Flexi Tickets

I've been banging on about introducing flexi tickets for months. It seems Bristol Rovers think it's a good idea.

"Bristol Rovers offer a 5/10 game Flexi-Ticket so if you cannot commit to 23 league games, the Flexi-Ticket will allow you to purchase a match package for five or ten league games of your choice. A ten-match adult Flexi Ticket costs from £140, which works out at £14 per match, and a five-game Flexi-Ticket can by snapped up form as little as £70".

http://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/tickets/ticket-prices/

 

They did it in 2014/15 as well, so it must be working for them.

 

Depends on the objective. If that is to get cash in early to aid them in budgeting and planning then yes. If it is to show a small increase in attendance then I'd say yes. If it is to sell out the stadium every week then no

 

The 13,000 empty seats would suggest that the price does indeed need reducing though.

We have a supply of 23000 seats and at the prices currently charged there is only demand for 10,000. That shows something is wrong with the strategy

 

Tbf I dont think we'd get 23,000 a week if we were letting people in for free. That figure would only be attainable if we were doing very well in the Championship or even PL, which is the kind of level we were at when the stadium was expanded to fit such an amount in. Maximum I'd expect we can draw in at this level would be 15/16 thousand for big games as shown last time we were down here, thats what we got at home in the semi final wasnt it?


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I'm one who can't justify a season ticket as I'm away too much. A few years ago I suggested a flexible ticket to Don Rowing. He told me the club would rather fans paid on the day as that way, measured over a season, the club got more money.

I told him it wasn't as simple as that and that attendance was a habit which, once broken, was very difficult to re-establish. He wasn't convinced.

 

I've suggested this to them every year for as long as I can remember, but nothing's come close to actually happening. 5 games for £100, or 8 for £150. I only make about 4 games a season so they'd already be in profit. Money upfront, so they're quids in whether I make eight games or not. Vouchers which you exchange for a ticket - doesn't guarantee you a seat; still have to pick your games and book in the usual way.

Easy to set-up & run. Absolute bloody no-brainer.

 

great idea ,price to pay on day is too much for fans who cant commit to a season ticket

 

Billy blunts run a flexi ticket scheme as do lots of other clubs. It's time we came out of the Stone Age and concentrating on building our consumer base rather than a non too subtle attempt to ring every penny out of it or one day there will be no consumers.

 

From 1976 to 1982 my dad took me to watch Barnsley, attending all home matches and around 50% away. From 82 till 2000 I attended the majority of home games with my mates and around 50% away. However from 2000 my working hours have been over a 24/7 rota in the NHS. I therefore regularly have to work weekends (as do many other reds fans). Consequently I generally manage around 10 home games a season, and naturally consider the above proposal to be a great idea. I would also strongly argue that it would be churlish and petty for anyone to dismiss this as anything other than a good idea.

 

I'd snap this up. I can't attend many games due to living away from the town so a season ticket would be a waste of money for me.

Matchday prices are so obscene it puts me off. I just can't justify the £25 or whatever it is to watch League 1 football.

This would be a great compromise and I'm sure many would feel the same.

We know Patrick reads this board so hope he takes note of this very reasonable suggestion.

 

He's wrong. I can't commit to a ST as I live 150 miles from Oakwell but am up north a couple of weekends a month. I've only been to Oakwell 4 times this year and one of those was a free ticket because I thin the match day ticket prices are way too much. I know I'm not the norm, but I'd imagine there's a lot of people that can't commit to a full ST for their own reasons that this would benefit.

 

I have been saying for years that I would love this. I can attend each week so that's not my reason for not buying a season ticket - I just can't afford it. However £150 for 10 games would be great. I wouldn't spend more than that on tickets anyway as I can't afford it so it's not like they will get more out of me by not offering this deal. I would have a lot more good will for the club though and they would have another bum on a seat. I can say for almost certain my dad would get one too (whereas he probably only does 2 games a season because of the price). £150 for 10 games rather than £52 for 2 games is a no brainer!!

 

Is you street innit?.... ok i'll stick to saving lives and sod the football.

 

You're just so selfish! Always thinking about yourself...

 

It's all about meeeeeeeeee!