How much is fair for a ST for 2014.

if we make the season tickets £300 other clubs would generate more income than us.
higher prices doesn't mean more income ldo

£150 this year, £180 next year, rising to full market price, probably about £210 for what will (hopefully) be our first season at Newmarket. Jump ther price too quickly and many will just not renew.

Oh and give people enough time to make the most of the offers!!

This!

I agree with the stepped price change as above, and also the comment about giving people time to take the offer, or even a little bit of warning that they were going to do it.

For example, they could have announced it on Monday, but used the dates of the Challenge Cup QF and SF as the dates you had to buy between, that way people have a (tiny) bit more warning to sort out their money, and there's also some 'key' events to trigger people to buy, it could even be seen as an aspirational motivator i.e. just think we could be playing in these next year.

Or announcing the offer now but having the dates as the first two weeks after the end of the 'standard' season i.e. the £150 tickets go on sale at 6pm Sunday 8th September after the match against Castleford, and are on sale for two weeks. This gives people time to save money and also it means that the club isn't trying to compete with the summer holiday spending season.

Sorry for the waffley answer to what is a fairly simple question, but I work in marketing and once I started thinking about it, it tumbled out, I could have waffled more but thought I'd best stop there.

When i suggested £200 + it was more about keeping STs in line with other SL clubs, the majority of which i would guess at more than £200.
The club is a victim of its own success as far as the discounted STs are conserned, i hope we can afford it.

At the outset of the discounted tickets offer the club will have sat down and gone through the finances with a fine tooth comb and worked out all eventualities, thus ensuring that a robust 3-4 year plan was in place and they had enough financil leeway to be able to withstand any losses without serious detriment to the company and ensure the growth of the club.

They would have done that wouldn't they......?

Glover himself has said this has cost him more money than he expected, i would imagine that when AG sat down and worked out his sums, he would have only had JE to rely on for a lot of the info to base his maths on.
This may be simplistic view, but it would explain if we are in a hole and AG has no more money to put in, why we are.

I went for the 200+ option purely because I am fortunate enough to be able to afford to pay that, and am sick of the constant rumours of financial problems which always surround the club, the latest of which are no doubt in some respects due to the previously low ticket prices we have had not been sustainable.

However, it's all about getting the balancing act right between pricing and numbers to make it work over the medium to longer term.

I think the price should be 175 quid minimum for Adults, but work on getting additional benefits for Gold Members -ones that people are going to derive some value from.

Finally, more realistic deadlines should be set for acceptance of offers on the deals, so that all fans have the same opportunity to take advantage.

£200 for me.

I don't know the answer to this so can someone help me.

How many season tickets did we generally sell in previous seasons and what was the cost of a ground season ticket back then?

i'd love to know who voted for the bottom option.

They must obviously want us to continue to struggle financially.

Cas fans????

It's all about achieving the maximum income for the club.
Having more supporters on board who in turn will buy a replica shirt and a couple of pints on matchday plus spend some cash in the shop(s), is preferable to where we were a few seasons ago.
Having said that, endless cheap tickets devalue the "product" so for me, we should keep stepping the price upwards, until we are back at full price.
The last thing that we want is for a jump back to full price and scare half of our fans away.
IMO the club are missing a trick.
If they offered the a reduced ticket for members of the 1873 club, there would certainly be an increased uptake for membership.

Or they are struggling financially?

I currently earn a pittance and quite possibly going to be a full-time student next year doing teacher training (so relying on a student loan to live off) but I will do everything in my power to buy a season ticket whether it is 150 quid or 200 quid. Mainly because I didn't get one this year but have probably spent over 150 quid attending games.

200 for me and I certainly never get my money's worth.
But the club has always been and always will be a large part of my life.

You're probably right - a deal that combined a ST with an 1873 membership would be a good option; I would hope that would be introduced when they go on general sale.

Don't do it!!!!



FWIW I think £175 would be fair this season but as i've put before it wouldn't make sense me buying one at that price for the number of games i'll miss and offers that will no doubt be on for the games with the low traveling support.

Job at risk..can't renew now until I know the outcome of NHS situation I'm in...more time on early bird would help

The link up with the 1873 is a good idea....

Failing that......is there anything stopping everyone who has the clubs financial interest at heart.....backing up what they are saying on here and popping along to the club shop and buying a season ticket at £150 and then make a 'donation' of £50 to the club?

Sounds simple really if you really want to do your bit to help......

As many well off fans as there may be, there will be a bigger majority who are skint and will struggle to even afford at the low price......which is why they have to remain pretty low for me.....don't outprice the majority too quickly!!

Got mine today + some tickets for the Leeds game.

Just got mine, pleasent service in the shop and few customers in there.

Can't find owt to moan about on this one.

Renewed 4 today too good an offer to miss for us.

renew mine today too

back to standing having been seated for the last two seasons