Carling Cup -v- Newcastle!! - Page 12

Wynonie Harris · 13-08-2010, 11:30

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Originally Posted by mab

Concessions (over 65's

According to t'fishy site, concessions are 60+, Mab.

Redraine · 13-08-2010, 12:52

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

Ticket details now on fishy site. Adults £20, Concessions £15

Hope I'm wrong, but does anyone else think we'll struggle to sell out at those prices for a mid-week match?

shakermaker · 13-08-2010, 13:24

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Originally Posted by Redraine

Hope I'm wrong, but does anyone else think we'll struggle to sell out at those prices for a mid-week match?

On Sky as well... Was expecting a £20 adult admission but £15 concessions is a little steep. I just hope the admission prices don't put off too many of the Accringtonians who will want to come out of the woodwork!

Mr Matthew · 13-08-2010, 13:24

I personally think it could price many an under-16 out of the game.

Imagine the atmosphere, the buzz, the occasion, could create many a life-time fan. Thus creating much needed revenue. But if the ticket is priced too high this will not happen. Think long-term Stanley.

theresonlyoneaccy · 13-08-2010, 13:34

Thankfully it is not a school night otherwise every school child would be watching it from the sofas.

£15 is steep to say it's on Sky. Expect normal midweek attendance.

Outback Ozzy · 13-08-2010, 14:43

You may say that £15 is steep for concessions, but I think the ground will still be full with all the wannabees coming for such a big match for Stanley, then won't be there for next home match.

Stanleymad · 13-08-2010, 14:44

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Originally Posted by Mr Matthew

I personally think it could price many an under-16 out of the game.

Imagine the atmosphere, the buzz, the occasion, could create many a life-time fan. Thus creating much needed revenue. But if the ticket is priced too high this will not happen. Think long-term Stanley.

Absolutely bob on! Something i thought we were getting right after several seasons ago i was bringing to the fore front youth support - stanleys next generation, now they are fluffing that up big style!!! Even steep for older concessions, many of them would prefer the warm pub & spend it on beer instead.

I expected adult prices which is fine but pricing out on concessions will back fire & lose out of capturing them later.

MCR ADIM · 13-08-2010, 15:32

this should be a time where the gloy hunters, the big game only stanley (fans)the club try and get them into the next home game, somehow, i dont know how

shakermaker · 13-08-2010, 17:14

The suits have royally chuffed up with the admission prices this year. I shudder to think how many walk-ons we've lost because the cheap-local-club imperative has been compromised.

There's nothing we can do about it now though. The majority of home supporters will be the 'faithful one thousand'. The magnificent Ultras will do what they do behind the goals. Everyone else must do everything possible to make the Crown Ground a fortress for this game. The visiting players will hate it, and it's undeniable that our team has that extra 10% whenever the crowd's on top form.

Win or lose we shall be victorious, but to win would be ace.

Pendle Red · 13-08-2010, 17:16

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Originally Posted by MCR ADIM

this should be a time where the gloy hunters, the big game only stanley (fans)the club try and get them into the next home game, somehow, i dont know how

Being proactive is the key to that I am sure everything will be geared up to making the day go as smoothly as possible for what is a major event for the Club and for the town itself.

There will be an attentative audience not just in the ground but also nationally & internationally

A real chance to move up a gear or two in every department and show ourselves in a great light on & off the pitch.

A Few ideas could be:
Fill the Programme with info on perhaps a major incentive for ticketing for the next home game or future home games to encourage people to come back

Use the P.A. System to do the same job

Coporate Side of things could also pick up on similar things for future hospitality & sponsorship incentives

For once we don't have to go looking for good publicity the world is coming to us

mab · 13-08-2010, 17:33

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Fill the Programme with info on perhaps a major incentive for ticketing for the next home game or future home games to encourage people to come back

Don't think this will happen Google Page Ranking as the programme will be a bit SPECIAL for this game

sparkie · 13-08-2010, 19:32

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Originally Posted by shakermaker

The suits have royally chuffed up with the admission prices this year. I shudder to think how many walk-ons we've lost because the cheap-local-club imperative has been compromised.

One of my friends who attends Stanley on a semi regular basis expressed an interest in coming to the game until I mentioned the ticket price. Their response was that it'd be cheaper to go watch Burnley at Morecambe instead!! And that way they'd see a new stadium and be able to watch the game in relative comfort! Says everything really

bdc · 13-08-2010, 19:57

To put the ticket prices into perspective, for a family of 4 it will cost £70 to watch a Carling Cup game! A family of 4 could go to the England game on Wednesday and watch the game at Wembley for £60. This is just another example of the management at the club making a bad commercial decision. How can a club of this size expect to gain an increase in fanbase when at the first opportunity it whacks prices up to a rip-off. This has really got me angry, at the end of the day the game is on sky so the club will receive a sizeable chunk of money for this, dont forget according to Mr Heys we will break-even this season and cup runs are a bonus! Why not use this as an opportunity to build links with the wider local community? For example offering a family ticket for £40 would have been a good way of giving something back to the fans. I think in truth the prices will end up scaring a lot of people off. I honestly think that the lower ticket price would have made the game a sell-out and therefore the club would make more money through the bar and club shop etc. I will pay to watch the Morecambe game instead!

DAV007 · 13-08-2010, 21:04

this will sell out, i have 16 people who have asked me for tickets most of whom have been to one or two stanley matches with me in the past.
£20 is no deterent.

Ironically, im struggling for a ticket, but a certain someone is sorting me out.

shakermaker · 13-08-2010, 21:13

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Originally Posted by DAV007

£20 is no deterent.

Nobody's saying otherwise. However that, coupled with the concession price, will probably mean that daddy woodwork will go on his lonesome with his twenty squids instead of bringing mummy woodwork and the junior woodworks. BDC says it all really. It's just poorly thought out, as are the admission fees for league games, and they will find it out as the season goes on.