East coast owl Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Well we got a lot more through the door today than usual. And beat most people’s attendance predictions. Plus on the red button. That’s a decent turn out. It’s got to have sent out a message to the chairman.. reduce POTG. There has to be a compromise. A fuller hillsborough means more people spending money.. hope there are a few more reduced priced games to come.. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TodwickOwl Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Concourses packed out - running out of food Many will spend another 5er in the ground Its a no brained to drop the prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldowl67 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Sure beats the £43 I paid for the Derby game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East coast owl Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, TodwickOwl said: Concourses packed out - running out of food Many will spend another 5er in the ground Its a no brained to drop the prices Especially taking young kids. Needing drinks and sweets.. it would be interesting to know what the difference in turn over was today than normal. At the reduced price to the normal. With extra people spending money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BARMYARMY2010 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, oldowl67 said: Sure beats the £43 I paid for the Derby game! Ya didnt have to go on the southstand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post i used to be sc_owl Posted January 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2019 15 minutes ago, East coast owl said: Especially taking young kids. Needing drinks and sweets.. Don’t give them more energy or they’ll be kicking everyone else’s chair as well! 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattitheowl Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 It's a bank holiday and we only got about 5k more than usual. I'm guessing we haven't made much more (if any) than on any average game this year. It's a myth that cheaper tickets means more money to the club with higher attendances and it's been debunked a number of times in the past. Unless fans are going to show up in their numbers every week at £20 a ticket it's folly. 1 Just not bothered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BARMYARMY2010 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Just now, mattitheowl said: It's a bank holiday and we only got about 5k more than usual. I'm guessing we haven't made much more (if any) than on any average game this year. It's a myth that cheaper tickets means more money to the club with higher attendances and it's been debunked a number of times in the past. Unless fans are going to show up in their numbers every week at £20 a ticket it's folly. No matter how many times this is said,there are those (evidenced in this thread) that ignore whats been said,time and time again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greengrass Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I thought we had sold 6000 half season tickets, then realised it was £20 a ticket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt_Hatstand Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 3 minutes ago, mattitheowl said: It's a bank holiday and we only got about 5k more than usual. I'm guessing we haven't made much more (if any) than on any average game this year. It's a myth that cheaper tickets means more money to the club with higher attendances and it's been debunked a number of times in the past. Unless fans are going to show up in their numbers every week at £20 a ticket it's folly. Maybe it's just nice to have an extra 5000 there supporting the team? Seeing as ticket revenues "cover nothing"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldowl67 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, DELUDED OWL said: Ya didnt have to go on the southstand. True, but I sat there against Derby because I met up some of my family. Today I chose the South Stand because I only decided to go last minute and needed three seats together. These days I don’t really like sitting behind the goal so avoid the Kop. £30 in the North and South for all matches would encourage me to attend more frequently, it doesn’t need to be as low as £20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i used to be sc_owl Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, mattitheowl said: It's a bank holiday and we only got about 5k more than usual. I'm guessing we haven't made much more (if any) than on any average game this year. It's a myth that cheaper tickets means more money to the club with higher attendances and it's been debunked a number of times in the past. Unless fans are going to show up in their numbers every week at £20 a ticket it's folly. I get what you are saying but it’s not just about the bottom line. It’s about engaging with and retaining fans that would otherwise not come. Games like this aren’t about making money. If we do get promoted, I’d love it if DC knocked prices down drastically seeing as though gate receipts would be a drop in the ocean. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plonk Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 And it’s a bank holiday, we’ve had three good results boring Jo’s has departed, and 20 pound tickets. Think all these things will have effected it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the monk Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Around 17 k more than the Bolton game ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the monk Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 23 minutes ago, mattitheowl said: It's a bank holiday and we only got about 5k more than usual. I'm guessing we haven't made much more (if any) than on any average game this year. It's a myth that cheaper tickets means more money to the club with higher attendances and it's been debunked a number of times in the past. Unless fans are going to show up in their numbers every week at £20 a ticket it's folly. Cheers for that ....king prat ,only 5 k more just 5k !! Ps we has 12,000 + v Bolton 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddlesdiamondlights Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 40 minutes ago, mattitheowl said: It's a bank holiday and we only got about 5k more than usual. I'm guessing we haven't made much more (if any) than on any average game this year. It's a myth that cheaper tickets means more money to the club with higher attendances and it's been debunked a number of times in the past. Unless fans are going to show up in their numbers every week at £20 a ticket it's folly. An extra 5000 people buying food programmes visiting club shop yeah waste of time 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East coast owl Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 35 minutes ago, Cpt_Hatstand said: Maybe it's just nice to have an extra 5000 there supporting the team? Seeing as ticket revenues "cover nothing"? 35 minutes ago, i used to be sc_owl said: I get what you are saying but it’s not just about the bottom line. It’s about engaging with and retaining fans that would otherwise not come. Games like this aren’t about making money. If we do get promoted, I’d love it if DC knocked prices down drastically seeing as though gate receipts would be a drop in the ocean. Considering it was on the red button. And after new year ect ect. It was a good turn out. I’m not saying every game has to be £20. But it has to come down. Now we have our Wednesday back,people would come and watch if the prices were more reasonable. It’s been debated to death.. just thought it was nice to see hillsborough pretty full considering where we are in the league.. and got people engaged again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt_Hatstand Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 £25 Kop £30 North £32-35 South would put 1500 on the average gate for me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mkowl Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 hour ago, mattitheowl said: It's a bank holiday and we only got about 5k more than usual. I'm guessing we haven't made much more (if any) than on any average game this year. It's a myth that cheaper tickets means more money to the club with higher attendances and it's been debunked a number of times in the past. Unless fans are going to show up in their numbers every week at £20 a ticket it's folly. Is that the same myth that argues higher ticket prices means higher revenues. As any A level economics student will verify Revenue = Price x Quantity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sova Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 7 minutes ago, mkowl said: Is that the same myth that argues higher ticket prices means higher revenues. As any A level economics student will verify Revenue = Price x Quantity. But that's the point, isn't it? Let's say we got 15K walk-ups today at £20 a ticket - that's £300K. 10K walk-ups at £35 quid a ticket would have been £350K. Having said that, I agree that it's not just about the numbers (plus, of course, there are various factors we don't know, so we can't really judge). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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