northernbloke wrote:
It’s not just us though, it’s probably most sports clubs in the country, very few could survive on gate receipts
As we have seen on these very boards over the years, Harlequins RL was into Mr Hughes for about £2 million a year (definitely during the period 2009-2012). At the time I believe a ST woked out at £15 a game and walk up was £18 or £20....but to be sure, let's just assume it was £17.00 a ticket per game.
9,050 fans paying £17 a game over 13 matches a season is £50 over what Mr Hughes was putting into the club. That is of course 9,050 fans over and above the ones we had, so in 2009 that would have been a 12,500 average to break even and in 2012, 11,850 to break even..........that's with the SKY cash and income from Tickets and also includes any commercial income we had coming in at the time.......yet we did nothing to attract new fans to games.
As Toronto will soon discover, 10,000 Canadians will need to pay considerably more than the £5 a ticket that was on offer last year for Toronto to be anything other than a money pit.....they are on cable TV.......and I don't mean like Virgin Media are cable, more like "waynes world" cable. Their sponsor seems less than happy with the return on their flights for logo on a shirt deal and they will now have to essentially re-launch their offering some 10 months after they last played at home.......I applaud the bluster and bravado, but I do worry that they are being built on very very flimsy foundations which SL Chairmen will not be fooled by....well, maybe Adam Pearson, but not anyone who counts.
HOW MANY TIMES?????
