Confused. A friend who is not a season ticket holder is quoted £40 for entry to the game with legends lounge hospitality. I am a season ticket holder and was quoted £40 for Legends lounge hospitality. Does it make economic sense to buy a season ticket and still pay the same as a non season ticket holder for hospitality and more importantly what message is the club sending to it's fans. Seems they are biting the hand of the very few season ticket holders which feed it.

Quote ="stayinlondon"Confused. A friend who is not a season ticket holder is quoted £40 for entry to the game with legends lounge hospitality. I am a season ticket holder and was quoted £40 for Legends lounge hospitality. Does it make economic sense to buy a season ticket and still pay the same as a non season ticket holder for hospitality and more importantly what message is the club sending to it's fans. Seems they are biting the hand of the very few season ticket holders which feed it. '" I'd ping Gus.Mackay@londonbroncosrl.com and ask him. I reckon he'll see the benefit in offering the upgrade to ST holders for a score.

Quote ="stayinlondon"Confused. A friend who is not a season ticket holder is quoted £40 for entry to the game with legends lounge hospitality. I am a season ticket holder and was quoted £40 for Legends lounge hospitality. Does it make economic sense to buy a season ticket and still pay the same as a non season ticket holder for hospitality and more importantly what message is the club sending to it's fans. Seems they are biting the hand of the very few season ticket holders which feed it. '" I'd ping Gus.Mackay@londonbroncosrl.com and ask him. I reckon he'll see the benefit in offering the upgrade to ST holders for a score.

Pretty standard practice IMO.

As a season ticket holder, the absence of any reduced price for me to enjoy this hospitality looked odd to me too. I'd be interested in any response from the Club.

I would offer season ticket holders a token discount but surely season ticket holders aren't the target market for the hospiality packages...

we have a "target market"

Apparently it was a huge success last year. I hardly met anyone who used it. Now the £10 in the Kings Bar with Graham's interviews and raffles was popular including visiting fans but that went at the beginning of last season!

Keen to see how the price hike to 20 notes hit casual walk-up attendances?

If you work on last years figures and take the 900 ST holders out of the 11 games played at the stoop, then 19,817 fans actually "paid at the gate" in 2012.....the increase will generate an additional 99k in revenue.......if attendances fall again by 8% as they have in his first 2 years, then he will still be able to cite " a huge increase in ticketed revenue"



The depressing thing is that less than 20,000 occasional fans botherd going to games at the Stoop in 2012........regardless of any emails asking back lapsed ST holders and adverts in the local papers, these 1,800 "floating" fans are the ones who should be targeted.

The £40 includes the match ticket, which as a ST holder you would already have? If it was £20 for aST to upgrade I'd do it for a few matches

I might be wrong here but I vaguely remember being told last season that ST holders paid £30 and others £40. I went in there when they did it at £30 for the Catalans game and, even though I had availed myself of quite a few liquid refreshments I'm sure a guy at my table said he'd only paid £20 as they got a tenner off.
I'd guess that you got through to someone new who doesnt know the score, or I dreamt it all.

No Rascal it wasn't a dream. I was that guy and I think we did pay an extra £20 that day. We did it again later in the season against Warrington for £20.

ahhh, glad it wasnt one of my occasional delusions!
Met a couple from down in Southampton at the Skolars-Broncos game, bloke was called George,cant remember the lady's name. Dont know if you know 'em but that's almost enough for a Broncos Solent Supporters Club!

ps - I remember us both reckoning the Northampton pro club wouldnt last long. How right we were!

Gus kindly called me in reply to email i sent about a few issues i had, one being the hospitality.

At present no reductions for season ticket holders.

Gus advised if they make reductions they then make no money which makes exercise pointless. I too am a season ticket holder so was a little aggrieved as we already paid to get in. Then again club needs to try and make money and seems to be trying to target a new audience in that they offering season tickets for hospitality so should be commended for trying to get any new punters through the door.

Hazard a guess a football club would do exactly the same as offering a different product. i suppose i may do once just to treat myself, failing that hospitality at the webb ellis looking good



Gus did say they may review next season. If club were to offer reduction, i think a tenner would be fair as early adopter season tickets entrance just shy of £11.

Wonder if they will still do their own pies in the bar like last year, far better than the expensive food from burger vans in the ground. Yes i forgot to ask Doh !!!

The CEO rings fans back!!!

Blimey, imagine Abramovich doing that.

yeah.....speaks volumes for the "professionalism" of our CEO



Floundering is this weeks buzz word when describing exactly how out of his depth this guy is

He did ring me back saying that he couldn't save Buck and Dusty and guess what two months later they survived.

The bloke cant do right for doing wrong, can he

He can't win, can he?

I used the facility a number of times last year hence I thought I would use it again this year that is how I found out there was no discount. Propably would have booked the season long deal. Our group of 6 (all season ticket holders) paid £25 per head for the facility. I phoned the club and left a number of messages asking someone to come back and guess what no one did. I emailed Gus last thursday and again no reply. Seems the club have the season ticket money in their back pocket and need no further action. As I say I used the facility often but at £40 on top of the season ticket there is not a snowball in hells chance I will use it this year. I may be wrong but I dont think any of the 6 of us will. It was ok value for money at £25 extra but extremely expensive for an extra £40. It is over the top compared with the meals you get in a restaurant and as I say I already have a season ticket which givs me a seat and I can buy a programme. What good is it advertising comfortable seats if people will not pay such a high cost to put bums on them. Gus think again before you kill off something else. You killed off the very popular £10 meal for both home and away supporters you are now killing off affordable hospitality for fans do you want any fans at the stoop or are we just an inconvenience

Didn't ring you back?
"yeah.....speaks volumes for the "professionalism" of our CEO

Floundering is this weeks buzz word when describing exactly how out of his depth this guy is"

Would be surprised if it goes ahead on Sunday due to lack of takers!

Gus has just returned my call and I have always been a staunch supporter of him and su defended him afainst a lot of arguements but he has broken even my faith in him. He has said firmly that if a season ticket holder wants hospitality they will pay the same money as a non season ticket holder. He cannot or will not understand that people who have paid to support this club with season tickets and are probably a hand full of old faithfuls will get no benefit whatsoever.

He has already sold 50 hospitality tickets for sunday and therefore sees no need to discount season ticket holders. However if you can pull out a wad of cash up front for hospitality every game there might be a deal but it would mean attending every game otherwise the deals is no good to you.

I feel he has our money and sees no need to listen to us now.

We have been taken for granted for a long time. Hence the move away from the Stoop, he is only interested in mythical new fans. He could have deducted a tenner and still made money instead he choses to lose goodwill. The customer is always right!!! How many hospitality sales will he lose amongst loyal fans. Bizarre.

agree completley Paddock

What is this club thinking about alienating the very few regulars they have. These are the very people who have supported through thick and thin. Its a good deal for me never having bought a season ticket because of shift work but I can get hospitality cheaper than a season ticket holder when I can attend