Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Sep 30, 2010 2:28 pm  

The aim is to get 20,000 people in. Brian Kennedy has said all along that he wants a fan base of 15,000 before he'll sort a new stadium of our own.

There are 7 months until the game and so I am more than confident we will get near enough a full ground. All lower division matches in the Lancashire and Cheshire divisions will be kicking off at 1pm so the players and juniors can get there for 5:30. The tickets start at £5 for kids and £10 for adults. Season ticket holders get in free. We can also chose to sit anywhere we want in the ground. So that means I could sit in a £40 seat with my season ticket that cost me less than 60 quid

Saracens get around the same crowd as us and they got over 40,000 2 or 3 times last season when they played at Wembley

The other 3 London clubs don't get much more and they all combined to nearly sell out the London Double Header at Twickenham on the first day of the season. With good marketing it can be done well in my opinion

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Sep 30, 2010 2:43 pm  

There are clearly a lot of English Rugby Union fans out there... look at the crowds the England national side pull in when they play at Twickenham.

Compare the crowd the Union side would get if they played a side like Italy

Then compare it to the size of the crowd an England RL fixture gets against a top side like Australia or New Zealand.

Despite league being a better sport (in my opinion) clearly RU is doing something right when it comes to getting people along to Twickenham for internationals.

I think the Wallabies and the All Blacks are playing England at Twickenham in the next month or so.... both games will sell out.. or if not... it will be very close.

Yet an England v NZ or Australia league fixture doesnt attract half as many.

Strange.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Sep 30, 2010 8:38 pm  

As Shark J says, it's something that can and I think will be achieved. Mick Hogan is a smart and rich cookie and with the resources Sale have filling the Reebok shouldn't be a problem. Season ticket holders in free, cheap tickets, giveaways...
What will be interesting is the number of people who stay around and start watching Sale.

A few friends went to the England international at Old Trafford a year or so ago. They got free tickets from work and made a day of it. They were, in the majority, football fans and were open to the idea of rugby union. None of them have been to watch a live rugby union game since, neither international nor Sale as they weren't overly impressed by the fayre on offer at OT.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Sep 30, 2010 9:38 pm  

Shark J wrote:

The aim is to get 20,000 people in. Brian Kennedy has said all along that he wants a fan base of 15,000 before he'll sort a new stadium of our own.

There are 7 months until the game and so I am more than confident we will get near enough a full ground. All lower division matches in the Lancashire and Cheshire divisions will be kicking off at 1pm so the players and juniors can get there for 5:30. The tickets start at £5 for kids and £10 for adults. Season ticket holders get in free. We can also chose to sit anywhere we want in the ground. So that means I could sit in a £40 seat with my season ticket that cost me less than 60 quid

Saracens get around the same crowd as us and they got over 40,000 2 or 3 times last season when they played at Wembley

The other 3 London clubs don't get much more and they all combined to nearly sell out the London Double Header at Twickenham on the first day of the season. With good marketing it can be done well in my opinion

With all due respect to bolton... I'm sure it's a nice place... but a day trip to watch your team play at Bolton doesnt quite have the same kudos as a trip to Wembley.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:43 am  

Shark J wrote:

The aim is to get 20,000 people in. Brian Kennedy has said all along that he wants a fan base of 15,000 before he'll sort a new stadium of our own.

There are 7 months until the game and so I am more than confident we will get near enough a full ground. All lower division matches in the Lancashire and Cheshire divisions will be kicking off at 1pm so the players and juniors can get there for 5:30. The tickets start at £5 for kids and £10 for adults. Season ticket holders get in free. We can also chose to sit anywhere we want in the ground. So that means I could sit in a £40 seat with my season ticket that cost me less than 60 quid

Saracens get around the same crowd as us and they got over 40,000 2 or 3 times last season when they played at Wembley

The other 3 London clubs don't get much more and they all combined to nearly sell out the London Double Header at Twickenham on the first day of the season. With good marketing it can be done well in my opinion

I wouldn't bet on anywhere other than a football ground selling out, with the matches on that weekend.

I may love Warrington but if I can get a ticket to City v Spurs I shall be there.

I'd be interested if Sale played a game at Heywood Road, though.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:44 am  

Barry_McKenzie wrote:

With all due respect to bolton... I'm sure it's a nice place... .

That's the voice of a man who has never been to Bolton!

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:47 am  

Catalancs wrote:

As Shark J says, it's something that can and I think will be achieved. Mick Hogan is a smart and rich cookie and with the resources Sale have filling the Reebok shouldn't be a problem. Season ticket holders in free, cheap tickets, giveaways...
What will be interesting is the number of people who stay around and start watching Sale.

A few friends went to the England international at Old Trafford a year or so ago. They got free tickets from work and made a day of it. They were, in the majority, football fans and were open to the idea of rugby union. None of them have been to watch a live rugby union game since, neither international nor Sale as they weren't overly impressed by the fayre on offer at OT.

Which could be the killer.

But the real killer, as I keep saying, is the weekend's round-ball fayre.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:47 am  

Barry_McKenzie wrote:

There are clearly a lot of English Rugby Union fans out there... look at the crowds the England national side pull in when they play at Twickenham.

Compare the crowd the Union side would get if they played a side like Italy

Then compare it to the size of the crowd an England RL fixture gets against a top side like Australia or New Zealand.

Despite league being a better sport (in my opinion) clearly RU is doing something right when it comes to getting people along to Twickenham for internationals.

I think the Wallabies and the All Blacks are playing England at Twickenham in the next month or so.... both games will sell out.. or if not... it will be very close.

Yet an England v NZ or Australia league fixture doesnt attract half as many.

Strange.

I know plenty of people who go toyawnion internationals. None of them ever go to another game or have any real interest. None of them ever pay for their tickets.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Fri Oct 01, 2010 7:43 am  

tigertot wrote:

I know plenty of people who go toyawnion internationals. None of them ever go to another game or have any real interest. None of them ever pay for their tickets.

On November the 13th the Wallabies are in town to play England at Twickenham

Twickenham holds over 80,000 people... and I reckon the attendance will be not far off a sell out.

I agree that a lot of people get free tickets (I will be one of them because my employer is a sponsor)... but many many MANY thousands will pay to watch.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:29 am  

Barry_McKenzie wrote:

On November the 13th the Wallabies are in town to play England at Twickenham

Twickenham holds over 80,000 people... and I reckon the attendance will be not far off a sell out.

I agree that a lot of people get free tickets (I will be one of them because my employer is a sponsor)... but many many MANY thousands will pay to watch.

I won't argue with you on that, but that's interest in internationals, not the club game. Club RU, like international RL, is a bit of a joke.

A lot of those people in the Sale crowd at the Reebok will have corporate tickets.