Re: season ticket deadline ? : Fri Oct 18, 2019 10:46 am  

TheDreadnought wrote:

And at the risk of getting called a troll it's all relative, most football families aren't travelling to sit in a shed Willzay, not to say I don't love Belle Vue.

Fair contradiction there.
So your gripe is with the "quality of BV" rather than the price then, at least we are clear about your gripe.
As said earlier, I'd take BV with all of its faults, over the empty, soulless John Smiths stadium, all day long, which is why they struggle to sell tickets at £80, never mind a more realistic price.
At £80 a pop for season tickets, we'd have to be getting 15000 a week at BV - you do the math.

Re: season ticket deadline ? : Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:07 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Fair contradiction there.
So your gripe is with the "quality of BV" rather than the price then, at least we are clear about your gripe.
As said earlier, I'd take BV with all of its faults, over the empty, soulless John Smiths stadium, all day long, which is why they struggle to sell tickets at £80, never mind a more realistic price.
At £80 a pop for season tickets, we'd have to be getting 15000 a week at BV - you do the math.

It's one of the factors absolutely, I won't deny that but I am asking what the club (and other clubs in SL) are doing in the background to compete with NRL prices, £80 season tickets and £19.99pm plans. All of which I am not speculating about, I'm providing facts.

More realistic pricing or payment options to me *key word* could bring more fans, shop sales and match day profit on consumables.

Does anyone know how many season tickets we sold last year?

Re: season ticket deadline ? : Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:22 am  

I'm sure MC has said in the past that the in-ground sales (booze, food etc) don't see a significant raise in revenue for matches that have cheap tickets.

We've tried cheap tickets before and went bust, Bradford did the same when they were in SL.

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Re: season ticket deadline ? : Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:06 pm  

TheDreadnought wrote:

It's one of the factors absolutely, I won't deny that but I am asking what the club (and other clubs in SL) are doing in the background to compete with NRL prices, £80 season tickets and £19.99pm plans. All of which I am not speculating about, I'm providing facts.

More realistic pricing or payment options to me *key word* could bring more fans, shop sales and match day profit on consumables.

Does anyone know how many season tickets we sold last year?

It's not the number of people. It's the income they bring.
Cheap tickets needs to bring a significant increase.

Also, your point about competing isn't valid.
Our prices have no relevance to NRL or even other super league teams. We are competing against the other things that people in Wakefield spend money on.

Re: season ticket deadline ? : Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:22 pm  

PopTart wrote:

It's not the number of people. It's the income they bring.
Cheap tickets needs to bring a significant increase.

Also, your point about competing isn't valid.
Our prices have no relevance to NRL or even other super league teams. We are competing against the other things that people in Wakefield spend money on.

Why isn't it valid?

Fundamentally everythingthat happens at Wakefield including pricing, facilities, players, staff, fans, on field performance, even the car park count towards the only thing any fan should care about and that's making a success of Wakefield Trinity.

So comparing other clubs in the same sport IMO is 100% valid.

Re: season ticket deadline ? : Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:24 pm  

Sick to the back teeth of people digging the club out over ticket prices. It costs what its costs - if you don't like it don't come. It is quite clear the price points have been set to fit in with the business plan that is keeping this club alive. I'm sure the club would like to play all home games at 3pm on Sunday or any fixed time by SKY call the shots and pay a significant wedge to the lcub for the rights to do that. If anyone is able to plug the approx. £2m funding gap per annum required to tell Sky to do one then please stump up now. Otherwise shut up.

Re: season ticket deadline ? : Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:29 pm  

wakefieldwall wrote:

Sick to the back teeth of people digging the club out over ticket prices. It costs what its costs - if you don't like it don't come. It is quite clear the price points have been set to fit in with the business plan that is keeping this club alive. I'm sure the club would like to play all home games at 3pm on Sunday or any fixed time by SKY call the shots and pay a significant wedge to the lcub for the rights to do that. If anyone is able to plug the approx. £2m funding gap per annum required to tell Sky to do one then please stump up now. Otherwise shut up.

Funnily enough that's not how forums work.

Re: season ticket deadline ? : Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:37 pm  

Why should we be competing with NRL prices anyway? I reckon 75% of Wakefield don’t even know what the NRL is, let alone the ticket prices.

Re: season ticket deadline ? : Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:38 pm  

TheDreadnought wrote:

Why isn't it valid?

Fundamentally everythingthat happens at Wakefield including pricing, facilities, players, staff, fans, on field performance, even the car park count towards the only thing any fan should care about and that's making a success of Wakefield Trinity.

So comparing other clubs in the same sport IMO is 100% valid.

Your point about competing with The NRL isn't valid because, although they play the same sport, we aren't in competition with them for attracting fans or season ticket holders.

Competing with Huddersfield may be important but, with the possible exception of yourself, I dont know too many fans that like visiting The John Smiths stadium, let alone want to watch them instead of Trinity. ,therefore, even they are barely "competition".

From where this thread started off with a simple question about whether Platinum "early bird" tickets ceased this Saturday, which they do, we have drifted wildly.

You started off complaining that Trinity haven't reduced their prices and have drifted further since then and you appear to have a different agenda to the rest of us.

The bottom line is that you either watch Trinity or dont, it's a free world
DC has indicated how you can reduce the cost, either by purchasing a ST or buying in advance and if you prefer Shudds, then, crack on.
Personally, I dont see why anyone would but, it's a free world.

Re: season ticket deadline ? : Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:49 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Your point about competing with The NRL isn't valid because, although they play the same sport, we aren't in competition with them for attracting fans or season ticket holders.

Competing with Huddersfield may be important but, with the possible exception of yourself, I dont know too many fans that like visiting The John Smiths stadium, let alone want to watch them instead of Trinity. ,therefore, even they are barely "competition".

From where this thread started off with a simple question about whether Platinum "early bird" tickets ceased this Saturday, which they do, we have drifted wildly.

You started off complaining that Trinity haven't reduced their prices and have drifted further since then and you appear to have a different agenda to the rest of us.

The bottom line is that you either watch Trinity or dont, it's a free world
DC has indicated how you can reduce the cost, either by purchasing a ST or buying in advance and if you prefer Shudds, then, crack on.
Personally, I dont see why anyone would but, it's a free world.

And my point on KR offering monthly payments. Where do you stand on that one?

Whilst I do think they are overpriced (including the D as it seems as I initially wrote overprice lol) my agenda isn't "bring those costs down this instant" it's "It would just be interesting to see how teams like Wakefield are trying to mimic the NRL deals and do we ever see Adult ticket pricing ever dropping?"

I get it's all in the background for a reason and in no way am I saying it should be public knowledge but

DC mentioned a state payment to Melbourne, have we approached our alternative for something similar?
Melbourne have big name sponsors, have we approached companies like (sticking with Melbourne) Suzuki? (Although I have pointed out I really liked the Asus deal)
Do we intend on offering monthly plans similar to KR?

It's all relative IMO and I don't know how many more times I need to point out, I have already sorted my season ticket.