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Re: Conspiracy alert!! : Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:31 pm  

To be honest, I thought £125 would have been good value this year never mind next. They can't push it up too quickly but it worked well this year so why not again next.
Its worth it just to get extra credit on the franchise. By dropping the price you are effectively paying for a bigger attendance figure. If you pick the right amount you get both money and attendance increase obviously.

Re: Conspiracy alert!! : Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:38 pm  

I think £140 is more than fair, that's only a bit over £10 per game, I know things are tight for everyone, but the club needs to generate money if we are going to progress and at fractionally over half the current price, I still think its a bargain.
It's up to us to get the most out of them by turning up week in week out and if not encourage a non regular to use it and maybe they will become future ST holders.
I think with a decent season this time around and a good bit of team strengthening and marketing we shoul be looking to increase our ST members next season on that premise.

Re: Conspiracy alert!! : Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:06 pm  

The game is under selling itself. No club should be allowed to sell a season ticket for less than £ 200.00

Re: Conspiracy alert!! : Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:18 pm  

bellycouldtackle wrote:

The game is under selling itself. No club should be allowed to sell a season ticket for less than £ 200.00

Must say I agree. Once people think the price is say£140 that is what they will always expect. When the club want to claw it back and they will, it will be very hard to get people to pay as it's become the norm. I get why clubs do it but it's a risky strategy - just look at the Bulls.

Re: Conspiracy alert!! : Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:19 pm  

It's a tough one, £20 per adult (on the gate) game is getting pricey, and to encourage rapid growth the £100 deal was fantastic, a staged but realistic increase to about £180-£200 seems reasonable though over say the next three years.
Hopefully that will take all the current ST holders and encourage more growth and hopefully fund the squad development that will sustain the growth in the future.

Re: Conspiracy alert!! : Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:30 pm  

kinleycat wrote:

It's a tough one, £20 per adult (on the gate) game is getting pricey, and to encourage rapid growth the £100 deal was fantastic, a staged but realistic increase to about £180-£200 seems reasonable though over say the next three years.
Hopefully that will take all the current ST holders and encourage more growth and hopefully fund the squad development that will sustain the growth in the future.

Id like to see a early bird ticket offer of around the £130-£140 mark and those buying later pay say around £160-£165 that would increase earlybird sales in theory and allow us to build on from this season. With a increase again subject to getting the newmarket permission.

Re: Conspiracy alert!! : Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:41 pm  

bellycouldtackle wrote:

The game is under selling itself. No club should be allowed to sell a season ticket for less than £ 200.00

While i understand the reason behind this post and don't totaly dismiss it, try telling that to those fans who don't have that sort of money, you obviously are ok with paying that amount.

Not everyone is.

Re: Conspiracy alert!! : Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:03 pm  

El Rey wrote:

While i understand the reason behind this post and don't totaly dismiss it, try telling that to those fans who don't have that sort of money, you obviously are ok with paying that amount.

Not everyone is.

At a little over £15 per game I think £200 for a ST is reasonably priced if the team is challenging for a top eigh place.
I know times are tough, but that is also the case for the club too and at the end of the day, the more money the club generate helps to propel the club forward.
While I entirely accept your point, it isn't a charity and without necessary income we will never achieve much.
It's a personal decision based on people's wish for club success against what they are able to see as spare or affordable.
I suppose the silver and bronze memberships are a key to this too.

Re: Conspiracy alert!! : Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:14 pm  

kinleycat wrote:

At a little over £15 per game I think £200 for a ST is reasonably priced if the team is challenging for a top eigh place.
I know times are tough, but that is also the case for the club too and at the end of the day, the more money the club generate helps to propel the club forward.
While I entirely accept your point, it isn't a charity and without necessary income we will never achieve much.
It's a personal decision based on people's wish for club success against what they are able to see as spare or affordable.
I suppose the silver and bronze memberships are a key to this too.

This is the conundrum for all professional sports clubs.
Until they reach a situation where they can sell the capacity of the stadium, they have to balance the bums on seats (and the associated match day spend), to maximise their income.
Obviously there is sponsorship on top of this but, for matchday it is better to fill the stadium by selling lower priced tickets, than it is to charge a higher price and have the place half empty.
As a club, Wakefield have done really well in increasing attendances, especially in view of the ecconomic situation and ther should be an increase in numbers once Newmarket is in place but, until they can achieve close to capacity, then discounted tickets will need to remain.
All of this assumes that a lower entry price has a positive effect on crowd numbers.
ST's have been an absolute bargain this season although many ST holders have also joined the 1873 club, so there has probably been an increase in income when the two are put together, especially when factoring ion matchday spend from the increased numbers.
The club deserve congratulating on this aspect and as fans we need to keep banging the drum and helping them go forward.

Re: Conspiracy alert!! : Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:20 pm  

kinleycat wrote:

At a little over £15 per game I think £200 for a ST is reasonably priced if the team is challenging for a top eigh place.
I know times are tough, but that is also the case for the club too and at the end of the day, the more money the club generate helps to propel the club forward.
While I entirely accept your point, it isn't a charity and without necessary income we will never achieve much.
It's a personal decision based on people's wish for club success against what they are able to see as spare or affordable.
I suppose the silver and bronze memberships are a key to this too.

Can't argue with that and have no wish to.

I don't see how we can be sure the club will raise more money by increasing prices to £200. I think it would be foolish.

The clubs not a charity, thats news to me mate, i have been donating to this worthy cause for a long time

The Gold and silver memberships do seem to work and is a big plus for fans who don't purchase a full season ticket.

My biggest gripe is (and its not aimed at Belly cos he does not mean it that way) those who have money see it differently from those who don't and in most cases don't care.

I expect and hope for a increase next season that reflects the climate in this sodding country.

£135 Early bird for existing holders and £150 Early bird for new season ticket holders and rising to £180.


We'll see.


Just a though, i paid less this season for my ST but bought 1 extra ST.