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Post by garygas on Feb 25, 2016 12:44:05 GMT
I think this would be a great way for the new owners to secure the future fan base for the gas.
Not sure how much it would cost the club but long term gain should outway loss.
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Post by thegasman on Feb 25, 2016 12:56:56 GMT
I believe Rovers should also have a NUS (National Union of Students) category, with over 50000 possible university students in the city. Of which nearly 20000 are current UWE students refreshed each year with another 5000+ students.
What an easy way to gain potential lifelong fans, or just the floating fan that wishes to see an occasional game. No brainer for me.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Feb 25, 2016 13:07:55 GMT
I think this would be a great way for the new owners to secure the future fan base for the gas. Not sure how much it would cost the club but long term gain should outway loss. Yeah, if you have a bunch of seats that aren't required (ie you're not close to capacity), giving them away free is win-win for the fans and the club. It would be good to give swathes of seats to kids' football teams and schools, as well. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 25, 2016 13:14:29 GMT
I think this would be a great way for the new owners to secure the future fan base for the gas. Not sure how much it would cost the club but long term gain should outway loss. Yeah, if you have a bunch of seats that aren't required (ie you're not close to capacity), giving them away free is win-win for the fans and the club. It would be good to give swathes of seats to kids' football teams and schools, as well. When's that been the case though at the Mem this season? Why do parents of kids think they should get in free at football matches, when they don't at the cinema or theatre and surely the same reasoning applies? |
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Feb 25, 2016 13:44:03 GMT
Yeah, if you have a bunch of seats that aren't required (ie you're not close to capacity), giving them away free is win-win for the fans and the club. It would be good to give swathes of seats to kids' football teams and schools, as well. When's that been the case though at the Mem this season? Why do parents of kids think they should get in free at football matches, when they don't at the cinema or theatre and surely the same reasoning applies? £2.50 a ticket. www.mirror.co.uk/money/find-free-restaurant-meals-5104181Lots of restaurants coax parents in by offering free kids’ meals with the adults’ mains. Often the restaurant will specify a particular day of the week (usually a weekend) when kids can eat free. For example Beefeater lets children eat free on Saturday, Crown Carveries has free food for children on Sundays, children get free breakfast at Brewers Fayre, on weekdays at Table Table children's meals are free before 5pm, while YHA lets children eat free any day of the week provided an adult meal is booked too. |
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Feb 25, 2016 13:46:28 GMT
Yeah, if you have a bunch of seats that aren't required (ie you're not close to capacity), giving them away free is win-win for the fans and the club. It would be good to give swathes of seats to kids' football teams and schools, as well. When's that been the case though at the Mem this season? Why do parents of kids think they should get in free at football matches, when they don't at the cinema or theatre and surely the same reasoning applies? It's not about being fair, it's about excellent marketing, and if you have spare capacity it is excellent, and effectively free, marketing. |
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Feb 25, 2016 13:50:02 GMT
Also, people go to the cinema to watch the film without any loyalty or necessity to return.
If you hook a kid young you have a fan for life.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 14:25:00 GMT
Yeah, if you have a bunch of seats that aren't required (ie you're not close to capacity), giving them away free is win-win for the fans and the club. It would be good to give swathes of seats to kids' football teams and schools, as well. When's that been the case though at the Mem this season? Why do parents of kids think they should get in free at football matches, when they don't at the cinema or theatre and surely the same reasoning applies? Are you for real? Why the feck are cinemas going to let kids in for free? How is that the same? Parents might understand that the kids are the future of the business that's tempting their children in. |
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Post by newmarketgas on Feb 25, 2016 14:47:07 GMT
Also, people go to the cinema to watch the film without any loyalty or necessity to return. If you hook a kid young you have a fan for life. I don't think that kind of fishing is the answer.  |
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Post by mehewmagic on Feb 25, 2016 17:01:55 GMT
Yeah, if you have a bunch of seats that aren't required (ie you're not close to capacity), giving them away free is win-win for the fans and the club. It would be good to give swathes of seats to kids' football teams and schools, as well. When's that been the case though at the Mem this season? Why do parents of kids think they should get in free at football matches, when they don't at the cinema or theatre and surely the same reasoning applies? many leisure attractions do let kids in free, usually with a paying adult. Or have a family ticket. Or have a kid's club, like our local cinema. The cinema gets to pick the film for the later, which is not a million miles off a football team doing 'kids go free' for a match at a weird day / time which is least likely to attract a huge crowd, there are loads of places that do free kids, including the steam train in wales last week that I, cough, I mean my 3 year old son, so badly wanted to go on maybe we need to join the 20th century. then we can aim for the 21st... |
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Post by mehewmagic on Feb 25, 2016 17:14:52 GMT
I think this would be a great way for the new owners to secure the future fan base for the gas. Not sure how much it would cost the club but long term gain should outway loss. I raised several questions like this here, a month ago - gaschat.co.uk/thread/5772/priced-out-watching-rovers-seasonBSS said he would raise the issues at the next Board meeting, which was 8th Feb I think. I realise we've had a huge takeover in between but I'll see if he can give me any update... even if it could be that the takeover has... well... taken over |
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Post by mehewmagic on Feb 25, 2016 17:16:04 GMT
I believe Rovers should also have a NUS (National Union of Students) category, with over 50000 possible university students in the city. Of which nearly 20000 are current UWE students refreshed each year with another 5000+ students. What an easy way to gain potential lifelong fans, or just the floating fan that wishes to see an occasional game. No brainer for me. we had one. it was scrapped.  |
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Post by cradengas on Feb 25, 2016 18:30:36 GMT
I believe Rovers should also have a NUS (National Union of Students) category, with over 50000 possible university students in the city. Of which nearly 20000 are current UWE students refreshed each year with another 5000+ students. What an easy way to gain potential lifelong fans, or just the floating fan that wishes to see an occasional game. No brainer for me. we had one. it was scrapped. Yes I was luckily enough to be able to take advantage of the NUS band last season but was told before the last home game it was being scrapped for this season. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 25, 2016 18:58:32 GMT
When's that been the case though at the Mem this season? Why do parents of kids think they should get in free at football matches, when they don't at the cinema or theatre and surely the same reasoning applies? Are you for real? Why the feck are cinemas going to let kids in for free? How is that the same? Parents might understand that the kids are the future of the business that's tempting their children in. Cinema's are in the entertainment business in case you've over liked that fact? If it's so vital football clubs let kids in for free why doesn't every club in the country do that? We do usually run quid a kid games, I assume the Hartlepool & Wimbledon games are ideal for that coming up. At the end of the day if we let kids in free every game then the rest of us have to pay more, or we cut the wage bill to reflect the lower income. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 19:54:12 GMT
Are you for real? Why the feck are cinemas going to let kids in for free? How is that the same? Parents might understand that the kids are the future of the business that's tempting their children in. Cinema's are in the entertainment business in case you've over liked that fact? If it's so vital football clubs let kids in for free why doesn't every club in the country do that? We do usually run quid a kid games, I assume the Hartlepool & Wimbledon games are ideal for that coming up. At the end of the day if we let kids in free every game then the rest of us have to pay more, or we cut the wage bill to reflect the lower income. You are on a wind up. If not I apologise for assuming something else. Does anybody take their family to the cinema every other week spending 60-100 notes in the process? Is the business model and income stream for a franchise picture house the same as a community based traditional football club? Do cinemas offer deals and discounts? How many cinemas are there within Greater Bristol? Would the loyalty more likely hold if children were in the habit of going to football every week for a season or only once a month when Dad can afford it? |
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 25, 2016 20:37:56 GMT
Cinema's are in the entertainment business in case you've over liked that fact? If it's so vital football clubs let kids in for free why doesn't every club in the country do that? We do usually run quid a kid games, I assume the Hartlepool & Wimbledon games are ideal for that coming up. At the end of the day if we let kids in free every game then the rest of us have to pay more, or we cut the wage bill to reflect the lower income. You are on a wind up. If not I apologise for assuming something else. Does anybody take their family to the cinema every other week spending 60-100 notes in the process? Is the business model and income stream for a franchise picture house the same as a community based traditional football club? Do cinemas offer deals and discounts? How many cinemas are there within Greater Bristol? Would the loyalty more likely hold if children were in the habit of going to football every week for a season or only once a month when Dad can afford it? The family enclosure tickets are a fiver for a kid, given we only play twice on Saturday during a month is there really any parents out there who can't afford £10 a month on there kids entertainment?? Given we virtually sell out of stand seats then it would be financial suicide to give seats we can sell for £24/22 away for a £1. Until we get to the UWE I can't see a quid a kid for regular games ever happening unless the new owners just have money to burn. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 21:13:16 GMT
You are on a wind up. If not I apologise for assuming something else. Does anybody take their family to the cinema every other week spending 60-100 notes in the process? Is the business model and income stream for a franchise picture house the same as a community based traditional football club? Do cinemas offer deals and discounts? How many cinemas are there within Greater Bristol? Would the loyalty more likely hold if children were in the habit of going to football every week for a season or only once a month when Dad can afford it? The family enclosure tickets are a fiver for a kid, given we only play twice on Saturday during a month is there really any parents out there who can't afford £10 a month on there kids entertainment?? Given we virtually sell out of stand seats then it would be financial suicide to give seats we can sell for £24/22 away for a £1. Until we get to the UWE I can't see a quid a kid for regular games ever happening unless the new owners just have money to burn. Financial suicide? We average around 7300. Our capacity is 11000? Free kids isn't financial suicide. Ignoring fans for the future is though. You focus on entrance fee alone. I have 3 kids. It's a little more than £15 to take them to football on a Saturday afternoon, trust me. |
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Post by knowall on Feb 25, 2016 21:15:51 GMT
I think this would be a great way for the new owners to secure the future fan base for the gas. Not sure how much it would cost the club but long term gain should outway loss. The main opposition to this idea has always been Twatola |
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 25, 2016 22:13:19 GMT
The family enclosure tickets are a fiver for a kid, given we only play twice on Saturday during a month is there really any parents out there who can't afford £10 a month on there kids entertainment?? Given we virtually sell out of stand seats then it would be financial suicide to give seats we can sell for £24/22 away for a £1. Until we get to the UWE I can't see a quid a kid for regular games ever happening unless the new owners just have money to burn. Financial suicide? We average around 7300. Our capacity is 11000? Free kids isn't financial suicide. Ignoring fans for the future is though. You focus on entrance fee alone. I have 3 kids. It's a little more than £15 to take them to football on a Saturday afternoon, trust me. That's hardly surprising given the thread title? As far as financial suicide as I was referring to the giving the seats away virtually free there's usually plenty of space in the family enclosure. With regards to the cost of drinks & foods why should we subsidise those I don't get that argument, as they've got to bought whether its at the cinema/ten pin bowling or whatever you do for entertainment on a Saturday but if it's too expensive buy the food/sweets at Tesco on the way to the ground. |
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Post by garygas on Feb 25, 2016 22:23:22 GMT
This needs to be seen as a long term project to view the benefits if they did go down this route. Seem to me it would make sense to tie down a generation of football fans that once 16 will be full price paying fans. oh and I don't have children so would not personally benefit from this.
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