What a move.

Years after year with no increase in wages, rising cost of living all round for us mugs at the sharp end.

We bring back loads of fans for the play offs at £20 entry then bang another £5 on the following season at 22.5% over the rate of inflation.

Ho Ho - very funny - bog off.

Its cheaper to watch a higher standard.

There are many fans who pay on the day due to work commitments, will they accept this?

Its cheaper for me and many others to watch at Batley, Dewsbury, Halifax etc. so I'll be going there and maybe 4 home games.

Stupid, short sighted move - assume its designed to "push" us towards buying a season ticket.

Add to that away fans will think the same and not turn up - cue moaning about the attendance figures.

Did "someone" up there actually believe the Bat when she said "Austerity is over" - my reaction at the time was "******* off" and I have the same reaction to a 25% rise in gate price.

Why are people only just realising the pricing structure for 2019? They were announced ages ago?

My season ticket for next year cost me £249. A few years ago, when we were in the same division, it cost me £280.

It might sound harsh but if you can't afford it then don't go. The board have set the prices and they are what they are. If they've got it wrong then we'll soon find out because we'll probably end up in administration again. Time will tell I suppose.

Good for you. Sure you won't be missed at Odsal.

I expect the £25 will be for those that pay on the day. If you buy a week before then it'll be cheaper I reckon. As per this year. If not then hey ho. It's a fact that prices are going up and earnings but there's little the club can do about it.

Given that we had to strengthen the side in order to compete in the championship it was always going to cost a bit more. As Nothus explained it cost more the last time we were in this division.

No complaints from me.

Can season tickets be bought on direct debit? That might be helpful. Or maybe a they could do tickets that sell chunks of games at a slight discount for those that can't commit for a full season but would like to go to more than the odd game.

Never understand this argument. Those clubs will still be in the championship, or lower in 20 years time. I'd rather pay more and actually challenge at getting back in SL. We have a lot more outgoings than those clubs (scholarship, academy, reserves, womens team)

£25 is steep, but i'd rather pay that, have no winding up peitions, unpaid wages etc and see that we're progressing as a club.

We desperately need other options than Season Tickets - or pay on the gate.

I won't be buying a ST next year as I know already that I will need to miss at least three or four games (possibly more) due to work commitments. So buying a ST is a total non-starter.

But it then feels a bit steep to have to pay £25 to pay on the day, if I suddenly find that I can go on the day (sometimes I might not know until the day)

The club really needs to look at having some sort of Flex Ticket, say for 6 games. If I could pay £130 for a 6 game Flex Ticket, then I'd definitely buy one. I wouldn't have to buy a ST, but I'd still get a bit of a saving over paying each time. It seems a pretty obvious 'win' to me! If they sold, say, 1000 Flex Tickets (and I think they likely would because lots of people are in the same position), then it injects £130,000 into the club, and if some of those Flex Tickets end up not being fully redeemed, then the club has the money already. #win

"The club really needs to look at having some sort of Flex Ticket, say for 6 games. If I could pay £130 for a 6 game Flex Ticket"

An excellent suggestion by PW but why don't you email AC with it? Could be a good option for the Club and would appeal to a fair few more who find it difficult to justify a Full Season Ticket either financially or work related

With all tickets being done electronically now any flex ticket would need to have some sort of inbuilt way of becoming invalid after it's been used a certain number of times. I'm not sure if the current software is up to that task. If not then it may cost more to implement and that might make the flex ticket unaffordable. It's certainly worth exploring though.

Slightly lazy because I haven’t looked too hard but can anyone confirm the number of home games this year? Assuming the playoffs won’t come under the season ticket.

Season ticket prices are fair. Pay on the gate is steep but I suppose that’s the club attempting to sell season tickets instead.

On top of that, the amount between seating season tickets and standing is not much compared to previous seasons. Maybe the club want to get as many as they can in the stand given likely attendance figures

I suspect that most of you on here are season ticket holders who go to every game, in which case the value for money is pretty fair. However for those of us who don't or can't attend every home game, £25 to pay at the gate is simply extortionate, and will put off a large number of "floating fans". Personally like much of last season I'll spend my money on going to away games, and watch most home games for free on Facebook. I realise this hardly helps the club but I fell very strongly that £25 is just too much to pay for championship level rugby, and will put off away fans from all the nearby clubs attending.
I don't like to criticise AC, who otherwise has done a brilliant job, but I do think we're overpriced - and the ticket office was a shambles last season at times!

I think if you look at it from a business perspective, there’s not much wrong with AC’s approach.

Clearly emphasises the savings if you buy a ST. The big benefit for the club is that they get the cash up front and once paid for, fans are arguably more likely to spend some £ in the ground or shop than if they’ve paid £25 on the day.

I spent 10 mins on excel yesterday using some estimates based on ST numbers, potential walk ups and central funding. I think AC is designing his plan so we don’t rely on walk ups.

I appreciate the frustration at the price if you want to pay on the gate, but IMO having a sustainable business plan is more important. We may lose a few walk ups but i think that’s more acceptable than reducing prices across the board hoping for increased attendance on the back of it (Peter Hood?).

ATEOTD I’m presuming the club will still offer the streaming service next season so it’s hardly a case of pay £25 or don’t watch it.

Pretty sure this is part of a plan to nudge fans towards booking their tickets in advance.

I have no qualms with this at all. It's nothing new for the club really, is it? Under Marc Green the game day price was about 22 quid for Championship rugby whether you walked up on the day or booked in advance. The gates were overstaffed, which must have been a financial drain on the club. I think what they have done is looked at the way they can effectively manage the flow of people into the stadium and decided that they can plan staffing levels based upon advanced ticket sales, for which they think people will more likely buy if there is a discount. Why would they change this system next year? I don't think they will - surely there will be a discount for advances, which means that Championship rugby will be effectively the same price than it was under Marc Green, but with a club running within its means instead of over-promising and under-delivering. The only people who lose out here are the overwhelming minority who decide on the day to go. In every walk of life, you pay for convenience and/or poor or last minute planning. Why should rugby league be any different?

The club need to look at monetizing this service if it is to be sustainable (if we're paying for it, that is).

Looking at what other clubs charge we're second to Widnes in terms of season ticket prices by the looks of it. Not everyone has stated how much walk up prices are but Dewsbury are (£16), York (£17) and Rochdale (£1icon_cool.gif.

It's £35 a year more expensive per year to stand and watch us compared with Fax.

Fev do a ticket where you can pay for 6 games. That seems like an idea worth copying.

Not surprisingly Leigh haven't published their ticket prices for 2019. Neither have Batley, not sure why.

When I went with people that hadn’t bought in advance I found the ticket office to work fine (if you mean the booths just outside the shop). The queues to actually get in were lengthy but if you went to get in by the main carpark they were much shorter.

I expect it’s cheaper for the club to operate in this way and subsequently they make more money. I don’t think it’s that extortionate at £25 but I think they’re missing a trick not offering a 6 game ticket at a slight discount.

What's not to say they haven't got that up their sleeve for after the early bird deadline expires.

A flexi ticket is an excellent option, but offering it straight away when the main emphasis should clearly be selling the higher priced full season ticket wouldn't make good business sense at all as it could divert away many to the cheaper option.

I really do hope the club get the early bird discount sorted and then come in strongly with a flexi option to sweep up those who either can't commit to a full season because of work/other commitments or simply cannot afford to do so from a financial point of view.

Like others have said, price a six game package together for £120 and I think you could add another £100k to the income.

It’s the kids prices I have a problem with. £20 for a 16 yo student and £10 each for my 9 & 10 yo’s. I can’t get them a season ticket as they are likely to miss too many games, I certainly won’t be spening time debating whether they come next season at those prices. If there’s football on Tv and they want to watch that I won’t be asking twice

Not sure we'll have optio of continueing this service in the championship. League one was different as the rights arent held by anyone, but in championship Sky hold the rights even though they choose not to use them. Not sure they would allow clubs to live stream games (pretty certain we'd be ok putting games up afterwards as we did that previously and think most championship clubs do this as well). Plus towards back end of season RFL started live streaming through the ourleague app and would imagine they would want to continue with that centrally rather than having clubs doing it ad hoc. Maybe Mick knows more?.

I am pretty sure Premier Sports showed Toronto game's in 2018.

Agree wholeheartedly.

I'd also buy one for 6 games. Would I definitely pay into 6 games on the gate at those prices, possibly not. I can't make every home game and the days I can, there are cheaper things to do with the family so Odsal isn't usually 1st choice. Going to matches definitely become a habit and if you buy in advance you will make sure you do go for your moneys worth.

Glad to see some reasoned debate.

All I want to see is the crowds come back to Odsal.

The easier the club makes it to buy entry by flexible pricing and ticketing the more people in different situations can buy in.

Flexi tickets are widely available at other clubs and I cannot see any reason why the Bulls don't introduce them.

Wigan are selling 4 game tickets from £70 - £17.50 a game!

Rest my case.

They did but that was special deal for toronto with RFL backing as they fall outside sky footprint. Dont think they'll be as acomodating for a heartland club.

Yeah that's right,Wolfpack have there own agreement with Premier.The Championship comes under the Sky banner who at the moment only show the summer bash games from the Championship.Clubs are not allowed to stream there games LIVEunder the current agreement.

I have never thought about a flex ticket before, but it would suit me down to the ground with other commitments through the year i would definitely buy one for 6 or 8 games.
As for the mechanics just put 6 slots on the ticket and they punch them out of the ticket when you go to a game, ooooooo H&S issue here i hear you say