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Post by Centenary Gas on Feb 25, 2016 22:52:18 GMT
£150 season tickets (£50 conessions) first year in the UWE. Fill the thing, it will pay for itself in the following years. Look at Bradford.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 6:27:54 GMT
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. Our debate has evolved from the thread title, hasn't it? You mentioned kids entertainment costing £10 with reference to the entrance fee. It costs more than the entrance fee to go to watch Rovers. If there is space in the ground, how is it financial suicide to fill it up? More people in the ground generates more money through other sales. The other benefit which you are totally missing...is that we are encouraging fans of the future. A personal story. My first ever game. I was taken by family friends to Twerton as I had never been and they were ST holders. I wasn't bothered beforehand as I had not been and wasn't missing anything. After that first game, I wanted to go to the next one. My Mum didn't pay for me to get in.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 6:50:40 GMT
Our last match Rovers ran this promotion.
For only £20 TWO Adults and TWO Under 16 children can watch the next HOME BRFC match. Bristol Rovers v Morecambe at The Memorial Stadium. South Stand OR Family Terrace for the 3.00pm Kick Off on Saturday 20th February 2016. Terms & Conditions Apply. Tickets are subject to availability and limited to the first 750 purchased.
I knew of 2 family's who took this offer up who wouldn't have gone otherwise, win-win-win for the family's, the club and the team.
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Post by gasincider on Feb 26, 2016 8:31:54 GMT
As I've said on many previous occasions, I paid £11 for a season ticket for my 9 year old grandson when buying mine in the Blackthorn. What's not to like about that?
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 26, 2016 8:38:43 GMT
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. Our debate has evolved from the thread title, hasn't it? You mentioned kids entertainment costing £10 with reference to the entrance fee. It costs more than the entrance fee to go to watch Rovers. If there is space in the ground, how is it financial suicide to fill it up? More people in the ground generates more money through other sales. The other benefit which you are totally missing...is that we are encouraging fans of the future. A personal story. My first ever game. I was taken by family friends to Twerton as I had never been and they were ST holders. I wasn't bothered beforehand as I had not been and wasn't missing anything. After that first game, I wanted to go to the next one. My Mum didn't pay for me to get in. Not being funny but can't you read as I clearly said I was talking about giving seats away for a quid, not terrace tickets which can be bought for as low as £5 anyway.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Feb 26, 2016 8:41:29 GMT
I think the FA should be providing the money to finance free kids tickets to lower league football.
They can well afford it.
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Post by gaspicnic on Feb 26, 2016 9:43:49 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. It is very easy and cheap to have a NUS card now. www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nus-student-extra-card-for-everybody-13-nus-including-half-price-amazon-prime-many-2393353 I am over 50 and can get half price amazon prime by becoming a student for a few quid - in theory I could of also got reduced price tickets for Rovers, hence they now do a 16-21 price band which needs photo id.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 20:12:31 GMT
Our debate has evolved from the thread title, hasn't it? You mentioned kids entertainment costing £10 with reference to the entrance fee. It costs more than the entrance fee to go to watch Rovers. If there is space in the ground, how is it financial suicide to fill it up? More people in the ground generates more money through other sales. The other benefit which you are totally missing...is that we are encouraging fans of the future. A personal story. My first ever game. I was taken by family friends to Twerton as I had never been and they were ST holders. I wasn't bothered beforehand as I had not been and wasn't missing anything. After that first game, I wanted to go to the next one. My Mum didn't pay for me to get in. Not being funny but can't you read as I clearly said I was talking about giving seats away for a quid, not terrace tickets which can be bought for as low as £5 anyway. Ok Topper. As per the thread title, I think we should be letting kids in for free, especially when we only average 70% capacity. You think its financial suicide. That's fine.
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 26, 2016 20:17:33 GMT
Not being funny but can't you read as I clearly said I was talking about giving seats away for a quid, not terrace tickets which can be bought for as low as £5 anyway. Ok Topper. As per the thread title, I think we should be letting kids in for free, especially when we only average 70% capacity. You think its financial suicide. That's fine. "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"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 20:26:22 GMT
Ok Topper. As per the thread title, I think we should be letting kids in for free, especially when we only average 70% capacity. You think its financial suicide. That's fine. "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" I've got kids STs for 2 of mine. That's cost me £11 for the season. That's about 50p a game. So we are already committing financial suicide right? How many games have we sold out of seats thus season? Why not give free seats to kids for low profile games? Are you a kid hater or something?
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Feb 26, 2016 20:52:04 GMT
If I did not get my lads ticket for free I would not go. I couldn't afford it.
I generally spend a tenner at the ground and sometimes up to 15 quid per game.
I also go regularly with a mate. If one of us quits, chances are we both quit. He has a ST too.
He normally brings 2 kids who pay full price. He normally spends 20 quid at the ground too.
So you see, my lads free ticket brings in 2 STs, 2 full paying kids and the best part of 40quid a game in other spending.
Add in replica kits and memorabilia and that's a tidy penny. For life.
Or I could just not bother and buy him a Spurs shirt and never spend another cent at Rovers ever again.
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Post by miamigas on Feb 26, 2016 21:18:13 GMT
I realise this is a 'kids' thread, but what about offering a discount to the brave ladies and gentlemen of our Armed Forces? UTG!
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Post by Quartermaster on Feb 27, 2016 10:30:43 GMT
Ok Topper. As per the thread title, I think we should be letting kids in for free, especially when we only average 70% capacity. You think its financial suicide. That's fine. "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" But this is a myth. Against Morecambe I changed my ST seat from my usual to another in the south stand as my wife and 4 kids joined me and naturally we wanted to sit together. There were a considerable number of empty seats and that was in the area behind the goal. I've done a similar thing before and been relocated to the top corner of the south stand and again, plenty of seats. I'm not sure in what way we sell out (reached the limit stated on the stand's safety certificate?), but with the exception of games against the likes of Plymouth, Portsmouth, Oxford etc, there are generally plenty of spare seats.
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Post by You can call me Al. on Feb 29, 2016 17:34:04 GMT
If I did not get my lads ticket for free I would not go. I couldn't afford it. I generally spend a tenner at the ground and sometimes up to 15 quid per game. I also go regularly with a mate. If one of us quits, chances are we both quit. He has a ST too. He normally brings 2 kids who pay full price. He normally spends 20 quid at the ground too. So you see, my lads free ticket brings in 2 STs, 2 full paying kids and the best part of 40quid a game in other spending. Add in replica kits and memorabilia and that's a tidy penny. For life. Or I could just not bother and buy him a Spurs shirt and never spend another cent at Rovers ever again. Well you've sodding gone up in my estimation Hugo. Fair play young man.
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