Boxing Day with Bulls

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Re: Boxing Day with Bulls

Post by braytontiger » 08 Nov 2019, 16:02

As much as I’d like to go and support the young lads that play £50 for a family of 4 is just too much at a time of the year when money is tight for a meaningless friendly.
I doubt the club will change the pricing for this game but they need to have a long hard think in the future.

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Re: Boxing Day with Bulls

Post by gateman » 08 Nov 2019, 16:50

i shall be going but who ever thought of charging this amount of money to watch our under 18S ought to give their head a shake in the normal season £3 --£1 50 was the price to watch our 19S last year

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Re: Boxing Day with Bulls

Post by duke street 10 » 08 Nov 2019, 17:14

Always thought the Boxing Day fixture was a waste of time once we moved into the summer era.

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Re: Boxing Day with Bulls

Post by Piquad1 » 08 Nov 2019, 17:38

I'll follow suit and pass on this.

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Post by Mysterio » 08 Nov 2019, 17:50

It's so funny to read folks defending the club agai ; purely because their pal/relation works there no doubt ha ha ha

Prices are absolutely scandalous
ABSOLUTELY SCANDALOUS
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Re: Boxing Day with Bulls

Post by Big Shug » 08 Nov 2019, 18:04

Bah humbug get your asses down and support the boys, it will blow the cobwebs away.

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Post by noxandrattles » 08 Nov 2019, 18:11

Mysterio wrote: 08 Nov 2019, 17:50 It's so funny to read folks defending the club agai ; purely because their pal/relation works there no doubt ha ha ha

Prices are absolutely scandalous
ABSOLUTELY SCANDALOUS
no pal or relation working at the club, i just happen to be a lifelong supporter who thinks some people just like whining and do so at every opportunity

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Re: Boxing Day with Bulls

Post by Casmoley » 08 Nov 2019, 19:58

First Team Guess:

Turner
Olpherts
Pete
Shen
Eden
Ellis
Richardson
Smith
O'Neil
Cook
Holmes
McMeeken
Massey

Clare
Hepi
Milner
Peachey
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Storey
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Post by tigerfeat » 08 Nov 2019, 20:01

Casmania wrote: 08 Nov 2019, 15:57 The pricing structure is steep @ £15 and £10 especially when team will be made up of chiefly under 19s etc.
When you look at the Leeds Rhino's v Wakefield game where juniors are priced at only £5.
GB v Australia junior tickets are only £10 for a test match where the best players in the world will be playing!
I hope, even at this late stage the club reconsider or at least introduce a discount for season ticket holders.
It would be a nice gesture to change the junior price to £5 given the time of year and in the long run with more family's likely to go really won't cost the club much
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Re: Boxing Day with Bulls

Post by gateman » 09 Nov 2019, 10:43

in these matches i would like them to give Robbie Storey a go in the centre his natural position ,he played a lot last year in the second row i was always impressed with the lads work rate

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Post by braytontiger » 09 Nov 2019, 10:52

gateman wrote: 09 Nov 2019, 10:43 in these matches i would like them to give Robbie Storey a go in the centre his natural position ,he played a lot last year in the second row i was always impressed with the lads work rate
He’s a good lad Robbie, he really needs to be playing at a decent level this year championship minimum along with Turner,Carr and summers otherwise they will stagnate. I hope York are willing to give them that exposure.

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Post by HuddsTigers » 09 Nov 2019, 10:58

Aren't friendlies split gate? Prices are high but I wonder if that is why.

3000 fans, max of £45k if all adults. Less if you factor in juniors and concessions.

Once costs have been taken into account, you are probably only looking at £15k per team.

Club has to make revenue/profit from every game it can.
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Post by Fumper27 » 09 Nov 2019, 11:54

HuddsTigers wrote: 09 Nov 2019, 10:58 Aren't friendlies split gate? Prices are high but I wonder if that is why.

3000 fans, max of £45k if all adults. Less if you factor in juniors and concessions.

Once costs have been taken into account, you are probably only looking at £15k per team.

Club has to make revenue/profit from every game it can.
But they make no profit by pricing people out of going

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Post by tigerfeat » 09 Nov 2019, 12:06

If it's cas second team against a bulls side that I don't even know have got 17 players registerd at this moment in time it will be a poor show charging them prices IMO
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Re: Boxing Day with Bulls

Post by Juscas » 09 Nov 2019, 12:22

Anymore than £5 for juniors is taking the pee
We won’t be going

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Re: Boxing Day with Bulls

Post by gateman » 09 Nov 2019, 13:55

i wonder if those that think of the price to watch these matches would pay to go in if they had too ??

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Re: Boxing Day with Bulls

Post by Squaddie86 » 09 Nov 2019, 18:57

HuddsTigers wrote: 09 Nov 2019, 10:58 Aren't friendlies split gate? Prices are high but I wonder if that is why.

3000 fans, max of £45k if all adults. Less if you factor in juniors and concessions.

Once costs have been taken into account, you are probably only looking at £15k per team.

Club has to make revenue/profit from every game it can.
Half of zero is zero.

Which is what I'll be giving the club on boxing day.

Price the friendies properly and I'll go, I'll buy 3-4 beers and a burger.

The question is does charging these prices for ~1,000 (the crowd I'd expect) make up for any lost crowd members and in ground purchases?

I don't know, all i know is that the club can't want my money that much.

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Re: Boxing Day with Bulls

Post by Piquad1 » 11 Nov 2019, 05:46

Hit the nail on the head squaddie

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Re: Boxing Day with Bulls

Post by Casmania » 11 Nov 2019, 09:17

HuddsTigers wrote: 09 Nov 2019, 10:58 Aren't friendlies split gate? Prices are high but I wonder if that is why.

3000 fans, max of £45k if all adults. Less if you factor in juniors and concessions.

Once costs have been taken into account, you are probably only looking at £15k per team.

Club has to make revenue/profit from every game it can.
You are correct, gate receipts are split after costs are removed.

However your assumption that costs equate to one third of revenue is grossly exaggerated. Players are contracted, match day duties are part of staff contracts - they do get time off in lieu. Costs are limited to bar staff wages, turnstile operators, match day doctor, security, collection by securicor of gate/other receipts.
In addition to gate receipts, there are match day sponsorship, hospitality, programme sponsorship and sales, golden gamble, bar receipts, food and beverage sales, merchandising sales.

Some of these sales are dependant on the attendance, quite simply a larger crowd results in greater income.
Charging so much for such a game like this will reduce the crowd and resulting ad-hoc sales and income.
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Re: Boxing Day with Bulls

Post by HuddsTigers » 11 Nov 2019, 10:07

Not exaggerated just an approximation.

A 3,000 crowd isn't going to be all adults, just like it's not going to be all concessions/juniors. Taking a mid-range view of £37,500 minus a couple of thousand off for costs is around £18,750 each.

I doubt the club will bother running a programme for the match (not worth it) and not convinced sales on food/drink will outweigh the cost for a friendly. Merchandise sales should be treated separate to the match costs since they won't be split with Bradford.
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