Didn't you get the first home game in the club as part of your season ticket at one point?

Season ticket holders should get 25/50% discount on tickets bought to encourage bumper crowd, the club can't budget cup money at the start of the season so any takings are over and above what is planned for.

The same argument applies to costs!

The Challenge Cup is regarded as the premier cup competition and certainly one of the oldest in sport, to start reducing ticket prices devalues it in my opinions.
I wonder how many stay away fans during the knockout rounds would be clambering for a ticket for the final, which I have to say are excellent value when compared to the FA cup.
The true fan will watch all the games and so long as the price is no more than normal I don't blame Salford for not discounting, which bear in mind they have to get the permission from there opponents to do so.
Good luck against Widnes.

Looking like another home cup game where we will be heavily outnumbered by the away fans.

Disappointing.

Rugby League fans mentality towards the Challenge cup winds me right up. £18 to watch an all super league cup game is well worth it, if it was a first round tie against Oxford then by all means lower the price, but it’s a huge game and why fans don’t want to pay to watch it baffles me. The season ticket is more than good value for money in the first place, it’s only right that we have to pay for meaningful cup games after all the club need to see some sort of return, they can’t just let everyone in for free! Even if they did lower the price to say £12 I still think it would be more or less the same people turning up therefore the club would lose out, it’s yet another case of people finding excuses not to attend.

The same applies to the end of season play offs, crowds are usually lower than during the season because fans have to pay, It’s pathetic!

Get there and support your team in the greatest ever sporting competition in the world!!!!!

Whingers and whiners do my head in. Moaned for years the club isn't run on a proper business footing, now it is they are moaning again because we are not reducing prices. Simple choice really, if you are a real fan you will be there, if you don't want to pay £18 don't go, and work out for yourselves where you stand as a Salford fan. The cost of a ticket for sudden death entertainment is excellent value for money.

Not having a moan or a whine about my personal situation as the adult prices are spot on.. not sure the vip offer is any good unless the one course meal is going to be superior quality to the fodder that is normally served up but hey ho, it's a one off so gotta be done..

My only criticism is on the lack of a family promotion (doesn't affect me!!!!)
An adult with one kid is affordable to most, but what about the ones with more kids, that's the only area I would have hoped the club might have done a promo.. not saying free, but an attractive promo

It's only my thinking to have more kids at as many games as possible so don't shoot me... afterall, they will become the "true" fans of the future

Its 5 quid for a kid, free if they have a season ticket,what's the problem?

Stand to be corrected, but don't the RFL set the prices
I'm gutted I cannot attend as we are on holiday in Rome. Booked it months ago

only dissapointed in a sense that cc crowds are down across the board , hull were charging £15 and only got a 5k crowd , even if it was a weekend fixture i don`t think there would have been many more .£15 would have been a fair price , you can say whats £3 but ive had to come out of work to look after my mrs who recently had a stroke , lot to me now and others who may have to scrimp by

I don’t agree with the like it or lump it attitude from some on here. Challenge Cup games are over and above the cost of your season ticket, I think it is unreasonable for the club to expect season ticket holders (who remember have stumped up considerable amounts for season tickets already) to pay the same as the general public.

Not everyone is living off considerable pensions, earn average income or have just themselves to pay for.

I would have liked to have seen a discount applied for season ticket holders not only out of loyalty but also to incentivise them to come along. As it stands, we’ll be lucky to break the 3,500 barrier and that’s with a decent Widnes following.

Don't both clubs involved have to agree any reduction as they are shared gates?

Just to clarify, do we have thousands of people who can't/won't pay an extra few quid more than they expect to, or thousands who aren't interested in cup games before the semis?

Being pragmatic, I'd imagine that if a home cup game against a local superleague team in a season in which we have our best chance of reaching a final for 16 years appeals to you, then you'd probably go regardless of whether it was £15 or £18. What the sport needs to somehow do is make these games appeal to the type of fan who seems to see a season ticket to home league games as the be-all and end-all.

I totally understand what you're saying Iain and as I only have myself to pay for, the £3 difference wouldnt matter to me. I am however conscious that for families it is an added expense, over and above the cost they may still pay for season tickets per month.

I dont think it is a case of whether the game appeals or not, but as a priority can the majority of our season ticket holders justify an extra £18 (£50 for a family of 4?) of expense. I dont know, but I am sure the attendance will tell us.

A simple solution would be 20% discount for season ticket holders on the ticket price, with a quick letter/advert sent out to all season ticket holders on the data base.

My gripe was with the vip experince to be honest.

I expect to pay £20.00 for a game, but agree that a family of 4 is £50.00 plus food and drinks and parking you talking £80.00, which I know a lot of families haven't got spare.

No fault of the club it is just the way it is at the moment, every club is going through this.

Also think if people are tight with money, I think making people think they have a bargain (i.e 20% off) people are more inclined to buy.