3,668 : Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:07 am  

Hi there,
Firstly, this is not meant to be a negative post, just one we can all add our ideas to over the weeks. Alison has managed to get PB to agree to take on board some of the things we say and as such, let's see what we can come up with.
Firstly, the Number of the Thread!
3,668 is the average gate for a home London Broncos/Harlequins Rugby League match from the year 2000 up until the start of this season. This figure includes an average gate of 2,800 for the Huddersfield game in 2006 and not the stupid 12,000 double header figure.

There are only 4 teams that we average over 4,000 gates for over the years and it will come as no suprise that these are the so called big 4 of Wigan, Saints, Leeds and Bradford.

So, if this were OUR business, what would we try to do to improve on this?
If we ignore this weeks game v Leeds, we have 5 more teams visiting us (averages in brackets).
Hudds (2,800), Saints (4,764), Bulls (4,016), Salford (2,670), Castleford (3,567).

I for one would target the Bradford, Castleford and Salford games with everything the club can afford to spend. This season is nearly gone with regard to attracting new regular fans, so we need to get people in to games that will be close contests.
The Bradford game is "dance off day" and my thoughts on that form of attraction are well documented.
I think the club should offer £5 tickets to every resident in TW2 for these three games.
On production of a utility bill, you get £5 entry (free to all under 16's). I don't for 1 minute believe that we will see any more than 500 added to our gates, but at least we will be connecting with the locals.
I would also open the North Stand for the Castleford and Salford games and fill it with every student we can convince to come along.
The last two gates for games against Cas and the Reds are 2,112 and 2,347 respectively and must be targeted.
Huddersfield have built their crowds over the years by connecting with the local public and sunsidising tickets and I believe we should do the same.

As I say, I don't want this to become another negative thread or marketing rant, but if we put our heads together, then maybe we can get our gates up.

: Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:13 am  

you just made me feel sad that there are so few games remaining.
Feels like the season has just started.
You're gonna remind me that it gets darker from next week too?

: Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:16 am  

Make the East Stand unallocated for the targetted games.

: Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:22 am  

Dave Lister wrote:

Make the East Stand unallocated for the targetted games.

Mmmm....I think that most ST holders would have a problem with that.

When do the kids start applying for Uni places/open days etc? Could we send every GCSE and A Level student a free ticket to a game?

: Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:26 am  

gutterfax wrote:

Mmmm....I think that most ST holders would have a problem with that.

When do the kids start applying for Uni places/open days etc? Could we send every GCSE and A Level student a free ticket to a game?

I know, their short-sightedness and selfishness would get in the way of that. I still think it would have been great having unallocated seating in the East from the start but appreciate it would be impossible to price/make any money.

GCSE's have ended and kids are back at school IIRC. A-Levels finish this week perhaps? Or certainally by next week. They don't go back to school. Wrong time of year for opens days tbh, people have made their choices by now sadly. Still, there are plenty of 15-16 year olds still being schooled so they could easily be targetted.

: Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:59 am  

Alison has managed to get PB to agree to take on board some of the things we say and as such, let's see what we can come up with.

To be fair to PB he already understood a great deal more than we gave him credit for. He understands how we feel and what we think, the message for whatever reason was not getting across from the club to fans. I agree though, we have complained about bums on seats and should all work together to get this improved. Ideas should be sent to PB, I know he will reply. Like I said previosuly we may not always like what we hear but we will get a reply. We cannot have a say in the running of the club or the policy making which happens at board level but we can put forward ideas, we can give our time and we can influence each others thinking of these very ideas. Some of them will be good, some will be hopeless, some will have been previosuly tried but may be worth trying again. Things like giving tickets away on radio as prizes. So keep the thoughts going, get along to as many forums as you can and keep the mails coming in

: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:00 pm  

After attending every season since the late Crusaders days, circumstances dictated I could not attend one game last season.

Finally, I made amends and got myself over to the Celtic Crusaders game the other Saturday, my first match since September 2007.

- why was only the East Stand open? (ok, the south stand is being rebuilt).
- is it really a whopping £35 to sit in the 'best' bit of the East stand?

As it was, I got invited into the London Welsh RU corporate box for the 2nd half, so I lorded it with the nobs rather than slummed it with the plebs.

: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:02 pm  

Anthony Jones wrote:

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Read your PM.
As I said, no negatives here please.

: Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:05 pm  

something on the cheap

say at all the major shopping centres in London i.e Westfield, Brent Cross
or busy streets

have a man/woman volunteer with a little stand (like the evening standard type) trying to gee up a bit of awareness for Quins

Each volunteer could be given a unique number and discount vouchers to give out which can be presented on the gates for discounted tickets.

Those unique numbers can be tallied up with a substantial reward for the highest fan recruiter.

thoughts?

: Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:10 pm  

Wire_Yed_79 wrote:

something on the cheap

say at all the major shopping centres in London i.e Westfield, Brent Cross
or busy streets

have a man/woman volunteer with a little stand (like the evening standard type) trying to gee up a bit of awareness for Quins

Each volunteer could be given a unique number and discount vouchers to give out which can be presented on the gates for discounted tickets.

Those unique numbers can be tallied up with a substantial reward for the highest fan recruiter.

thoughts?

Like it. Alas, these places frown upon such activity unless they get paid.
I stiil (and have said since 2002) that we need to send cheerleaders in full gear into "crim" bars on fridays selling pre-tickets at £5 each........and if a few of these cheerleaders were to wander into the westfield Centre...well, so what?