How much do they go up to when the offer ends? Do we take it enterance prices are going up this year because if i paid on the gate in every game it would cost me £180 to watch but in likelyhood the prices will be reduced for the CC game so your looking at £175 to watch every game next season if the prices stay the same so you miss more than one game then its not really worth getting a season ticket is it? (Im basing this on 9 home games + 2 NRC games and 1 CC game and been a SS regular) Just going through the link that HXSparky posted and they are saying its only for 11 home games so if thats correct personally for me next season this saves me a whopping £5, gogogogogogo.

Im sure if the club had put their heads together they could have done some sort of deal for the fans based on the Bulls and Hudds promotions. Lets face facts the club isnt going to sell more season tickets for next season at the above prices than they did last season are they? So they already know the income they get from say 1K season tickets sold. Why not then do a tiered price range for if they sell 1.2K, 1.4K etc etc so the club makes more money and the fans get the tickets cheaper. Ok the club then loses a lot of its matchday income but the club knows them figures you would hope and can work ways round it. If they think they could sell say 2K tickets then they could always add some vouchers in for bring a friend schemes so they could get in for a tenner. It would take a bit of time to work the figures out best but with the people on the board and thir contacts, finding someone to come up with the best strategy shouldnt be too hard.

I wondered if to get new people buying season tickets.
To reward a regular season ticket holder who encourages either a lapsed season ticket holder eg one who has not held a season ticket for say 5 yrs or more .Or some one who never buys a season ticket but goes to matches often to buy a season ticket they could either sell them a bit cheaper at combined price or offer some other sort of incentive which they could share.
It doesn`t have to be monetary value it could be something else , there are many people who all know someone who do not buy a season ticket it would be a good way of promoting debate around it.
I also hope to see promotion of the fact you get into Under 23s games for free with a season ticket to ensure the Under 23s are looked upon as a valuable part of the Club where marketing is concerned.

Do the club keep records of people who havnt renewed season tickets? They didnt use to keep records of sponsors so has this area improved now?

BUMP.

I do feel the club have missed a trick by not following the lead of Bradford and Huddersfield.

Whichever way you look at it, what the club are charging for second tier rugby with no chance of promotion is too expensive. I think the vast majority of people who are moaning about the price of season tickets will no doubt buy one regardless.

So why didn't the club at least try the pledge route. For example, "If 4,000 people sign up then season tickets are £75". One of the main issues why we didn't get a SL license was the poor size of our crowds, this needs sorting. One of the biggest plusses Michael Steele harped on about after our SL rejection was about the thriving amateur Rugby scene in our district. I dare say that there are at least a couple of thousand people who play Rugby or who are at least involved in amateur Rugby throughout our catchment area and including places like Brighouse and Tod and even into Bradford if you include Queensbury and Shelf in that one. If the numbers do come flocking and buy the season tickets fantastic, who cares if they only come to the so called 'big games' what a PR story it would be "SL hopeful Halifax sell 4,000 season tickets!"

I reckon if we don't get enough people to pledge, the majority of people will still buy a season ticket, its just a shame the club haven't at least tried to tap into this so called "thriving" amateur scene in our district in order to overcome a massive stumbling block in our progression to SL by the pledge route.

Just had a phone call off Tony Abbot and I'm outraged.

I tried to talk to him and ask some questions which I thought were valid and he just kept talking over me and not letting me get a word in so I hung up!

If that's the attitude they're going to have I certainly won't be getting a season ticket.

I got one too. I told him my life story (only took two minutes) and he just ignored me and carried on. I even offered him a fight but he chickened out by continuing to talk over me. He don't 'arf witter on don't he?

Me too. He's obviously made loads of calls, probably didn't have time to chat.

i got a missed call so when i rang back i got brian noble offering my tickets for the northern rail final.

Glad Pete is onboard cheers mate, he will do a good job if he is allowed, that deal with the ever rubbish X Blades is looking silly now as his hands will be tied regards merchandise which is one part of his job surely rasing more income?

Good luck Pete.

I had that too!

On the same subject as the pledge that my lil bro was on about, what about this for an idea.

If you are associated with an amateur rugby league/union club you get a south stand season ticket for £70 until the end of November. Each club could get their numbers and then order their tickets and this may help to get new and old supporters through the turnstyles.

I haven't had a season ticket for the last couple of years as from a financial point of view, there is no point. I generally miss a few games because of holidays/prior commitments so I would end up being worse off having one.

If the club are to go down the pledge route, maybe 3000 tickets sold would end up with £75 tickets. Therefore, this gives a discount to those who are associated with an amateur team, hopefully helping to boost the game at that level too.

Lets face it the current fan base of 1k season ticket holders isn't going to significantly change unless SL comes along - FACT.

So what do you do? you extract maximum value from the 1k you already have... you offer different levels of ticket to appeal to all the segments (like Widnes "golden ticket"icon_wink.gif. If 5% pay the £600 executive offer thats added value you didn't have before.

you shouldn't look at buying a ST as something to save over the season on match days, look at it as a contribution to HRLFC, so as long as it's affordable and reasonable do it.

When the club eventually hits the heights of SL you will see the marketing completely change and bizarrely the prices possibly reduce, until then it's dig deep and stay loyal.

I call BS. Also just because somebody puts the word FACT dosnt actually mean its true. Wheres the evidence to back up this `FACT`?

The prices the club are charging for non season ticket holders will be a big reason why the crowds won't increase. People won't pay and shouldn't have to pay £18 to sit down and watch part time rugby.

look at the historical attnd stats over recent yrs and when in SL, there's your FACT!

Correct but the risks are too high, reduce prices to tempt more fans but reduce overall revenue in process, too risky....

The people in charge of the club need to look at making it work then. If that means reducing the playing budget then so be it.

By reducing the playing staff has probably cost us a SL place over recent history, it was a major box that Halifax RLFC couldn't tick I'm afraid.
Yes, we've had some great days out over the last few seasons watching the first team in their finals, but the future of the club rests on developing it's own talent. That means withdrawing scholars, & academy in recent times has cost us in the long term.

I was meaning the first team squad budget.

However, we won't ever be ready for SL unless we get a big money backer.

This is it.

This should be at the forefront of all our SL aspirations. They even gave a club who went into administration and who have the worst ground in Rugby League a license. Why? Beacause they now have a big money backer. You can discuss all the other stuff and waste forum space but this is the key.

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