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- `bright cyan`Front Office Help
- The front office is where much of your job as owner and general
- manager takes place. Here you control all the aspects of your team
- that are not on the basketball court.
-
- `bright cyan`Upgrade Stadium
- To make money, you'll want to make sure you can have as many fans
- watch your games as possible. For that reason, you can upgrade
- your stadium from time to time. Every player begins with a Blacktop
- Court (similar to a playground court) that seats 250 spectators.
- From there you can upgrade up to a Megadome which seats 250,000
- people (a lot of cash).
-
- `bright cyan`Upgrade Concession Stands
- Concession Stands are another revenue generating vehicle. People
- who come to the game have to eat, and this is where your food booths
- come in to play. You will make money on your concession stands
- relative to #1 how many fans you have at the game and #2 the level
- of concessions you have at the arena. Concession stands are
- cumulative. When you buy the second level concession stand, you
- still have the first level, as well, even though you don't actually
- see that attribute listed. In addition, if you skip a level...
- going from nothing to a Zip Zap Cola Oasis, you do receive the
- Sticky Finger's Candy Hut as well.
-
- `bright cyan`Schedule a Promotion
- Promotions are giveaway's that encourage fans to come to games.
- Many professional teams throw special nights such as key chain
- giveaway night to boost attendance. You, too, can schedule a
- promotion. Promotions only apply to the next home game, and cannot
- be upgraded once you purchase it. A list of promotions follows in
- in this file.
-
- `bright cyan`Buy Advertising
- You have to let the masses know that you're out there, and there is
- no better way than by advertising. Advertising will boost attend-
- ance, increase sale of merchandise and have a lasting effect in the
- minds of consumers. Each day you can buy advertising for that day
- only. Advertising boosts your fame.
-
- `bright cyan`License Team Merchandise
- You, with a little cash, can start selling t-shirts, hats, coats,
- and more to your adoring fans. Merchandise will bring in more
- revenue, however, there are production costs, too.
-
- `bright cyan`Change Ticket Price
- As you become more and more popular, you'll be able to raise ticket
- prices and still attract fans. Be wary though, the people are not
- stupid, and can see when they're being fleeced.
-
- `bright cyan`Relocate Team
- If you wish, you can relocate your team to a new city, but beware
- it costs money to move.
-
- `bright cyan`Change Team Nickname
- You can also change your team nickname, however, again it will cost
- money, and you will more than likely lose some of the reputation you
- have worked hard to build up.
-
- `bright cyan`Move into a New Arena
- Not to be confused with upgrading your arena, this is a move across
- town to an equivalent, but different location.
-
- `bright cyan`Bank
- The bank is a place to store your cash. Here you earn between 3 - 10
- percent interest per night.
-
- `bright cyan`Instructions
- This will give you the instructions menu.
-
- `bright cyan`? = Menu
- This option shows the front office menu
-
- `bright red`Choosing the Right Ticket Price:
- Ticket prices are very important. The best possible price depends
- on most of the front office factors in some way. In addition the
- team you are playing against also has a profound effect on tickets.
- They will have an effect on both the price you can charge, and the
- number of people you'll get. The best possible ticket price
- changes on a day to day basis.
-
- Don't be discouraged if you don't sell out your arena, just keep
- increasing the level of items, scheduling promotions, and buying
- advertising, believe me, you will.
-
- The lack of a crowd may also be due to your opponent. Poor teams
- don't draw as big a crowd. Try other things to get people to those
- games. Remember, if you're playing a bad team, you might have an
- easy win, but you won't make as much money.
-
- `bright red`Boosting Attendance
- Attendance depends on your fame, wins, promotions, opponents wins,
- opponents fame, ticket prices and other office items. When you
- first start an FBB season, purchase advertising, and lower your
- ticket prices to get people come to the games. As you gain fame
- and wins, you can increase your ticket prices to get more money.
- The hardest part is starting off...
-
- `bright cyan`Promotional Night Listing:
-
- `bright yellow`Ball for a Buck Night
- Each person entering the stadium will be given the opportunity to
- purchase and authentic team basketball for just one dollar. The
- basketball has each players reproduced autograph on it.
-
- `bright yellow`The San Francisco Turkey
- The beloved mascot of the San Francisco Foul baseball team will be
- in attendance at this home game to thrill and delight the crowd.
-
- `bright yellow`Free Car Wash Night
- Each fan attending the game will be presented with a coupon good
- for one free car wash at Dirty Daze Car Wash.
-
- `bright yellow`Diamond Giveaway Night
- Five lucky fans will receive a sparkling diamond bracelet, courtesy
- of Diamond Dave's Jewelry and your team.
-
- `bright yellow`Fire the Coach Night
- Following each major decision in the basketball game, the crowd will
- decide the future of your coach. A boo means goodbye, and a yeah
- is a vote of approval.
-
- `bright yellow`Ticket Arbitration Night
- Fans go to arbitration to decide the fate of their ticket price.
- Victory for them means the poor house for you, and vise versa.
-
- `bright yellow`Suds Light Night
- Free Beer!!! At various times during the game, free beer is
- announced. Then sit back and watch the craziness.
-
- `bright yellow`Armadillo Car Night
- Five lucky fans will go home with a brand new Armadillo Sport Coupe.
- Five fans will win the car, chosen at random.
-
- `bright yellow`Paycheck Night
- All fans get in free with the presentation of their paycheck. One
- fan will win an amount of money equal to that paycheck.
-
- `bright yellow`Pro Contract Night
- A fan in the crowd will be given a professional contract, to watch
- the remainder of this seasons basketball games.
-
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