Quote: craigizzard "How much of this is down to the franchise points format, in which regular season attendance counts as a big tick, leading to discounted season-tickets to bump up the numbers but a devaluation of the "value point" of a game as spectators become accustomed to paying less.'"
I'm sure that has to be a relevant factor WRT poor play-off attendances. The fans do not value the SL product at £20 a game or more, and at some SL clubs the fans don't value the product at £10.
Quote: craigizzard "£10-£20 should be a bargain for even a mid-sized sporting event even in a recession (though it would still obviously exclude some spectators), but if your ST is £100 it doesn't seem that way.'"
When the business model involves maintaining a customer base of loyal season ticket holders paying between £50 and £150 for an adult season ticket, it's difficult if not impossible to turn the tide. Once they get used to paying at Poundland, they won't be keen on paying Waitrose prices for what is still a Poundland product, particularly when the play-offs are then seen as perhaps a one-off and unnecessary impulse purchase that they can well do without.
