Bakewell tart wrote:
besides the charge into the stand, which I agree is silly for children, I think its due to the fact that the capacity for it is around 100-200 and therefore a seat is classed as a seat regardless of who sits in it - which as a mum of 3 boys I don't agree with, but understand the reasoning behind it. I think charging an extra £1 is no big deal. The club will need to employ over double the usual match day staff maybe even more,buy extra things for the game such as plastic glasses and an extra working till behind the downstairs bar - fingers crossed lol, hopefully a fully stocked bottled bar too, plus possibly have a police presence due to the size of the crowd. I can understand why they have increased the price, it really should not be a time for us to be having a go, at least we have met the criteria for the game to be given the go-ahead at cougars, otherwise we could of all be paying much more to go to warrington for the game.
That's a fair argument.
With regards, stock, plastic glasses etc. Those will pay for themselves when they're sold, it could be argued with a higher profit margin than normal games due to economy of scale.
What slightly grates with me is it goes against what I perceived to be the ethos of our club. I always had us down as being seen by the club as family orientated, with supporters, not just a revenue stream to be exploited. I'm amazed there isn't a family ticket deal. Sure it's a great opportunity for the club to make some brass but I think there are better ways to make it Selling a decent quality one off programme for example.
For some people, OAPs who are too infirm to stand for 80 minutes spring to mind, the big price hike will really be a big deal and they may not be able to come to such a big game.
