: Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:15 pm  

The free kids season tickets when a shirt was bought probably helped.

A very good idea IMO, although some who had already bought their season tickets would probably disagree.
My youngest granddaughter wasn't going to bother but she took up the offer of a free ticket with the shirt.

Re: Singnificant increase in attendances : Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:16 pm  

tvoc wrote:

I'd have thought crowds decreasing during a recession would be the norm. St Helens bucking that trend is the surprise for me.

After the first 10 rounds of 2008 the 60 games had attracted 613,609 at an average of 10,266 per game.

This season (with Celtic and Salford added) the first 10 rounds should be 70 games. For one reason or another there have been 69 SL Regular Round games played so far with an increased aggregate (for 10 rounds) of 660,981 but a decreased average of 9,579.

Don't forget that average will be reduced by the poor crowds at Salford and Celtic.

One of the reasons for our increased attendances will no doubt be the number of free junioe season tickets that were issued.

Re: Singnificant increase in attendances : Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:22 pm  

gateaux wrote:

It seems the offers the club have had on tickets are paying off but - especially when you see the overall average - it is good to see us bucking the trend so much, I expected a slight increase but not something so dramatic.

You'll still have to go some to offset the losses being experienced elsewhere (not that they are St Helens problems) but long may the numbers continue to rise. The club deserves it with the quality they have on show. Good news all round with a new stadium to fill come 2010?

Re: Singnificant increase in attendances : Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:24 pm  

tvoc wrote:

You'll still have to go some to offset the losses being experienced elsewhere (not that they are St Helens problems) but long may the numbers continue to rise. The club deserves it with the quality they have on show. Good news all round with a new stadium to fill come 2010?

2011

Re: Singnificant increase in attendances : Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:28 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

Don't forget that average will be reduced by the poor crowds at Salford and Celtic.

One of the reasons for our increased attendances will no doubt be the number of free junioe season tickets that were issued.

Strange this year.

Wigan got a higher attendance for the Celtic game than they did v Huddersfield or Castleford, and only marginally less than against Bradford.

Maybe it was due to being a Sunday game, is that the way to go?

Re: Singnificant increase in attendances : Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:33 pm  

Ski wrote:

2011

OK. Thanks.

Still good to see the numbers increasing (even on the back of a marketing freebie) if the short term give away can result in long term growth.

Re: Singnificant increase in attendances : Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:57 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Strange this year.

Wigan got a higher attendance for the Celtic game than they did v Huddersfield or Castleford, and only marginally less than against Bradford.

Maybe it was due to being a Sunday game, is that the way to go?

I like sunday games, but 5 yrs ago i had to work every sunday and i didnt Friday games are all well and good at this time of year, but in Febuary its bloody cold!

Re: Singnificant increase in attendances : Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:58 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

I like sunday games, but 5 yrs ago i had to work every sunday and i didnt Friday games are all well and good at this time of year, but in Febuary its bloody cold!

It's not much colder on a cold Sunday afternoon than a cold Friday night

Re: Singnificant increase in attendances : Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:53 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Strange this year.

Wigan got a higher attendance for the Celtic game than they did v Huddersfield or Castleford, and only marginally less than against Bradford.

Maybe it was due to being a Sunday game, is that the way to go?

Maybe it was due to the Wigan fans thinking they may have actually had a chance of winning against Celtic

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:01 pm  

Increasing gates in a recession, impressive indeed saints. The free junior ticket thing must have been a boost to bums on seats surley. The new "half season ticket" is due out also, maybe this can help further? Nice to see a rise anyways.

Also, I took me little un into the club shop after the Hull game, willign to buy home and away shirts and shorts and socks, my mate took his little un in to, to buy him sumert, not sure what, anyways we all left empty handed as the shop was paked, and i mean packed, the queue was huge for the tills. They will get my money still of course, but great to see the shop so rammed and tills making a "kerching" noise... 9 they didnt really make a noise, they were electronic japanese things, so very silent and efficient like a japanese samurai ninja geisha girl )

Nice work saints