THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

I'm sorry to be a party pooper for this but I hate this mind games sh1t. This is probably one of Crawleys biggest games ever and we own a 30000 seater stadium. If a Crawley fan can't get a seat for this match it's bloody obscene. Open all the bottom tirers and let everyone who want's a ticket have one.

Just my view.

I'm sorry to be a party pooper for this but I hate this mind games sh1t. This is probably one of Crawleys biggest games ever and we own a 30000 seater stadium. If a Crawley fan can't get a seat for this match it's bloody obscene. Open all the bottom tirers and let everyone who want's a ticket have one.

Just my view.

I'm sorry to be a party pooper for this but I hate this mind games sh1t. This is probably one of Crawleys biggest games ever and we own a 30000 seater stadium. If a Crawley fan can't get a seat for this match it's bloody obscene. Open all the bottom tirers and let everyone who want's a ticket have one.

Just my view.

This doesn't necessarily quite work out though does it.

Let's do a bit of maths on this because I don't know all the kids pricing etc. But say we get 6,000 full paying adults at the current price £24 = £144,000. To reach that figure at £15 we'd need 9,600 full paying adults. Would we actually see a 50% uptake in adult tickets for a reduced ticket price?

This is often the problem. I love the idea of reducing pricing for certain games to bring in numbers. And if the target is to get as many bums in seats as possible then sure fire away, but equally you need quite the marketing push to ensure potential infrequent fans actually know it is cheaper than normal. People then may enjoy the experience and come more often, buy food and drink on the day, buy a shirt, whatever else.

So yes it could generate more revenue but only if we sell significantly more ticket than we would otherwise. And considering we had a thread the other day about not drawing a bigger fanbase, would a potential £9 saving on a ticket really be something that will be the determining factor in attracting more fans?

So for the 295 thousand people who don't go to games in the MK area if I was thinking about going paying a little bit less (even £20 that Crewe and Donny are charging each other) might be the incentive that pushes people to come. I mean silly old me was thinking this shit was all done for atmosphere, not bottom line. Ohhh I am a naive soul aren't I. Also, don't forget these tickets on the day are going to be £26. Utter bullshit pricing for the casual and I can't imagine for one second there will be many who pay on the day.

So for the 295 thousand people who don't go to games in the MK area if I was thinking about going paying a little bit less (even £20 that Crewe and Donny are charging each other) might be the incentive that pushes people to come. I mean silly old me was thinking this shit was all done for atmosphere, not bottom line. Ohhh I am a naive soul aren't I. Also, don't forget these tickets on the day are going to be £26. Utter bullshit pricing for the casual and I can't imagine for one second there will be many who pay on the day.

Like us and Crawley, Doncaster are charging their standard pricing. Its only Crewe who’ve dropped theirs to £20.

I can’t see that its about the bottom line. If it was, why would the club close the most expensive stand? Aren’t CR tickets usually around £35? If anything, it makes the club financially worse off.

In my opinion, this has been done for one or multiple of the below reasons (in no particular order):

-Pete genuinely wants to try something new and thinks this will create a better atmosphere
-It’s been done so it looks better on TV
-It’s been done so it looks better on TV in the hope of driving interest in external investment.