Season tickets 2023-24 - what could/should be offered ?

[chaddyrovers]

9 hours ago, Mellor Rover said:

@chaddyroversout of interest, if you go on a plane, as long as you get to the destination, you're happy? Doesn't matter how long it takes to get there, how long you wait for a ticket, how long the queues are, how strange the seating plan is, how much it costs, as long as you get to your destination, the fact you have Jess Glynne blaring in your ears for half an hour at 400 decibels, that you can't get anything to drink, all is well and you'd repeatedly go back to that airline?

 

EDIT: another one for you. If all you're bothered about is watching your team, and not about the matchday experience, why do you go at all and not watch at home?

Cos there is nothing like watching Rovers in a stadium live. Music, beers or pre-match entertainment isn't why I go to Ewood Park. I go to watch my Rovers team play football and hopefully win. I do understand that others want more from Rovers than myself like different beers or cider on sale, or some live music before the game in the fanzone area for example. Whilst I want something some chips or chicken tikka roll and watch the dinner time kick off game

I would never stay at home to watch a Rovers game at Ewood Park. It just wouldn't be the same watching on TV like some people do through different means. Not for me. 

9 hours ago, Mike E said:

So there’s literally no reason for you to go to games. Just stay at home and subscribe to RoversTV, save yourself the travel.

No thanks as I think there is nothing better than watching Rovers playing at Ewood Park live inside a Stadium and nothing apart from Covid has stopped me doing this. Being back after Covid watching that Swansea game at Ewood Park live inside a Swansea was excellent and a joy to back doing what I enjoyed and love doing. 

Edited June 15, 2023 by chaddyrovers

[Mattyblue]

I never buy food and drink at any football ground, so I can see Chaddy’s point.

For me personally it is all about the game and being amongst my fellow Rovers fans, the highs and lows of those 90 minutes - THAT’S my ‘match day experience’.

Obviously plenty of others do want a pie and a pint as one look at the concourse from about 2.30pm until after half time tells you - so of course the offering needs to be vastly improved, for professional pride, for offering a service to those paying good money and yes, increasing revenues.

But I don’t think ‘well just watch it at home then’ is the response just because you don’t partake in food or drink there, or couldn’t care less about half time ‘entertainment’.

Winning football and/or a good price is what gets people to Ewood, the rest is neither here nor there in the grand scheme of things.

Edited June 15, 2023 by Mattyblue

[DE.]

8 hours ago, Mellor Rover said:

Just as another note, £209 is also too expensive for 18-23 year olds in my book. Unless subbed by their parents I didn't have £209 readily available whilst at Uni, I'd come home in the summer 2 grand into my overdraft (yes on booze, maybe I do have a problem) and working all summer to get back into the black. ready to do it all over again. 

Not to mention the current issues with mortgages, rents, food and drink, petrol/diesel... well, practically everything being sky high in terms of prices at the moment. I doubt even the bank of mum and dad is being especially generous these days. 

[Upside Down]

It's the atmosphere of the ground on match day that makes the experience.

When the ground is 2/3 empty the atmosphere is shit. That's what will be putting off many people, along with the price of course.

Offer cheaper tickets, sell more of them, better atmosphere, tempt more people to go.

Really isn't hard to understand.

[Guest]

Season Ticket Estimate

Latest: 8,151 (+8)

Notes:

• The estimate is based upon the total number of saleable seats to home supporters (18,210), minus the amount of unavailable (sold) seats.
• (+xx) represents the difference in season ticket sales from the previous estimate (usually 24 hours).
• 159 seats in block W01 are marked as unavailable (sold), but are not saleable due to being cordoned-off. These are therefore excluded from the season ticket estimate.
• 376 seats for supporters requiring ground-level font-row access are marked as unavailable (sold), but appear to be block-reserved rather than fully sold. These are therefore excluded from the season ticket estimate.
• A seat is marked as unavailable for up to 28 minutes when added to the basket. It is not possible to exclude these from the estimate.

[Upside Down]

We've just made an exciting signing. Imagine how many tickets that would have sold had the price not been a complete piss take.

[Mattyblue]

To be fair, not sure an unknown fella signed on a free from Holland was ever going to move the dial much…

Edited June 16, 2023 by Mattyblue

[JHRover]

We've released Dacky and Diaz, two hugely popular players and personalities and proven Championship quality, and replaced so far with a lads on frees from Plymouth and Vitesse that hardly anyone had even heard of.

I'd suggest rather than exciting fans and encouraging more to buy it's actually the opposite and suggests cutbacks and lowering of ambitions

Hopefully this changes.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, goozburger said:

Season Ticket Estimate

Latest: 8,151 (+8)

Notes:

• The estimate is based upon the total number of saleable seats to home supporters (18,210), minus the amount of unavailable (sold) seats.
• (+xx) represents the difference in season ticket sales from the previous estimate (usually 24 hours).
• 159 seats in block W01 are marked as unavailable (sold), but are not saleable due to being cordoned-off. These are therefore excluded from the season ticket estimate.
• 376 seats for supporters requiring ground-level font-row access are marked as unavailable (sold), but appear to be block-reserved rather than fully sold. These are therefore excluded from the season ticket estimate.
• A seat is marked as unavailable for up to 28 minutes when added to the basket. It is not possible to exclude these from the estimate.

Choo choo! 9k only 147 days away!

[MarkBRFC]

On course for around 8.5k ST holders for the opening day at those figures.

Poor.

Edited June 16, 2023 by MarkBRFC

[Mattyblue]

Yeah but even with a busy ground PNE probably won’t make much more revenue than us, so who cares about near 20,000 empty seats! (Think of how few stewards we’ll need too!)

Edited June 16, 2023 by Mattyblue

[wilsdenrover]

1 hour ago, Mellor Rover said:

Choo choo! 9k only 147 days away!

A mere 106 days away surely… (at 8 a day)

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

A mere 106 days away surely… (at 8 a day)

I calculated it at 150 at the start of the week after the 0 day and couldn't be bothered to re-work it out 😄 

[wilsdenrover]

3 minutes ago, Mellor Rover said:

I calculated it at 150 at the start of the week after the 0 day and couldn't be bothered to re-work it out 😄 

It’s that sort of attitude which will impress our CEO 😁

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

It’s that sort of attitude which will impress our CEO 😁

I work better when I’ve had a drink, which as I’ve been over, IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET!!!

[Upside Down]

2 hours ago, JHRover said:

We've released Dacky and Diaz, two hugely popular players and personalities and proven Championship quality, and replaced so far with a lads on frees from Plymouth and Vitesse that hardly anyone had even heard of.

I'd suggest rather than exciting fans and encouraging more to buy it's actually the opposite and suggests cutbacks and lowering of ambitions

Hopefully this changes.

I didn't realise we had any ambition. 

[Guest]

Season Ticket Estimate

Latest: 8,166 (+15)

Notes:

• The estimate is based upon the total number of saleable seats to home supporters (18,210), minus the amount of unavailable (sold) seats.
• (+xx) represents the difference in season ticket sales from the previous estimate (usually 24 hours).
• 159 seats in block W01 are marked as unavailable (sold), but are not saleable due to being cordoned-off. These are therefore excluded from the season ticket estimate.
• 376 seats for supporters requiring ground-level font-row access are marked as unavailable (sold), but appear to be block-reserved rather than fully sold. These are therefore excluded from the season ticket estimate.
• A seat is marked as unavailable for up to 28 minutes when added to the basket. It is not possible to exclude these from the estimate.

[Mattyblue]

All aboard the Scandì 🚂 

[Upside Down]

[Doogs]

On 15/06/2023 at 19:38, chaddyrovers said:

Cos there is nothing like watching Rovers in a stadium live. Music, beers or pre-match entertainment isn't why I go to Ewood Park. I go to watch my Rovers team play football and hopefully win. I do understand that others want more from Rovers than myself like different beers or cider on sale, or some live music before the game in the fanzone area for example. Whilst I want something some chips or chicken tikka roll and watch the dinner time kick off game

I would never stay at home to watch a Rovers game at Ewood Park. It just wouldn't be the same watching on TV like some people do through different means. Not for me. 

No thanks as I think there is nothing better than watching Rovers playing at Ewood Park live inside a Stadium and nothing apart from Covid has stopped me doing this. Being back after Covid watching that Swansea game at Ewood Park live inside a Swansea was excellent and a joy to back doing what I enjoyed and love doing. 

Agree 100 per cent. I go to watch the game. If I want a nice pint of cask ale I would go to the drummers. If I want music I would go to a gig. If i wanted a show at half time like someone suggested, I would go to Butlins...

[roversfan99]

Similar attitude from the powers that be. Make no effort in making the overall experience better.

[Hannoverover]

Looking like 9000 season tickets sold by the start of the season. Frustrating that we aren't growing the match day attendance like other clubs are.

On the plus side, when we get new owners (or CEO?), it'll be an easy PR boost to reduce prices to a competitive level and add a few thousand season ticket sales.

[chaddyrovers]

2 hours ago, Doogs said:

Agree 100 per cent. I go to watch the game. If I want a nice pint of cask ale I would go to the drummers. If I want music I would go to a gig. If i wanted a show at half time like someone suggested, I would go to Butlins...

I can understand people wanted better food or alcohol at Rovers, but live music or a show at half time is a no for me. 

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

Similar attitude from the powers that be. Make no effort in making the overall experience better.

I think most people would agree the food and drink needs improving massively and is a concern. What else do you want improving? 

[roversfan99]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

I can understand people wanted better food or alcohol at Rovers, but live music or a show at half time is a no for me. 

I think most people would agree the food and drink needs improving massively and is a concern. What else do you want improving? 

My point was that the attitude shared by the club that "people come for the game" is stupid, obviously they do but there should still be an objective to make the overall experience as good as possible.

Food yes, drink yes, just an overall re-think. Open the outside areas to allow smoking/extra bars at half times, pre-pour drinks, use the bottle bars, maintain the stadium and have some professional pride.

[Riversider28]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

I can understand people wanted better food or alcohol at Rovers, but live music or a show at half time is a no for me. 

I think most people would agree the food and drink needs improving massively and is a concern. What else do you want improving? 

Unless it was the Four Pennies performing (Again!)