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Post by Mediolanum Shrew on May 11, 2005 11:12:42 GMT 1
Next meeting 24th May.
Any issues please ad to thread.
Ta
Ade
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Post by scooter on May 11, 2005 12:10:08 GMT 1
No news on season tickets for next year yet.
Why not let us renew now, or even earlier, at a discounted rate (Early bird scheme is what they call it at Wolves) ?
No new prices yet. Surely they could have been announced as soon as we knew we were staying up.
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Post by BelleVueShrew on May 11, 2005 12:12:50 GMT 1
No news on season tickets for next year yet. Why not let us renew now, or even earlier, at a discounted rate (Early bird scheme is what they call it at Wolves) ? No new prices yet. Surely they could have been announced as soon as we knew we were staying up. This is something we have been pushing on Scooter since we set up the ticketing group. The group wants it as do many of the admin staff at GM. It is just a small matter of persuading the board - and there lies the stumbling block
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Post by MartinB on May 11, 2005 12:20:59 GMT 1
No season ticket prices announced so surely we should be announcing how many "kids for a quid" games we will be doing during the season.
Perhaps someone should point out to the board how promoting kids to attend games boosted attendance at the Ducks Shed this season.
I would then like to see details of which games these will be as soon as the fixtures are announced.
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Post by REVAP TCAT on May 11, 2005 12:46:12 GMT 1
I believe ticket prices will be announced soon.
It is something we are working on. We hoped to try and formulate a proposal to put to the club like we did the season before, but time beat us unfortunately.
What do people think should be the likely admission prices. They prices have been held for two years now, so an increase would appear likely, what are peoples thoughts?
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Post by faginy on May 11, 2005 13:23:27 GMT 1
expect, for the riverside at least, it will be £14 adults and £8 concessions
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on May 11, 2005 14:13:20 GMT 1
I would expect price rises will be inevitable, but also very difficult to justify given the zero investment in the current facilities in the last five years
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Post by MartinB on May 11, 2005 14:20:09 GMT 1
I haven't got a problem with increase in the adult admission changes but would like to see a different pricing structure for children.
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Primary School Children £2 Secondary School Children/Tax Dodgers £8 Membership card introduced for Tax Dodgers so proof has to be made to the club.
People who try to pass themselves off as Tax Dodgers still £150 PER GAME ( MENTIONING NO NAMES)
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2005 14:21:58 GMT 1
I haven't got a problem with increase in the adult admission changes but would like to see a different pricing structure for children. For example Primary School Children £2 Secondary School Children/Tax Dodgers £8 Membership card introduced for Tax Dodgers so proof has to be made to the club. People who try to pass themselves off as Tax Dodgers still £150 PER GAME ( MENTIONING NO NAMES) I'm still at college Mr B
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Post by MartinB on May 11, 2005 14:35:42 GMT 1
I'm still at college Mr B Did I mention any names?
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Post by grinfish on May 11, 2005 16:23:17 GMT 1
I expect 15 quid a match standing, some of the extra to go towards the new pitches (ringfence a quid of it).
Price freeze for young 'uns at least, if not Kids for a Quid.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2005 18:08:28 GMT 1
Think £1 across the board is fair enough to be honest.
I see no reason why the board couldn't also comment on the ticketing plan sent to them last season as all proposals are still relevant, and they never responded last year.
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Post by Picken on May 11, 2005 20:40:22 GMT 1
A half season ticket covering 12 games. Very successful at other clubs eg Swansea
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Post by scooter on May 11, 2005 22:03:54 GMT 1
I expect 15 quid a match standing, some of the extra to go towards the new pitches (ringfence a quid of it). Price freeze for young 'uns at least, if not Kids for a Quid. I don't think they can put £3 on at once without losing a lot of supporters (and even more goodwill) Hope it's £13 to stand, but will not be surprised if it's £14
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Post by timgallon on May 11, 2005 22:28:40 GMT 1
I agree with scoot, would prefer 13 but expect 14. Club should note though that Swansea standing was 11 this year.
Some points for the meeting though.
Why was the Chester game made all ticket for away fans? The Club lost a lot of money becuase of that.
Why cant STFC manage to provide a half season ticket when other Clubs can?
Should away supporters who necessitate extra Police presence (and extra cost to STFC) not pay extra to get in to cover this cost?. For example Swansea this season, I would have charged them 13/14 pounds to Police their idiots.
Should the Club copy the arrangements that Cambridge did to us for small away followings i.e. stick them in the stand and make them pay for stand prices.
Finally whats the score with these early bird tickets that other Clubs now all seem to be doing?. Whats in it for them?. Should STFC be doing it also if its a way of getting extra ticket revenue?
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Post by rob on May 11, 2005 23:03:51 GMT 1
Look at Crewe. Any student wishing to pay student prices, has to sign up with some form of proof (costs £15 I think) in return they recieve a card with a passport photo of themselves on. From then on in its £5 a pop Get people on the database, that way when a match becomes all ticket or whatever, people can phone up, give their name and they have a customer reference number and can be allocated tickets. Another practice from Crewe, which if for no other reason makes life a bit easier when it comes to booking tickets for fans else where in the country.
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Post by jamo on May 12, 2005 7:06:56 GMT 1
What incentives do the club offer families who are unemployed or on benefits of some sort. Can single parents and their kids be catered for within any ticketing scheme?
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Post by soupie on May 12, 2005 7:26:54 GMT 1
For various reasons, the Ticketing Group meeting which makes proposals on the pricing policies has had to be postponed until 24th May - hence Ade putting this thread up. I suspect that unfortunately it will be too late to influence actual admission prices for next season, but I would hope that there will be an opportunity for the Group to make some recommendations about Kids for a Quid and other similar incentives. There is SO much scope for encouraging new supporters that sadly the Club does not seem to ralise is there.
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Post by MeoleShrew nli on May 12, 2005 8:10:41 GMT 1
For various reasons, the Ticketing Group meeting which makes proposals on the pricing policies has had to be postponed until 24th May - hence Ade putting this thread up. I suspect that unfortunately it will be too late to influence actual admission prices for next season, but I would hope that there will be an opportunity for the Group to make some recommendations about Kids for a Quid and other similar incentives. There is SO much scope for encouraging new supporters that sadly the Club does not seem to ralise is there. This is where shrewsTrust is going to be so important, everything at the club is focused on the NM, I've put forward suggestions that haven't got anywhere, that I think would get a good take up. We have to be more inventive than kids for a quid, it costs to much and without the right PR not enough 'new' kids come to the match. Jamo What incentives do the club offer families who are unemployed or on benefits of some sort. Can single parents and their kids be catered for within any ticketing scheme? There was a scheme, probably still in place unemployed recieve a discount to stand on the terraces.
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Post by Mediolanum Shrew on May 12, 2005 9:51:39 GMT 1
What incentives do the club offer families who are unemployed or on benefits of some sort. Can single parents and their kids be catered for within any ticketing scheme? Unemployed can get into the ground for reduced admission by signing up for Passport for Leisure scheme. Tickets have to be bought in advance.
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Post by DiglisShrew on May 16, 2005 12:42:06 GMT 1
Back to top. (Mod , would be grateful if you could re-pin until after 24 May please ?
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Post by SteveHayesFanClub on May 17, 2005 19:32:25 GMT 1
There must be something done to encourage more kids to go. Loads of clubs do things with cheaper season tickets. When you think that most kids would under 10 take have an adult with them paying full price then this must be looked at. IE terrace season ticket for under 12's = £30. It would also be excellent PR for the club.
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Post by meoleshrew2 on May 19, 2005 22:42:09 GMT 1
Season Tkts for students, 16-12, 11-5 really should be individualy priced £ 80, £60, £40, I've trawled through quite a few clubs prices from Championship down and the above pices seem to be a good average, another cute pricing deal is to charge £15 for a membership card, put the gates price up £3 to £18 so members pay £15, £3 a game less, a saving with cup games of over £70 a season(example prices!!) the away fans pay top whack and a 10% of mercandise is an extra on top, i'm not suggesting the same prices but its workable.
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Post by tom_leather on May 20, 2005 8:35:37 GMT 1
Season Tkts for students, 16-12, 11-5 really should be individualy priced £ 80, £60, £40, I've trawled through quite a few clubs prices from Championship down and the above pices seem to be a good average, another cute pricing deal is to charge £15 for a membership card, put the gates price up £3 to £18 so members pay £15, £3 a game less, a saving with cup games of over £70 a season(example prices!!) the away fans pay top whack and a 10% of mercandise is an extra on top, i'm not suggesting the same prices but its workable. Sounds good to me. WHY every year, do we have this debate about kids and student prices Surely it's time for the board to sit up and take some bleedin notice
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Post by meoleshrew2 on May 20, 2005 10:20:17 GMT 1
Sounds good to me. WHY every year, do we have this debate about kids and student prices Surely it's time for the board to sit up and take some bleedin notice Now this is the funny thing, a lot of the clubs I looked at have been running this sort of tkt structure for some time, so its tried and tested, they must do ok out of it, Crewe are a good example, they do schemes like this, the fans seem quite happy with it, the membership scheme could tie in with a database, could even have photo's on them help stop the cup tkt hassles, there must be loads more schemes that could be looked at.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2005 11:21:42 GMT 1
At the last but one Ticketing Group meeting, Keith was impressed by Stoke City and how they came up with a business plan to say that if they had prices at X, and got Y fans through the gate, then they'd be happy. Stoke had kept X low, thus increasing Y. So hopefully, we will employ the same concept when looking at prices for NM
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