Apparently not - when I was at uni in Aberystwyth 2003-7 you basically couldn't get into our student union on most nights of the week without a ticket bought days in advance. I recently heard that nowadays it is so empty they empty half as many staff and cancel a lot of entertainment as it is so...
Not sure if it's been mentioned already on this thread but the landlords for the last 6-7 years recently left the Bear, and it's been taken over by brewery-appointed management. I could see it going downhill quite rapidly as the other pubs in that immediate area aren't fantastic, but the Bear...