Quote: Leeds_Luke "I've seen a lot of Saints fans complaining about this on Twitter. Surely it is just a case of supply and demand, which means capitalising on profit from a business point of view?
There appears to be a lot of fans that claim to do anything to watch their beloved team, but pay a couple of quid more. Surely it costs more than £5 extra to travel to Hull.
You can't tell everyone that Saints provide a superior product and have a far larger following and then complain that there is a premium price for the high demand tickets. Or are you just defending your title as World Club Champions of whinging?'"
I completely agree that the club cant be criticised for prices when fans are buying tickets at those prices. The Good Friday derby will be a big money maker at a time when all RL clubs are hardly cash rich. Fans obviously have the choice not to pay but the demand is clearly still there for this particular game and it looks a safe bet to sell out (not a scenario RL finds itself in too often)
The issue comes when the demand is lower for games of lower stature. Having spoken to a director of the club about this - the club is keen to incentivise season ticket and membership purchases as much as possible. IMO though £30 for an adult match ticket and £22 for a child is too high for games and occasions of lesser quality. It doesnt make sense to me that prices are not set according to the stature of game and quality of occasion - finals are more expensive as they are a bigger spectacle and have more significance. I would have thought the same should apply to regular league games - Saints, Warrington, Leeds for example could be Band A matches and thus have higher prices. Prices could also be scaled according to where you are seated within a particular stand - it doesn't make sense to me that a seat on the front row in the corner of the East Stand is priced the same as mid way up the central block.