[PopTart]

Re: SL average attendance : Thu Apr 07, 2022 11:37 am  

lampyboy wrote:

And Hull who had the usual good following.
Its not so much now but the end of the season when the figures matter.
A good run and a semi final along with Insentives for new supporters and I would have thought a good 2 thousand could be added.
Let's see.

To increase the average by 2k we'll need a few 8k attendances.

Re: SL average attendance : Thu Apr 07, 2022 11:48 am  

Only a small thing in the big Scheme of things I know but I thought those A boards on trailers at the main roads into the city advertised the next games well and I’m sure it would still be effective in getting more footfall through the gates ,especially the cup run ,then it’s down to the club and team to keep them coming back .

Re: SL average attendance : Thu Apr 07, 2022 12:15 pm  

We do poptar, but start with the Cats Shuds games and target new support and younger supporters.
We also have Cas HKR at home and target those games to attract over 8000.

Re: SL average attendance : Thu Apr 07, 2022 12:30 pm  

lampyboy wrote:

We do poptar, but start with the Cats Shuds games and target new support and younger supporters.
We also have Cas HKR at home and target those games to attract over 8000.

IIRC our attendance is currently limited to around 7000 so, 8000 cant happen.
Hopefully, when we have the new stand and upgrade in the north stand, we can get back to some decent (8000+) crowds

Re: SL average attendance : Thu Apr 07, 2022 12:59 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

In terms of "£25 is steep", what are you comparing us to ?

Reel cinema probably £25 will get 5 of you in for 2 hours entertainment

Re: SL average attendance : Thu Apr 07, 2022 1:18 pm  

supercat wrote:

Reel cinema probably £25 will get 5 of you in for 2 hours entertainment

And you could walk round the park for nowt but, we're talking about a top flight rugby league club here and the players, staff and upkeep of the club all need paying for
and most of us want to see the club get better and better.
For me, £25 isn't bad at all.
Perhaps there should be "family" tickets available at a good rate, which would encourage more kids coming through the turnstiles and every club wants those.

Re: SL average attendance : Thu Apr 07, 2022 1:22 pm  

Do Castleford still allow pay on the gate?

Re: SL average attendance : Thu Apr 07, 2022 1:53 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

In terms of "£25 is steep", what are you comparing us to ?

I suppose this is relative to the target audience.

I recently took the family to watch the Leeds Knights ice hockey team. We got a promotional discount through my sons junior football team meaning that the kids went free and adult tickets were £10 each So 2 adults and 3 kids total £20. and the kids loved it.

We have been since and a family ticket for 2 adults and 3 kids costs £44.

The same tickets to watch Wakey v Cas would be £85.

I certainly noticed that the demographic was different too, lots of families and younger people watching and the venue was a sell out. (2K ish)

To watch a premiership football match (west ham v burnley) £63 £30 adults and u16s £1

I definitely think that some type of family ticket should be available if we want to attract new supporters for the future.

Re: SL average attendance : Thu Apr 07, 2022 2:45 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

Do Castleford still allow pay on the gate?

They did for our game last season but it depends on the tickets available too. It was peeing it down all that week prior.

[Wildthing]

Re: SL average attendance : Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:17 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Cas got 7.5k against Toulouse.
We can't use that as an excuse. It's out support that matters, not the away support.

They had an offer on for that game though didn't they?
We can't afford that can we?
But I do agree we need to up our game re: attendances, and a win on Sunday will definitely help.
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