jerry
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Post by jerry on Jul 6, 2008 16:58:13 GMT
The problem though 92nd is if the monthly tickets stop people from buying the whole season ones. Not only do the club need that income in the summer, but they use season ticket sales to help them budget throughout the season. Monthly ticket income wouldn't be guaranteed from month to month so they couldn't make any plans based on it.
Unless the savings were a fair bit less than for a whole season ticket, there would be no incentive to go for the latter and people would switch wholesale over to the monthly scheme.
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Post by the92ndfish on Jul 6, 2008 17:07:13 GMT
This is true, but if people have the money to spend on a season ticket as it is, I'm not sure that 100% of them would switch entirely to a monthly payment scheme especially due to the costs that can be incurred if your debits bounce or simply the concept of season tickets. If your season ticket gave you a reserved seat (as they do) but the monthly payments didn't, that'd be one substantial distinction especially for the big matches of the season.
I can see your point however, I'd be interested in seeing how other teams structure their options, I know that half season tickets are popular amongst a good few, that might be a more realistic and attainable venture but whether it'd have a high take up rate is another matter.
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jerry
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Post by jerry on Jul 6, 2008 17:40:43 GMT
I may be wrong here, but I seem to remember the club saying last season that season tickets could be bought pro-rata at any time of the season.
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Jon
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Post by Jon on Jul 7, 2008 23:33:39 GMT
I think that forms the embryo of a brilliant idea. I would structure it as offering "Sporting affiliation" to local clubs who would then be responsible for gathering their own party together pre-match (Why not in Boots?) and then gaining entry together. I think this would also be an excellent vessel for the re-establishment of links with the local football scene benefiting the club with a possible stream of local talent and extra periphery income (particularly for the less well supported midweek games) and in return giving something to the local players in the way of privileged entry. That's the kind of thing I was thinking of. You'd need a "key contact" in each club to be reponsible for holding the "club card" , whipping up interest, collecting money and paying it over, etc. Most clubs must have one big TUFC fan capable of carrying out that role. Looking at all or "midweeks" in August, we could do with including cricket clubs in the scheme too. Like all things, it would need a lot of work from someone at the club. I think there would be a return on this legwork, but it's not going to have huge immediate financial returns. That's why it's the kind of scheme to go for early in a new regime - an old "tried it before" regime would find it hard to find the enthusiasm for it. |
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