Re: Bulls add "bite" to their squad : Sun Aug 02, 2015 12:53 pm  

roofaldo2 wrote:

Again, those prices are if you just turn up on the day. If you buy in advance they're cheaper, plus if you buy them from your club rather than direct from Bradford they get a cut of the money too.

Why on earth would you want to charge people more on the day?
Surely that deters "supporters" who want to wait until the last minute before they decide whether to go.

Re: Bulls add "bite" to their squad : Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:14 pm  

roofaldo2 wrote:

Again, those prices are if you just turn up on the day. If you buy in advance they're cheaper, plus if you buy them from your club rather than direct from Bradford they get a cut of the money too.

No, I'll give you that. I think it was £25 to buy a seat in advance, but the still charged £5 for my granddaughter to sit . And the seats were not available from our own club, standing only .

Re: Bulls add "bite" to their squad : Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:23 pm  

Not that much more than the £20 I was charged to watch at the Shay tbh

Re: Bulls add "bite" to their squad : Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:19 pm  

This whole thread just gave me an idea...

Do you think away crowds could be boosted by the away club taking a cut of travelling fans tickets? e.g. for every ticket to an away game sold in Halifaxs club shop, Fax keep 25%, then vice versa for the return fixture. Would mean travelling fans would feel to be contributing to their own club rather than lining rival clubs pockets. Would also give clubs an incentive to market and advertise away games rather than just home games. (and would give us a little income whilst the pitch is played and we have several away games on the bounce)

Re: Bulls add "bite" to their squad : Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:54 am  

Highlander wrote:

Not that much more than the £20 I was charged to watch at the Shay tbh

Here we go then. If you decided on the day to come to the shay with two season ticket juniors, to have a seat it would cost you £20 in total. If I decided on the day to go to odsal with my two season ticket juniors and wanted to sit, it would cost me £27 for me and £5 for each junior, a total of £37..... There's a big difference, tbh.

Re: Bulls add "bite" to their squad : Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:24 am  

Halifax1989 wrote:

This whole thread just gave me an idea...

Do you think away crowds could be boosted by the away club taking a cut of travelling fans tickets? e.g. for every ticket to an away game sold in Halifaxs club shop, Fax keep 25%, then vice versa for the return fixture. Would mean travelling fans would feel to be contributing to their own club rather than lining rival clubs pockets. Would also give clubs an incentive to market and advertise away games rather than just home games. (and would give us a little income whilst the pitch is played and we have several away games on the bounce)

Great idea IMO.
also would motivate me to advance buy for those stupid cashless grounds like Leigh/Sheffield.

Re: Bulls add "bite" to their squad : Mon Aug 03, 2015 11:40 am  

mr t hall wrote:

Great idea IMO.
also would motivate me to advance buy for those stupid cashless grounds like Leigh/Sheffield.

I thought Leigh was full of cash. They keep spending plenty on players.

Re: Bulls add "bite" to their squad : Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:05 pm  

Halifax1989 wrote:

This whole thread just gave me an idea...

Do you think away crowds could be boosted by the away club taking a cut of travelling fans tickets? e.g. for every ticket to an away game sold in Halifaxs club shop, Fax keep 25%, then vice versa for the return fixture. Would mean travelling fans would feel to be contributing to their own club rather than lining rival clubs pockets. Would also give clubs an incentive to market and advertise away games rather than just home games. (and would give us a little income whilst the pitch is played and we have several away games on the bounce)

I like that idea and it would increase the spending power of the Bulls as at many away games the home support was dwarfed by the away support. With that in mind it would rob those smaller clubs of vital income so probably best not. At Odsal I don't think income projections were reliant on the away support.

Re: Bulls add "bite" to their squad : Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:07 pm  

Halifax1989 wrote:

This whole thread just gave me an idea...

Do you think away crowds could be boosted by the away club taking a cut of travelling fans tickets? e.g. for every ticket to an away game sold in Halifaxs club shop, Fax keep 25%, then vice versa for the return fixture. Would mean travelling fans would feel to be contributing to their own club rather than lining rival clubs pockets. Would also give clubs an incentive to market and advertise away games rather than just home games. (and would give us a little income whilst the pitch is played and we have several away games on the bounce)

As far as I'm aware, this is basically what happens anyway if you buy tickets for away games from your own club

Re: Bulls add "bite" to their squad : Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:08 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

Why on earth would you want to charge people more on the day?
Surely that deters "supporters" who want to wait until the last minute before they decide whether to go.

It's not only Bradford that opperate this sort of system