why I think it's unlikely that the new owner is going to stop playing our games on the TV.
But if I'm wrong, tradition and a collection of transistor radios won't be enough to bring the fans.

Probably has nothing to do with the fact it is packed out. Most likely 'other" reasons why they have gone to the wall. You wouldn't think the pub runs at a loss. I reckon they made their years profits on GF night.

[Red]

We've spent the past 3 GF evenings until the wee hours at Billy Bells. Strangely enough, I think the consensus when we walked/staggered out last September was that we would try the Rising Sun this year to avert the WLWL scenario...

Lol, every bit helps.

I was at Bells for the '05 SF and GF and it was fantastic. At the game in '06 and the Limerick Arms in Clarendon St last year, but Bells is far & away the best. Would be happy to test your mozz theory this year, assuming we make it of course.

[Triple B]

It's a great GF night drinking spot for sure.

In '05 we walked back from the G to Southbank, had some dinner and then on to Bell's.

We had it all sorted in '06. Straight from the G back to Bells to eat and celebrate and booked a limo for a dozen of us to be picked up at 2am for the trip back to our homes and motels. We called the limo driver at 10:30 and told him we'd slip him an extra 100 if he'd come and get us there and then, which he duly obliged. We lifted our bottom lips off the gutter and climbed in the limo with an ample supply of travellers, but they still didn't taste much good.

Last year it was back to Bells again and watched the replay, which was on every screen, 3 times back to back...lol

[BigBarryRound25]

Doesn't Bernie Evans have a financial interest in Bells?

Cue me crying when someone asks who's Bernie Evans?