You think that if you got 40k to elland road. 20k united fans coming for the cheap tickets, That none of them would then start to attend regularly? That would be the point.

I agree. It wasn't aimed at you (I did point that out too!!)

I don't see why they shouldn't just take a punt and include them in the price anyway.

A) There might not be a home tie, in which case they'd get all the praise at the start of the season for including them, and not actually have to cost them anything.

B) If there is a home tie, they'll still make money on the corporate, retail & beverage side of things, plus you'll get a few people bringing the odd tag a long.

They can't possibly account for the gate receipt of a playoff match, given that it's not guaranteed to happen, so what's the harm in just including it as one of the matches. Who knows, they may even sell an extra couple of season tickets on the strength of it.

Yeah perhaps they would. If the sole intention is to get people hooked, just let LUFC season ticket holders in for nowt.

You could even use it as an LUFC marketing tool, and recoup some money from them. E.g. the LUFC Season Ticket literature would include... "Free Entry to the Rhinos vs Bulls Derby".

Thats exactly why you use these 'event' games. They are the tent poles which you build your support base around.

It is a big 'event' gets lots of people interested, even those that dont go. Some will go for just one match, others will then 'hooked' some will come along with friends. Some will get 'hooked' and bring friends to the next game. Even those who just go to the 'event' match once a year might start identifying as a leeds fan, maybe buy a shirt, watch on sky, go to a cc final.

Thats why we would do it. Not as a money making excercise in itself.

Elland Road is in Beeston

Quiet YOU!!!

Like I said, [inear as dammit[/i in 'Unslet

But which has got the meaner streets, unslet or beeston?

Beeston lol But I've moved to Belle Isle now lol

Logging into my fake Beiber account... now.

I didn't know a bit of common sense was allowed on RLfans anymore

I think money could be made of it as a one off but as you say more importantly it is about attracting people and wanting them to come back. It brings loads of added publicity and if the fans get behind it, it could be a huge yearly event for the city. Leeds take 30k+ to the GF at Old Trafford, many of those are not fans who will go on a regular basis but they will attend a one off big game, maybe they will see what they have been missing and go to more games and buy merchandise.

Thinking carefully about this, if common sense was used, this could not fail in such a RL stronghold. It isn't exactly the same as taking a Quins RL game next door is it? This works in RU and it will work in RL especially for one of the games biggest clubs.

I can't see a strong argument to not do this and I would hope the club look into these things. If I ever see GH I will definantly suggest it to him! As well as telling him to shut his trap in the media

Well done on the win tonight by the way pains me to say!

I can see why this is an interesting idea with Elland Rd been a bigger ground etc, Sale got C17,000 for their game at Bolton with is x3 more than normal at home.

Two issues with floating fans.
Leeds Utd get a lot of out of town support from places like Cas and Wakefield. These people would not be seen dead at a Rhinos game. Also, many Leeds Utd fans I know are Anti Ken Bates and would see attending such a match as putting money in his pocket.

Just to fuel the argument.....

Wasps v Bath got a crowd of 38k today at Twickenham...

Neither of these teams have an average as high as Bradford and Leeds and neither team is located as close to the stadium itself.

IT WORKS.

A few points:

1) Elland Road doesn't have the same draw for League fans as Twickenham does for Union fans.

2) How many of those tickets were given away or sold at a massively reduced price?

3) How much does it cost to play at Twickenham & how much would it cost at Elland Road?

4) A union game, well advertised around the London area, on a day like today could I guess gain passing interest from a number of people who woudln't normally attend. Playing a game 5 miles down the road in a football ground is just going to attract the same old people.

This is a non starter until a day when we can sell out Headingley on a regular basis for these fixtures