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Should have never been put up at this time of year. Andhey should keep it at those prices until the first week of January in case anyone gets any money for christmas they want to spend.

But then no one would have bought before Christmas.
You have to give an early deadline so that you can get a rush on. Keeping Christmas as £150 will give another run on sales.

Still a massive saving at £150

Anyone notice this bit...

'Silver and Bronze memberships are also on sale guaranteeing you pre-sale savings for just £30 and £10 respectively on all home Super League games, and are even better value in 2013 with adult prices on the gate increasing by £2 in the new season'

I can't see that going down very well! £22 to come to Belle View?!?

Bit steep that! I certainly would be pushing the silver and bronze memberships more on the back of that.

If they were for xmas presents they would! I take your point thought about finishing it on xmas eve, but I still would have refrained from putting the price up during 10 of the busiest shopping days of the year. I would still though like to see a discount weekend maybe early in the new year, give it one last push for people to sign up with any 'present' money, especially if the signings we are going for come off. The more money we get up front the better.

The emphasis is to get people signed up as early as possible hence the early bird deals. If we offer too many discounts or offers once the deadline has passed going forward we'll struggle to entice people to part with there cash early if they think they're likely to get the same deal later on.

We need to continue to highlight the value in the early bird deal to continue to retain ST holders especially as prices will continue to rise with NM on the horizon

Players and staff still need paying wether it's wigan or wakey,plus other costs.I also agree it's a lot of money,but I'm afraid it's the sign of the times.

I fully expect to see a drop in crowd numbers now, I think it's a bad move charging £22 on the gate. I can see why they are telling us as home fans (so we buy the season ticket) but it will surely put away fans off visiting a ground they already thought was overpriced.

I don't.

The cost of running a business continues to rise, particularly in respect of paying utilities and salaries; it was inevitable that the cost of ground entry would have to go up sooner or later and this seems like as good a time as any, given that one of the main complaints about BV has been rectified, at no small cost to Mr Glover.

Maybe if more clubs did fantastic away day travel deals like we do, opposition fans could mitigate the increased cost of entry by saving on petrol?

While everthing you say makes sense and is true the 18th man is right, it will put away fans off.

A lot of fans have less money to spend and the cost of living continues to rise, it will put some off.

Let's not get carried away here Bren a roof at one end doesn't really put our ground on a par with any of the recently built ones. We still have the wonky terracing, painted brick walls for toilets, floodlights out, limited seating etc If you want to charge top dollar you have to offer top dollar facilities! You can sugar coat Belle View all you like but it's a bit of a dump, a dump we have grown to love but an old ground all the same. I appreciate it costs a lot to run a club but to get that cash you need to attract the customers, £22 entry won't do that.

It makes me think they regret selling the season tickets so cheaply and makes me worried about what they will try and charge for admission if and when we move!

If its going to be £22 to go through the turnstiles at BV, what are other clubs going to be charging, particularly Hudds and Hull FC as they are usually most expensive ?

I don't think £22 will put us beyond most comparable clubs, such that visiting fans, whilst they may not like it, won't like it any less than they do at other grounds; in short, they'll still stump up to see their team get pasted by the mighty Trin and probably recoup the £2 by bringing a flask. I've been doing it myself for years, along with car-sharing. Likewise for casual home fans - they'll pay the £22 for the games they can make, or they'll buy some form of membership if the price increase makes it a more viable option.

As for your second paragraph - that just seems needlessly pessimistic; nothing in Spirit of 1873's short history suggests that they're likely to screw the fans at NM and given that the stadium will be let to the Trust at a peppercorn rent and the Trust's friendly disposition towards the club, I can see no reason that they'll hike up prices to an unreasonable level if/when we finally get there.

£22 has put me off I have to say. I have never really agreed with the gate policy at Trinity when other clubs always let the smaller kids (under 4s) in for free Trinity always charged which was very frustrating.

I will still get down to Belle Vue, but I will now pich and choose the games I attend. Previously if I was at a loose end I would go down if there was a game on regardless, but at £22 to get my live rugby fix I will probably drop down the league.

Buy a season ticket? You can also get a jr pass for £20 through your local amateur club and bingo, jonh jr gets into every home and away game for about 75p, plus the vouchers for special matches, plus he can bring a friend to a game for free. It's pretty straightforward.

Maybe if we hadn't got a 2 page thread on it the away supporters wouldn't find out till they turned up, just a thought.

Bag open....cats all over the place!

I had a quick look at Giants site to see what their price was this year. It doesn't say.....but I do like their site.
Good merchandise free delivery, free scarfs with orders....I like what they are trying to do.

Yeah,at times I don't think we help ourselves!

Indeed - nothing like giving away fans the heads up that there's something to moan about! If the Shudds travelling support sees this thread, both of them are likely to stay at home.

So you think it will stick at £22 forever then?

You can't see another increase in two years?

Are some of you lot for real? Criticising me for pointing out a price increase that will apply to anyone without a season ticket? I didn't put the sodding price up!

Do you expect anything you buy to stay at the same price forever?