: Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:05 pm  

In the case of QRL....If the target is 5,000 average gates and the budget is £300,000k, then the measurement needs to be spot on.

If Quins RL brought the price of a ticket down to £14.28, then we could buy 1500 per game ourselves, achieve the target, and not actually spend any money - 1500 added ticket sales * 14 home games at £14.28 each = £299,880.

Assuming my calculator is better than IL's obviously.

: Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:04 pm  

Celtic Crusaders Chief Executive claims that they need 4500 crowds to "break even"

Celtic Crusaders Chief Executive claims that they need 4500 crowds to "break even"

: Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:29 pm  

Am I missing something in all this crowd stuff

Just gone into the Quins RL site to be greeted by a page advertising the next 4 fixtures, good way to take you into the site I thought until I read the banner over the top of the Leeds fixture saying

"Record League Attendance"

I read it si 4,378, even Alistair Campbell couldn't spin that as a record league attendance. Best crowd of a miserable set of crowds but lets stop taking the mickey with the headlines

: Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:52 pm  

Chris Brown wrote:

Am I missing something in all this crowd stuff

Just gone into the Quins RL site to be greeted by a page advertising the next 4 fixtures, good way to take you into the site I thought until I read the banner over the top of the Leeds fixture saying

"Record League Attendance"

I read it si 4,378, even Alistair Campbell couldn't spin that as a record league attendance. Best crowd of a miserable set of crowds but lets stop taking the mickey with the headlines

My God, you're right. Even by our club's standards that is an absolutely ridiculous thing to put on the splash page. Not only ridiculous but absolute b*****ks too.

10 000 crowd average : Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:23 am  

Chris Brown wrote:

Am I missing something in all this crowd stuff

Just gone into the Quins RL site to be greeted by a page advertising the next 4 fixtures, good way to take you into the site I thought until I read the banner over the top of the Leeds fixture saying

"Record League Attendance"

I read it si 4,378, even Alistair Campbell couldn't spin that as a record league attendance. Best crowd of a miserable set of crowds but lets stop taking the mickey with the headlines

Am I right in thinking the biggest QRL crowd was the 8,000 odd for the first game at the Stoop v Saints?

Re: 10 000 crowd average : Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:39 am  

Rob from Erith wrote:

Am I right in thinking the biggest QRL crowd was the 8,000 odd for the first game at the Stoop v Saints?

You would be. Apart from the double header.

Re: 10 000 crowd average : Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:41 am  

Dave Lister wrote:

You would be. Apart from the double header.

I never count the double header - as I remember most of the RU fans had either left or headed for the bar to celebrate their promotion. Either way, what are the club doing with this 'highest league gate.......EVER!!!' thing?

: Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:34 am  

It's a battle to win over the 'locals' I fear too. I talked to a couple in a Richmond pub last week who attended a Quins game earlier this season, as they are 'rugby' fans -supporters of London Welsh they told me are in the financial sh*t at the moment.

The experience they had means they won't go back. Apparently those noisy northerners put them off, and the language was appalling. They'd never seen or heard anything like it apparently

There is a culture problem for you in that area. Lots of people who are dyed in the wool Southeners who are intollerant of the north. Seeing League as a Northern game turns them off straight away.

You need to really market games against the Catalans, Crusaders, and another London team is desperately needed to attain the 10k. Lets hope you do it eh

: Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:25 am  

There is a culture problem for you in that area. Lots of people who are dyed in the wool Southeners who are intollerant of the north. Seeing League as a Northern game turns them off straight away.

Im not sure thats strictly true. I'm of the belief RU has a middle to upper class following. RL is a working mans game and attracts the "white van man" and what comes with that sort of person.(borne out of where its roots are)
RU is grown out of grammar schools etc and has been stated previously the average salary at Quins RU is £40k. It is a social scene rather than a thorough understanding of the sport scene-if that makes sense

There is a fundamental difference socially between the sports.

Whereas football crosses all social boundaries-or appears to.

: Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:51 am  

wire-quin wrote:

..................RU is grown out of grammar schools etc .

Try telling that to the folks in the valley's

wire-quin wrote:

..................Whereas football crosses all social boundaries-or appears to.

Born out of the working class agreed, but by and large now hi-jacked by big business and the corporate world. Once, not so long ago either, players lived within the communities they played in. These days the vast majority live with the other "nouveax riche". At the top end "ordinary fans" are being priced out of the game.