Quote: muttywhitedog "I think that we have established that around 4,000 ST holders wont attend, even if the price is slashed to pretty much nothing, and around 7,000 will attend, whatever the cost. As all 4 home clubs averaged roughly the same crowds regular season, and the crowds last weekend were approx. the same, this seems to be a trend across all clubs and not just Wigan.
However, little appears to be done to attract those who don't hold a ST, and this is where the RFL need to step in, making dirt cheap tickets available for everyone, not just those who can afford to stump up £250+ for a ST.
All play-off tickets should be £10 adults and £5 kids/OAPs next season, and if that doesn't get full houses, then they might as well give up and accept that the crowds will be low.'"
The argument there is you are then devaluing what should be the biggest games of the season just to get bums on seats. Too many RL fans won't attend games unless there are discounts involved. Many of last year's WC games were discounted and you always see CCF and GF tickets on Groupon/Wowcher for as little as £10. Prfetty much every ticket to get in every SL ground is under £25, and most are under £20. The structure of the competition, not the pricing of the tickets is where the problem lies IMO.
Season ticket holders at Wigan this year didn't really gain any incentives over the people who paid £3 for a Loyal 18 membership (or even got it free with tickets for the first game). Loyal 18 members got the half priced MW ticket and have received a £2 discount for every game this season, including playoffs. I've no problem with ST holders' loyalty being rewarded and them receiving perks that non-ST holders don't get, otherwise there's little point getting one.