Admission for £18 or admission for £10 probably won't make a difference either way for me, but it might have done so before I took steps to improve my finances. However, if they have some reasonable meat-free food on offer and lower queueing times, I could be tempted to spend some of the saving on a snack.
Excellent... and anything to do with pricing at this moment, containing a "feel good" element has to be welcomed.
And yes it needs to be linked to a slicker "no queue" operation, improving the customer experience is not rocket salad It was always poor economics to have people stuck in a ticket queue, instead of buying a pre-match beer or burger.
Controversially.. also I think the "one size" stand ticket makes sense too... Nowadays, do you make a choice of stand based on pricing, I know it mattered historically, but not sure now...(?) As the East & West stands have developed distinct identities & factions, with a noisier younger crowd in the East stand.
Excellent... and anything to do with pricing at this moment, containing a "feel good" element has to be welcomed.
And yes it needs to be linked to a slicker "no queue" operation, improving the customer experience is not rocket salad It was always poor economics to have people stuck in a ticket queue, instead of buying a pre-match beer or burger.
Controversially.. also I think the "one size" stand ticket makes sense too... Nowadays, do you make a choice of stand based on pricing, I know it mattered historically, but not sure now...(?) As the East & West stands have developed distinct identities & factions, with a noisier younger crowd in the East stand.
I think its fair to say traditionally stadiums theatre halls etc price seats according to the view and lack of poles on he west side mustve been a key factor. Im not objecting or disagreeing with the move just curious and wondering what if any impact it may have. The west stand appears to hold most of the seated season ticket holders so you could find less match day ad hoc tickets available perhaps in the west if some east stand fans move across.
Excellent... and anything to do with pricing at this moment, containing a "feel good" element has to be welcomed.
And yes it needs to be linked to a slicker "no queue" operation, improving the customer experience is not rocket salad It was always poor economics to have people stuck in a ticket queue, instead of buying a pre-match beer or burger.
Controversially.. also I think the "one size" stand ticket makes sense too... Nowadays, do you make a choice of stand based on pricing, I know it mattered historically, but not sure now...(?) As the East & West stands have developed distinct identities & factions, with a noisier younger crowd in the East stand.
Hope the positive reaction didn't hurt to much thad!
Excellent... and anything to do with pricing at this moment, containing a "feel good" element has to be welcomed.
And yes it needs to be linked to a slicker "no queue" operation, improving the customer experience is not rocket salad It was always poor economics to have people stuck in a ticket queue, instead of buying a pre-match beer or burger.
Controversially.. also I think the "one size" stand ticket makes sense too... Nowadays, do you make a choice of stand based on pricing, I know it mattered historically, but not sure now...(?) As the East & West stands have developed distinct identities & factions, with a noisier younger crowd in the East stand.
I think its fair to say traditionally stadiums theatre halls etc price seats according to the view and lack of poles on he west side mustve been a key factor. Im not objecting or disagreeing with the move just curious and wondering what if any impact it may have. The west stand appears to hold most of the seated season ticket holders so you could find less match day ad hoc tickets available perhaps in the west if some east stand fans move across.
Fair enough George, no-one can argue that on a quality/value quotient, the West stand is not a better deal. But without going the full Alex Bogusky, it isn't about value... but value to you...!
Which is also a concept that is very prominent (and even underpins pricing), in the NFT world too. Not just Punks & Apes, but Twitter users versus Tik-Tokers, one man's "brand loyalty" is another mans "tribalism".
If you remove price as a factor, then the key in a sports venue, becomes intangibles, such as: where you feel you belong & who you are around. The East stand has now had enough time to establish its own followers, distinct from the West stand & the Terrace crowd.
All it is lacking now, is some switched on marketing type, to exploit the advertising potential of a brand motif on its roof...!
Edit: We could even revive that old-skool "East Side crew " v "West Side posse" thing... there must be some potential to that...?
Any price decrease is fine by me but calling my £1 per match reduction sizable is pushing it.
Now, you know I'm not a moaner "cough!" but why do the benefits go to the people who pay less money overall? I mean. I pay £345 for my tickets this season. Why should someone paying £90 less get preferential deals and cup tickets?
Just thought I'd start the winging off.
Jim Baker
not sure what you are comparing Jim but for me Id say very well done Preston and team
I was getting the whinging in early. Should put emoji on I suppose, but I was comparing the price of £16 for a terrace ticket last season to £15 this season. A sizable quid saved!
not sure what you are comparing Jim but for me Id say very well done Preston and team
I was getting the whinging in early. Should put emoji on I suppose, but I was comparing the price of £16 for a terrace ticket last season to £15 this season. A sizable quid saved!
Jim Baker
We can consider ourselves fortunate that we didn't have RR&R on here...
...moaning about how they have undermined last season's ticket prices...!
Hope the positive reaction didn't hurt to much thad!
Not all bad then eh dude!!
Seeing as you asked, it doesn’t hurt at all, I am more positive than my forum persona may suggest.
C’mon Bro… if Americans with a background in sports events, cannot improve the matchday experience at lil' ole Crawley Town… ...we should all catch the first skateboard back to Kansas.
Seriously, there is a lot to admire in the (business & sporting) approach which WAGMI deploy and the numbers actually make sense when you research - which I have done - their collective level of global online influence.
From 10-13m followers, you only need a tiny percentage to be engaged and even less - below 1 percent - conversion rate, to generate the funds to build on.
And in turn, it also means matchday revenue is now a supplementary (not a core) income stream, enabling - for example - reduced ticket prices.