KSW Sets Out To Conquer London In 2015

PolsatSport.pl - 2014-03-07

Three days of intensive meetings. All this, to best prepare for the first KSW outside Polish borders. We believe in our brand. We evaluated it and is great interest in MMA England fans and people who know the NSS as an event, show - commented shortly after returning from London Maciej Kawulski, co-owner of KSW Federation.

Paul Słodownik: Recently journey through the cage to the U.S., now travel to the UK. Much recent trips ...

Maciej Kawulski: We went to England to assess the situation. See for yourself how big the market is relatively that we want to raise, how much interest can be expected.

So how fared assessment of the British market? Who did you meet in London?

We are very pleased. We drove to confirm our suspicions and they were confirmed. When it comes to brand recognition is whether people are waiting for such an event, we are calm. Do not worry about success. If it comes to it, with whom we had a meeting, they were managers of this we work on the English market, a number of partners and potential sponsors.

We would like to do first gala outside Polish borders of the hit fightcardem most.

Anything surprise you?

Yes, a lot. As for the legal and administrative regulations, which are quite different from those in our country. And our company is to produce gale taught in Poland. Scheme developed by us, unfortunately, you can not move, as the finished product. Besides, England is a country with much more expensive than Polish, and this is related to the fact that producing such a juggernaut, which is the NSS, the full beauty of the production, I'm sure it will cost a lot more than in our country. And this is very important. It is known that we would like to do first gala outside Polish borders with the most hits card fights. Because of that, collecting all together, it creates a very expensive and costly event that you need to carry - and this is a big challenge.

And if at such an event, you can count on someone to help?

It is surprising how such an event the city helps private investors, among others. in logistics. My observations are that in England, officials are there to help you, so you can expand your business. However, in Poland, in order to prohibit you, punish or prevent it. And this is the fundamental difference between the institutions of Polish and English. I mean the institutions with which meets the manufacturer of events, because the area we studied. As we left the concert Beyonce O2 Arena, which was about twenty thousand people, the hall unloaded literally in a few minutes. Amazing logistics, trains, buses substituted, directing traffic. City well aware that this concert, they were ready for it. The precise way this has been done, what is most important to people, or in a safe way to get to the event and return to it. Another novelty with which it collided, it was a matter of licenses. There, facilities operators do it for you. You must be a organizer. It is convenient for both parties, because it is the continuity of communication between the office and the subject. And through it all, it takes less time. In England, it is assumed that the hall is designed to be at the event and the offices have it easier. We went there with the attitude that this is a country of trade unions, which complicate everything, and left with a positive hope and belief that you will get the appropriate help.

How are you going to break in London, which is inundated with a multitude of cultural and sporting events?

It is true that London is a tough market, perhaps the most difficult in Europe. I liken him to Warsaw and the rest of the Polish. The viewer is a little spoiled. In a city where every weekend playing any star, people do not feel the pressure when something special happens to go for it. Because for a while there will be something else, just as interesting. An example is even Beyonce, who gave three concerts in London. She played every day, and not, as in Poland, one concert last year. With us it was a holiday - in London, one of many events that day.

Everything sounds good, but I expect some details ... When gala in London?

For today it is still unknown. We have some deadlines. It will not look like this so that we sit down at the computer and we do mathematical calculations. It consists of many accidents. We analyze both football matches, music, but also take into account the Polish part of the audience.

So the term end of the year is out?

Yes. We hope that the Poles will provide fifty percent of the audience in the hall. So the deadline for the end of the year is a time in which Polonia returns home for the holidays and the New Year. In London, then there are plenty of events. This prompts us to ensure that the gala was held at the beginning of 2015.

We believe in our brand. We evaluated it and is great interest in MMA England fans and people who know the NSS as an event, show.

From this follows that the second half of the audience will provide the other nations.

We believe in our brand. We evaluated it and is great interest in MMA England fans and people who know the NSS as an event, show. On the other hand, we have a few English players. For many years fought for our galas, fight and fight.

Does this mean that among the riders will also see James Thompson?

At this moment we do not take it into account. There are others. There's no denying that the card fights will be composed of Polish and English fighters. It Oli Thompson, Curt Warburton,   Andre Winner. Besides, we have a few new players who just appear on our galas. Personally, I wish I could also be in London struck a blow Mamed Khalidov. We should also remember that we are talking about an event that will be in the next year. Until that time, each competitor will fight even with two fights in Poland - and may be a lost head. This can affect the fact that the player will see in London.

London has some great entertainment and sports halls. Which of them are at stake?

We are interested in two objects, the O2 Arena and Wembley Arena. More argues for the latter. We were both halls. We are the first serious talks with representatives of the Wembley Arena. Importantly, this is a lot of interest from their side. It is not so easy to do an event at Wembley Arena. Not everyone can enter from the street and book the appointment. It also means something.

We will use our size, but robionego hands of other people.

So if you had to compare hiring Wembley Arena to rent the largest facilities in Poland, then what is the cost?

Definitely bigger. If the situation approached cennikowo, rent on the day the hall is compared to several thousand hall in Poland is the cost of four times. But you have to remember that the average of the ticket is a lot higher. More or less is the difference, as on the reference between gold and the euro. To this must be added that the first time we will be doing the gala is not in our backyard, which means that we will not be able to take all the equipment and people. We'll have to do the production, sub-letting the people on the spot. To illustrate this, we will use our format, but robionego hands of other people.

So far all your produce gale Polsat. How it will look like in England?

The case is developmental. It is still too early to talk about it. It is worth noting that the initiative - to produce the gala KSW just in London - is the brainchild of a joint NSF and Marian Kmity, the person responsible for the sport in Polsat. We want to gain new markets together.

And when it comes to Polish viewers who will want to watch the gala that will take it to the pocket?

I think not. Our viewers should not have to bear the additional burden, because of our desire to organize a ceremony outside Polish borders. For a man who sits in front of the TV there is no difference. The viewer pays for that home on the TV sees good production, well-prepared.

Is the gala in London you will take a new acquisition federation - the cage?

And here surprise you. After the cycle gal in cages, which will start from the May gala at the Tri-City, we are planning to return to London with a white ring. People out there who are waiting for the NSS, identify our gale with a ten-year adventure - mostly on the TV - just out of the ring. And it will be on our part a nod in their direction.


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