Twenty's plenty....

If you’ve got a huge stadium far bigger than necessary and no significant infrastructure investments pending than you can sell cheap and try pack them in. It’s a business model that works for clubs with big empty stadiums or who are not reliant on gate receipts for the vast majority of their income. Blackpool are in neither boat. Unfortunately our neighbours are in that boat (both PNE and Rovers operate at around 50% capacity) and a lot of other Championship clubs can do the same due to big empty grounds or the benefit of parachute payments.

The problem is if you make the product cheap to drive up interest, once interest outstrips supply and you try to put prices up to actually match the true value of the product then interest will quickly disappear and you lose customers.

Blackpool FC are playing it very safe from a business point of view. You’re paying a fair price for a fair product.

If PNE and Reading (amongst others) continue to tread water in the Championship and continue to make massive losses they will at some point need to increase prices and that will be met with massive resistance. If they have a bad season (which from a probability perspective is far more likely than a positive one due to the advantage relegated teams have) then those ticket prices become a big factor in a financial disaster. Try trying to put prices up at a club just relegated playing in a less than half empty stadium which is in financial ruin. It’s a dangerous game to play.

Blackpool FC are playing it safe. No risk to the long term future of the club. No financial gambles. Slow and steady building of the club root and branch in a natural manner is a much better approach than attempting some sort of quick fix
 
We should consider reciprocating the joint deal with Reading as they hardly bring any fans to Blackpool anyway, and fair weather Blackpool fans won't be splashing out to watch Reading at home, (as its possibly the least attractive fixture of all) but they might do if it's only £20.
 
The club said they would take advantage of EFL rules which allow ticket offers three times a season. Would make sense for the Reading game to be one of them I'd imagine.
 
BFC_53 said:
The club said they would take advantage of EFL rules which allow ticket offers three times a season. Would make sense for the Reading game to be one of them I'd imagine.
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Aren't those rules where you don't need to offer away fans the same? E.g. Birmingham paid £27 last month.

Agree though, include away fans and it's a win win.
 
LA1 Seasider said:
If you’ve got a huge stadium far bigger than necessary and no significant infrastructure investments pending than you can sell cheap and try pack them in. It’s a business model that works for clubs with big empty stadiums or who are not reliant on gate receipts for the vast majority of their income. Blackpool are in neither boat. Unfortunately our neighbours are in that boat (both PNE and Rovers operate at around 50% capacity) and a lot of other Championship clubs can do the same due to big empty grounds or the benefit of parachute payments.

The problem is if you make the product cheap to drive up interest, once interest outstrips supply and you try to put prices up to actually match the true value of the product then interest will quickly disappear and you lose customers.

Blackpool FC are playing it very safe from a business point of view. You’re paying a fair price for a fair product.

If PNE and Reading (amongst others) continue to tread water in the Championship and continue to make massive losses they will at some point need to increase prices and that will be met with massive resistance. If they have a bad season (which from a probability perspective is far more likely than a positive one due to the advantage relegated teams have) then those ticket prices become a big factor in a financial disaster. Try trying to put prices up at a club just relegated playing in a less than half empty stadium which is in financial ruin. It’s a dangerous game to play.

Blackpool FC are playing it safe. No risk to the long term future of the club. No financial gambles. Slow and steady building of the club root and branch in a natural manner is a much better approach than attempting some sort of quick fix
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I don't think once you have people hooked through, in part, a lower price to draw them in that if prices go up they vanish.

Some may but most won't as long as the football is decent and the pricing not gone up massively.

Depends where you are as a club and for us we still have years of damage to rebuild. So there's huge value in getting more people through the door and becoming fans or more hardcore fans whilst the going is good.
 
Reading : Loads of spare capacity to fill , Making Ince Manager hardly likely to help ST sales . Stadium on retail/business part on outskirts of souless town & Pig to get to & from quickly
Blackpool: Regularly fairly close to capacity , Young well respected coach/manager Good owner. Town top of most fans "Go to" list , ground close to many facilities and easy transport .
Its simple economics . There is no need to under price a product if it almost sells out most weeks .
 
JJpool said:
No chance with us...

Unless its a deal game...

Our away fans will get hammered next season with prices after us charging so much.
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Yep we are going to get “slapped”
PLFS has made so much progress this last year but with coach price rises (due to fuel price increases) & “match ticket price revenge”
I don’t think we will take as many coaches as we did last season.
Talk about being “Shat On From A Great Height”
It’s such a shame the club & its directors have got EVERYTHING else RIGHT.
I am confident that they will review the situation once they eventually see individual match day pricing is WRONG.
I have 100% confidence of everyone and everything at BFC.
I’m buying two ST’s for the North and one in corporate too👍🧡👍🧡👍🧡
Ashley.
PLFS
 
Torycorner said:
Yep we are going to get “slapped”
PLFS has made so much progress this last year but with coach price rises (due to fuel price increases) & “match ticket price revenge”
I don’t think we will take as many coaches as we did last season.
Talk about being “Shat On From A Great Height”
It’s such a shame the club & its directors have got EVERYTHING else RIGHT.
I am confident that they will review the situation once they eventually see individual match day pricing is WRONG.
I have 100% confidence of everyone and everything at BFC.
I’m buying two ST’s for the North and one in corporate too👍🧡👍🧡👍🧡
Ashley.
PLFS
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So it might not only affect home support for walk ons but less away support due to the cost.

People would been up against it anyway with huge cost rises everywhere and away support down all round I'd imagine.

But add in reciprocal pricing....

Will it not be 29 quid though as the east was always 1 pound cheaper then elswhere....
 
JJpool said:
So it might not only affect home support for walk ons but less away support due to the cost.

People would been up against it anyway with huge cost rises everywhere and away support down all round I'd imagine.

But add in reciprocal pricing....

Will it not be 29 quid though as the east was always 1 pound cheaper then elswhere....
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I don’t really understand it.
The Directors & Management have been So appreciative of the magnificent Pool support home & away, then they announce the UNREASONABLE hike in match day pricing.
I think the club “may” reciprocate for the likes of Millwall or Reading but not a chance for Leeds/ Burnley,Sheff U Middlesbrough Blackburn Preston (Sunderland?) Etc
As they could sell the away end out at Bloomers at lease 2 times over😀

The point the board don’t seem to get is they have “wounded the 12th man” by their actions.
That after so much appreciation for the fans attendance in big numbers home & away last season. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️
 
No way should Blackpool do this . People come to Blackpool for the entertainment as well as the football and a discount of £12 to away fans will be a drop in the ocean for the money they will spend over the weekend. So they would still come and pay. Blackpool fans don't go to places like Reading ,Birmingham and Preston to spend days there . Therefore were Blackpool F.C. lose monies through discount , other clubs would gain . Sorry pool travellers ,but it would be wrong for Blackpool.
 
XBeds-Now-Kings_Meaburn said:
Reading : Loads of spare capacity to fill , Making Ince Manager hardly likely to help ST sales . Stadium on retail/business part on outskirts of souless town & Pig to get to & from quickly
Blackpool: Regularly fairly close to capacity , Young well respected coach/manager Good owner. Town top of most fans "Go to" list , ground close to many facilities and easy transport .
Its simple economics . There is no need to under price a product if it almost sells out most weeks .
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Agreed but what about the “affordability” for Pools away support through reciprocal high prices?
 
It’ll be a midweek fixture so will it make any difference reducing it to £20 from our ridiculous price? What I mean by that is, will attendance figures increase if we did it on a midweek game, travelling from Reading.

Rules must have changed around ticket pricing with the EFL. Price is the price unless you are doing an offer, which you were allowed up to 6 a season. 3 for home fans only and 3 to include away clubs.
 
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