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Needs to be a season ticket price for students. My two sons who are studying up at Lancaster Uni, would be happy to pay a least £150 each (£6.52 per home game) for their season ticket, if promotion was happen.
if in the championship a tenner a game would be mightily cheapNeeds to be a season ticket price for students. My two sons who are studying up at Lancaster Uni, would be happy to pay a least £150 each (£6.52 per home game) for their season ticket, if promotion was happen.
Yes that was definitely a loaded question. I'm going to give them the benefit of doubt and say it must be a habit caused by 30 years of Oyston ownership - these days they don't need to say what the revenue from an increase in price would be spent on, we already know it'll be on the club.Done. One of the questions seemed to be somewhat loaded as if trying to force people's hands. What price do you want a season ticket? Lower, the same or more with all the money put into signings and the infrastructure of the club or something along those lines. Very much came across as the author wanting you to tick the box for paying more and any other response was not acceptable.
Done. One of the questions seemed to be somewhat loaded as if trying to force people's hands. What price do you want a season ticket? Lower, the same or more with all the money put into signings and the infrastructure of the club or something along those lines. Very much came across as the author wanting you to tick the box for paying more and any other response was not acceptable.
If they 'returned' their ticket for the game in exchange for that access, the seat could be resold and then the club could theoretically make extra...Done. I added a suggestion that if you buy a STH then you get free Ifollow access to home games as well. This is mainly aimed at old and frail fans like me and/or exiles, or those on holiday, who maybe can't, or would rather not, get to Tuesday night cold games in mid January and give them the option of watching from home. They will in essence have already bought a ticket, so it wouldn't cost the club anything
For the sake of clarity I never suggested they were from the club either.For the sake of clarity - these are the Trust's questions, not the club's, and we have no vested interest in the outcome - so no loading in any particular direction was intended.
This, maybeWhat gives BST the right to start a pricing survey.
If anyone on here should know that then its you,especially the former.Bradford and Huddersfield have trapped themselves into too cheap season tickets leaving them short of funds to improve the team. Both struggled recently. imo
Why on earth would you want to do thatDone.
I forgot to add in the 'further ideas' box that the Club could consider adding the BST joining fee to the price of a season ticket for those fans who are not already members. A simple tick box on the application could manage that.
It won't let me pass the ticket price section.Many thanks to all Blackpool supporters who have taken the time to complete this important season ticket survey. We have had an excellent response so far.
If you have not yet done the survey we would love to hear from you, as getting a broad range of views is very important. We will be closing it at 6pm on Tuesday 18th May, so that we can collate and analyse the results, and present them to the club by next weekend.
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BFCTicketPricing
Aye ok but that contradicts the Trust mantra of doing exactly that ie being part of the club from a fans perspective,where for instance a few weeks ago the SLO was on here telling everyone that some fans had threatened to sue the club (over refunds etc)BST need to stay independent of the club or we could have a BSA situation
Don't use the £ sign just use numbers ie 300It won't let me pass the ticket price section.
Not read all the thread so excuse me if I repeat things.....
2 things- Blackpool is a poor town. There are a shed load of kids who we've missed out on for obvious reasons.
For those reasons alone pricing needs to very cautious.
I'd like to see a child (U12)ST be around £75 when purchased with a full adult £229 ticket. Add in the child ticket allows for the purchase of 2 U12 txts for a fiver- subject to availability and relocation, inc Adult. This would be for early bird. £25 extra thereafter on both.
Now we do have a section of supporters who don't mind paying more so we'd build in add ons. Perhaps a choice of add ons. There might be a monthly draw for a morning /afternoon training session. Maybe guaranteed extra 5 ticks for 'big' games. Maybe monthly signed shirt draw. Exclusive entry to premium club auction at year end (Yates' boots, Maxwell's gloves, play off ball etc etc etc). Monthly hospy draw for upgrade. Obviously this isn't exhaustive.
Each could be £30 and the ST would choose as many as they wanted.
We should also work out how to get people in earlier and spending. If possible I'd like to see an early arrival ticket, maybe £15 match day cost pre 1.59, £20 for 2. Late 'early' arrivals would upgrade for a fiver (details I'm sure workable).
They have a mandate from their members. If they were doing stuff I didn't like I'd definitely be letting them know.Aye ok but that contradicts the Trust mantra of doing exactly that ie being part of the club from a fans perspective,where for instance a few weeks ago the SLO was on here telling everyone that some fans had threatened to sue the club (over refunds etc)
In practice around the country you've got the 'BSA situation' as you call it with many other clubs, where ordinary supporters don't get a look in and things like ticket allocations are fixed for the Trust cliques.
Personally I've no idea why fans in the Blackpool instance need to be canvassed in this way, if the structured dialogue meetings are doing the job.Seems to me that BST are pushing the other groups out of the way are being rather disrespectful, but hey ho its their decision to act on all of your behalfs without a mandate
Why??? After what they did for this club ????Tick in the box to join BST!
Not a chance
Indeed but the whole idea of the structured meetings, is for all the fans' representatives to have proper and meaningful discussions with the club which would include ticket pricing.They have a mandate from their members. If they were doing stuff I didn't like I'd definitely be letting them know.
Yet thats not on the questionnaire but was an opinion put on here.... The same as yoursIndeed but the whole idea of the structured meetings, is for all the fans' representatives to have proper and meaningful discussions with the club which would include ticket pricing.
If say the Pilling* Tangerines decided to do something similar then you'd be scratching your heads thinking why they didnt bring it up at the club meetings?
Not a huge issue and very definitely the season ticket pricing needs addressing, but just seems like bad manners on BSTs part to me and a tad disrespectful to the others.
Perhaps a season ticket prize might have been a more appropriate prize - happy to help thoughGood morning all
With the coming season in mind, the Trust is canvassing the opinion of all Blackpool fans on Ticket pricing. The objective is to share the results and insights with the club, who have expressed an interest in the conclusions
To take part in the survey please follow the link below
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BFCTicketPricing
We value your time in responding to the survey, so we will be facilitating a prize draw for two £50 club vouchers for all respondents who opt in. The closing date for contributions has now been set at 6 p.m. on Tuesday 18 May, in order that we can collate and analyse the results in time to present the findings to the club next weekend.
Blackpool Supporters Trust
League one:
Children’s / Students ST’s - £150
Adults ST’s - £200
Championship:
Children’s / Students ST’s - £200
Adults ST’s - £250
Aim for 10/12k season ticket sales instead of 5/6k
Match day tickets
League one:
Children / Students - £9
Adults - £13
Championship:
Children / Students - £12
Adults - £17
Also bang some away day coaches on - charge £10 a head no matter where in the country it’s heading.
I said something very similar TSS. Many of our supporters live a fair distance away from Blackpool and I really believe these supporters are an untapped and potentially lucrative resource stream for the club. An initiative to unlock this group of expat fans makes sense in my view. I like your idea of a Carnet style ticket. I put forward something very similar as well as a couple of other ideas...Done
I have suggested that we create a carnet type system for those of use living away from the Fylde coast who may not be able to attend every match due to distance etc, but could commit to say 10 or 15 games at ST prices.
Got to be worth a stab.
I said something very similar TSS. Many of our supporters live a fair distance away from Blackpool and I really believe these supporters are an untapped and potentially lucrative resource stream for the club. An initiative to unlock this group of expat fans makes sense in my view. I like your idea of a Carnet style ticket. I put forward something very similar as well as a couple of other ideas...
1. An expat membership scheme where you pay around £50 for an annual membership that gives you say a 20% discount on the matchday ticket price of any games you can attend. The pricing structure could be worked out whereby if you attend a third of games you cover the cost of the membership.
2. A 'community' season ticket where you do pay the full price, but for games you cannot attend your ticket gets allocated to an disadvantaged local young adult that cannot afford the price of the ticket. This one fits in with SS's commendable philosophy of giving something back to the local community. And it would also help to recruit the next generation of the Tangerine Army.
I think my idea of a distance Flexi ticket would work best as you don't have a reserved seat, you have a match day season ticket for say 10 games in the season for the South Stand for example and you pay say £130 for it. Because you don't have an allocated seat or seats if there are more than one of you then you just call the ticket office and order a ticket for the South Stand and you can do that for 10 games a season and you can order the day before if you want to. If you also gave a discount for a B&B stay at the hotel for one or 2 nights, example Friday & Saturday for a really good price and I think that would be really popular. Of course the Hotel is optional and not included in the price of the season ticket.The idea of a membership scheme and a discount on match tickets is a good one. It solves the problem of the carnet system that the club would never know whether a carnet ticket-holder was going to turn up - they'd have to keep that seat free, and be unable to sell it to anyone else. For matches against "big" clubs it's likely that the club would be able to sell more tickets to casual attendees.
That is a fantastic suggestion and one I can see the club consideringDone. I added a suggestion that if you buy a STH then you get free Ifollow access to home games as well. This is mainly aimed at old and frail fans like me and/or exiles, or those on holiday, who maybe can't, or would rather not, get to Tuesday night cold games in mid January and give them the option of watching from home. They will in essence have already bought a ticket, so it wouldn't cost the club anything
I think my idea of a distance Flexi ticket would work best as you don't have a reserved seat, you have a match day season ticket for say 10 games in the season for the South Stand for example and you pay say £130 for it. Because you don't have an allocated seat or seats if there are more than one of you then you just call the ticket office and order a ticket for the South Stand and you can do that for 10 games a season and you can order the day before if you want to. If you also gave a discount for a B&B stay at the hotel for one or 2 nights, example Friday & Saturday for a really good price and I think that would be really popular. Of course the Hotel is optional and not included in the price of the season ticket.
I would definitely take up a 10 match option and probably stay for one or 2 nights most of those trips, if not all. So revenue up front for the club, hotel income and spends in the hotel and at the ground. Makes total sense to me. I suppose it is a Country Season ticket and you would have to live 90 miles (for example) or more from Blackpool.
I think it is towards the end of JuneOut of interest when will fixture list be released ?
Work shifts and rota usually fone 2 month in advance
Thursday 24 June @ 9amOut of interest when will fixture list be released ?
Work shifts and rota usually fone 2 month in advance
It doesn't matter at all especially when you think most Clubs rely on handouts to survive. It's lunacy, to me, to carry on the same pricing model that has failed. New thinking is required.What i don't understand about threads like this are when people say things like
"Well Fleetwood are charging so and so"
Or
"Bristol Rovers are 400 quid or whatever"
None of that matters as nobody in our league or the league below actually sells out of season tickets, surely that should be the aim for any progressive club like ours
TSS, that's a very good idea.Done
I have suggested that we create a carnet type system for those of use living away from the Fylde coast who may not be able to attend every match due to distance etc, but could commit to say 10 or 15 games at ST prices.
Got to be worth a stab.
So basically you want the owner to pretty much foot the bill for everything? You're living in la la land if you think a match day ticket should cost 13 or 17 quid. You're not thinking about the club are you? This is all about what you want as an individual.League one:
Children’s / Students ST’s - £150
Adults ST’s - £200
Championship:
Children’s / Students ST’s - £200
Adults ST’s - £250
Aim for 10/12k season ticket sales instead of 5/6k
Match day tickets
League one:
Children / Students - £9
Adults - £13
Championship:
Children / Students - £12
Adults - £17
Also bang some away day coaches on - charge £10 a head no matter where in the country it’s heading.