Re: Attendance - Wigan vs Saints : Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:12 pm  

What will happen if both us and huddersfield both lose as both the soccer clubs have home games and the sky scheldule have games friday and saturday.We shouldnt have to go to widnes would sooner go to leigh as its in WIGAN and we have standing terraces to get an atmosphere.

Re: Attendance - Wigan vs Saints : Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:13 pm  

I think some people are under the impression that in the play off games the RFL set ticket prices and take most of the money from sales.

Re: Attendance - Wigan vs Saints : Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:29 pm  

I dont understand how the RFL have screwed this up, the ticket prices are the same as they are for every other league game! Fair enough the play off format is rubbish, meaning there is a good chance we will play them again in 2 weeks, but this is a derby game against Saints, and also the 1st game for us to attempt to retain our SuperLeague title!

Re: Attendance - Wigan vs Saints : Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:53 pm  

9599 home tickets sold as at 8.45pm tonight. Clearly the rush for the discounted South Stand family tickets has now finished. We'll be lucky to have 11500 home fans on.

Re: Attendance - Wigan vs Saints : Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:04 pm  

martinbuckley wrote:

9599 home tickets sold as at 8.45pm tonight. Clearly the rush for the discounted South Stand family tickets has now finished. We'll be lucky to have 11500 home fans on.

There may well be a decent walk up on the day if the weather is anything like.

I've still got to get our 7 tickets yet and of the 7 there are 5 of us that go home and away week in week out so i'm guessing there will be plenty of others still to get them.

I'm suprsied we've shifted that many tbh.

Re: Attendance - Wigan vs Saints : Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:07 pm  

It's the 5th meeting between us this season alone and will probably lead to the 6th in 2 weeks time. That's too often even for Wigan and Saints.

People who are struggling for cash (which is a hell of a lot at the moment) would rather pay £20 to watch the same game in 2 weeks time when it actually means something.

The poor crowds are due to the ridiculous format of the playoffs.

Re: Attendance - Wigan vs Saints : Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:18 am  

Conroy wrote:

It's the 5th meeting between us this season alone and will probably lead to the 6th in 2 weeks time. That's too often even for Wigan and Saints.

People who are struggling for cash (which is a hell of a lot at the moment) would rather pay £20 to watch the same game in 2 weeks time when it actually means something.

The poor crowds are due to the ridiculous format of the playoffs.

I agree, but also I believe the pricing structure could have encouraged alot more fans to turn up.

The REALITY is that if all 1st round games were priced at £10 for Adults £5 for concessions the Wigan-Stains game would have attracted a 20K crowd.
The REALITY is it isn't and it won't.
The REALITY is that a family of 4 to sit in my section would cost £64, and for a game that will most probably be played again in 2 weeks!! Times are tough kids for most families and for £64 is a fair chunk out of a families budget.
I love the romantic view that if youre a true fan of the club you MUST turn up for this game. Well the REALITY is families have to prioritise, and Id imagine paying the mortgage comes before watching a sportng event.

But then again the RFL don't live in the REAL world.

Re: Attendance - Wigan vs Saints : Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:42 am  

Need to get my four tickets yet (this aft hopefully), just hope the discounted family tickets are still available for the South.

Re: Attendance - Wigan vs Saints : Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:02 pm  

Owdpopularsider wrote:

I agree, but also I believe the pricing structure could have encouraged alot more fans to turn up.

The REALITY is that if all 1st round games were priced at £10 for Adults £5 for concessions the Wigan-Stains game would have attracted a 20K crowd.
The REALITY is it isn't and it won't.
The REALITY is that a family of 4 to sit in my section would cost £64, and for a game that will most probably be played again in 2 weeks!! Times are tough kids for most families and for £64 is a fair chunk out of a families budget.
I love the romantic view that if youre a true fan of the club you MUST turn up for this game. Well the REALITY is families have to prioritise, and Id imagine paying the mortgage comes before watching a sportng event.

But then again the RFL don't live in the REAL world.

In the REAL world in what other sport do you get an adult ticket to go and watch two of the top teams for a tenner!? When compared to other sports we've got it good. For just over £200 ya get 14 games in some of the best seats, then for another £19 you go to the playoff games. I appreciate money is tight for people and it's difficult to shell out for the whole family, especially as some people might be holding out to go to the GF should we get there, but the prices can't really be criticised in my view. The real problem is the playoff structure which makes it quite likely we will face Saints again in 2 weeks time!

Re: Attendance - Wigan vs Saints : Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:29 pm  

WARRIORCRAIG wrote:

In the REAL world in what other sport do you get an adult ticket to go and watch two of the top teams for a tenner!? When compared to other sports we've got it good. For just over £200 ya get 14 games in some of the best seats, then for another £19 you go to the playoff games. I appreciate money is tight for people and it's difficult to shell out for the whole family, especially as some people might be holding out to go to the GF should we get there, but the prices can't really be criticised in my view. The real problem is the playoff structure which makes it quite likely we will face Saints again in 2 weeks time!

So were all agreed theres a problem with the playoff structure? So to encourage more people to these games shouldn't we look at the pricing structure aswell?
I still maintain that a 20K crowd would have been realistic with £10 for Adults and £5 Concessions. As its stands we'll get a crowd of around 14-15k and it'll look crap on the telly.