Quote: wiretilidie08 "there is supposed to be what? 7.5k season ticket holders who dont come into it, so for the last 2 games we've only had around 2000 pay on the day including away fans. so say 2000 paying £20 (assuming they're all adults) brings in £40,000 extra revenue. at one point we were getting 11.5k attendances even for small games so say if we started getting 11.5k again at £15 a ticket then that is £60,000 for what would be a "lesser game" then the club wouldn't have to up the price for a "bigger" game as you put it. either way dropping below the 10k mark recently is worrying. maybe the club should just put me in charge?'"
Flaws with your argument.....
(working on increasing the crowd by a further 2000 to 11500)
2000 extra people at £15 = £30,000
2000 existing non-season ticket holders pay £15 instead of £20 = -£10000
So buy reducing the price to £15 you get an extra £20000 BUT
What happens if you only get an extra 700 fans ............ Extra = 700 x £15 = £10500 less £10000 lost income = £500 extra
The above also doesnt factor in any reduction they would have to give season ticket holders for the "cheaper" games.
The recent "under 10k" crowds have been games where physically the away support was very very low. Reduced price tickets are unlikley to encourage more fans to travel from Hull on a friday night and Salford fans are a law to themselves.
If simply dropping ticket prices worked then all the SL clubs would have been doing it for years (just like Bradford !!!)
