Re: Dumping Kylie Eastmond = Positive, Widnes move = Negativ : Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:55 pm  

Saints should have opened up the South stand last night, rather than opening up the away end to home fans. It's ridiculous.

Re: Dumping Kylie Eastmond = Positive, Widnes move = Negativ : Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:17 pm  

.Alice. wrote:

Saints should have opened up the South stand last night, rather than opening up the away end to home fans. It's ridiculous.

South stand was open but it costs the most.

For the less money you can get a better spec on the other side. It was wise to open the away end as some fans maybe willing to pay those prices but not south stand prices. Any business needs to maximise revenue. Better to get a more in the away end than turn down money as people are not prepared to pay for the south side.

Re: Dumping Kylie Eastmond = Positive, Widnes move = Negativ : Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:22 pm  

Ande wrote:

So it is a move, just a temporary one.

Of course. The thrust of the argument above though is that playing at Widnes is a planned move that has had unforseen negative consequences i.e. fans turning against the club.

In reality, crowds have slightly reduced as could have been reasonable expected. It would take a great deal to alienate fans - something like a Wimbledon/Milton Keynes 'move'.

Re: Dumping Kylie Eastmond = Positive, Widnes move = Negativ : Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:24 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

South stand was open but it costs the most.

For the less money you can get a better spec on the other side. It was wise to open the away end as some fans maybe willing to pay those prices but not south stand prices. Any business needs to maximise revenue. Better to get a more in the away end than turn down money as people are not prepared to pay for the south side.

Sorry, I know it's open - what I meant was that rather than allowing home fans into the away end, they should have dropped the price of the South Stand.

Re: Dumping Kylie Eastmond = Positive, Widnes move = Negativ : Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:54 pm  

.Alice. wrote:

Sorry, I know it's open - what I meant was that rather than allowing home fans into the away end, they should have dropped the price of the South Stand.

They did, but in a batch of three. So people could buy three adult tickets for £20 a ticket for the South Stand IF they bought tickets for all three games. In addition, juniors cost £11 for the North, West and South Stands for those same games - which includes Cas on Easter Monday. However, people reluctant to spend £6 extra to sit in the South Stand are unlikely to spend £60 up front on three matches, regardless of the junior discount. The problem is, how would Saints justify a price reduction to the season ticket holders in the South Stand who paid or are paying the full whack for sitting there? Saints made the mistake of differentiating in price between the South and North Stands but that was a fundamental error they cannot change so I should think that the South Stand is going to look empty for the rest of the season.

Mind you, it was fuller against HKR than against Wakey, which suggests to me that it was actually the presence of us on the TV which kept people away.

However, I do agree that really they should just close the West Stand completely until Wigan visit, and perhaps Leeds if they start to win matches again. Other than that, it is clear we are not going to get enough away fans to justify opening up a whole stand.

Re: Dumping Kylie Eastmond = Positive, Widnes move = Negativ : Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:27 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

They did, but in a batch of three. So people could buy three adult tickets for £20 a ticket for the South Stand IF they bought tickets for all three games. In addition, juniors cost £11 for the North, West and South Stands for those same games - which includes Cas on Easter Monday. However, people reluctant to spend £6 extra to sit in the South Stand are unlikely to spend £60 up front on three matches, regardless of the junior discount. The problem is, how would Saints justify a price reduction to the season ticket holders in the South Stand who paid or are paying the full whack for sitting there? Saints made the mistake of differentiating in price between the South and North Stands but that was a fundamental error they cannot change so I should think that the South Stand is going to look empty for the rest of the season.

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All true.

differentiating the price with no difference in the product, not many people are going to buy into that. The best they could hope for are some people who wanted a middle spec on the North side, but where late buying season tickets.
I've never really understood the difference in price for the same seat on the opposite side, it seams to make more sense to charge more for middle seats on south or north and less for edge seats. At least that way you are buying a better spec for more money and not just an intangable posh seat.

Re: Dumping Kylie Eastmond = Positive, Widnes move = Negativ : Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:43 am  

They need to bring back student tickets, a few of my student mates started to come saints with me last year but this year they are not willing to pay £20+ to watch saints at home but are happy to come to away games with me and pay between £12 and £15 for the student tickets