Ticket Prices 2021-22

[Tony Towner]

If he goes full Jez, he'll shove an early bird, dressed up as a loyalty bonus. Sign up by week 3 of July, it'll be this price, then it goes up to this. He then gets to cream even more from those on his waiting list.

If he's really smart there won't be an increase at all, it was all just a rouse to get the fans back onside post Nuno.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Generally speaking it's new grounds that get naming rights, fans are accepting of that. Older ones the media don't even play the game, St James' Park was still called that even when Ashley slapped Sports Direct onto it, so not only does your brand piss the fans of you don't even get the positive exposure you were looking for.

I don't think the clubs care whether it's a successful advertising campaign or not, they get the cash either way.

 

[Tony Towner]

No, but the advertiser does, if your brand doesn't get the exposure you are paying for then it's not worth the investment. Arsenal's ground gets called the Emirates because that's what it's always been. If they'd stayed at Highbury and Emirates sposonsored that instead people would still call it Highbury therefore not worth the money.

Even 'new' grounds who change sponsors still get called after their original by some, Reebok and Britannia being a couple of examples.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I make an exception for Livingston as the Tony Macaroni Arena is too good to waste.

 

[Kenny]

I make an exception for Livingston as the Tony Macaroni Arena is too good to waste.

Love that it is also nicknamed the 'Spaghettihad'

 

[Aikiwolf]

I think the timing of the Trincão deal is part of a deflection from any potential ticket prices.

I expect the new shirt to be released later today/tomorrow to move the conversation away from prices. And RAN to be announced soon as well.

 

[Kenny]

No, but the advertiser does, if your brand doesn't get the exposure you are paying for then it's not worth the investment. Arsenal's ground gets called the Emirates because that's what it's always been. If they'd stayed at Highbury and Emirates sposonsored that instead people would still call it Highbury therefore not worth the money.

Even 'new' grounds who change sponsors still get called after their original by some, Reebok and Britannia being a couple of examples.

I guess from the Stadium Sponsors all they are after is the TV exposure. So whenever its on TV its live from "their name" Stadium. The companies name splattered all over the place and in a world created by marketing, all new fans will know it as that (Wolves wet dream).

Obviously if it happened to us, we would call it Molineux, a few traditional journos would do the same but to the rest of the world it would be the Whatever Stadium

 

[Kenny]

I think the timing of the Trincão deal is part of a deflection from any potential ticket prices.

I expect the new shirt to be released later today/tomorrow to move the conversation away from prices. And RAN to be announced soon as well.

If it was really bad news surely slip the ticket prices just before the Trincao announcement.

That said, not releasing the prices when they did the you are coming home tweet on Friday suggests they know there will be a negative reaction incoming.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I think the timing of the Trincão deal is part of a deflection from any potential ticket prices.

I expect the new shirt to be released later today/tomorrow to move the conversation away from prices. And RAN to be announced soon as well.

If that were the strategy (I don't think it is) then it'd be a really stupid idea.

The deadline isn't going to be today is it, it'll be 2-3 weeks on from today. By which time the delight at us signing a new player will be over. We could even have sold at least one of our better players by then too.

 

[Aikiwolf]

If that were the strategy (I don't think it is) then it'd be a really stupid idea.

The deadline isn't going to be today is it, it'll be 2-3 weeks on from today. By which time the delight at us signing a new player will be over. We could even have sold at least one of our better players by then too.

But there won't be as big an online backlash as the conversation will have moved on (except on forums, but forums are now a niche platform).

Reducing the online complaints creates a view that people are OK with the price rise because there aren't tweets complaining about it, as the tweets will be complaining about the shade of the shirt and the collar...

Releasing Trincão yesterday also allows people to justify prices rises by saying, "but the club are investing in exciting players!" (Never understood why anyone would try to justify a price rise mind you...it's odd wanting to pay more or wanting fellow Wolves fans to pay more).

 

[Tony Towner]

I rarely go on MM, but did take a look after Fat Vin's interview. There were a surprising number of people accepting of the potential increase, in the main parroting the same rhetoric as him around gaps in our revenue versus others which needs to be closed

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Problem with that is:

1) It's demonstrably not true, for a number of reasons
2) We cannot base our ticket strategy on what other clubs who have no connection to us besides being in the same division decide to do, that's nonsense. It isn't Sainsbury's hacking prices because Aldi are way cheaper and they're losing market share to them, it doesn't work like that. It's a ridiculous red herring

 

[Deano]

It doesn't close any gaps in revenue anyway. In this day and age ticket revenue is such a small thing in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Tony Towner]

Problem with that is:

1) It's demonstrably not true, for a number of reasons
2) We cannot base our ticket strategy on what other clubs who have no connection to us besides being in the same division decide to do, that's nonsense. It isn't Sainsbury's hacking prices because Aldi are way cheaper and they're losing market share to them, it doesn't work like that. It's a ridiculous red herring

Obviously, just surprised how many people swallow it

 

[Derby Wolf]

 

[Tony Towner]

£549 behind the goals. £116 off in rebate

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

About 6-7% increase if my iffy maths is right.

Still hard to reconcile *why* we've done that but not what they were foreshadowing.

 

[b3h]

Why is Steve Bull 100 more than Stan Cullis?

 

[Derby Wolf]

Why is Steve Bull 100 more than Stan Cullis?

Because the Steve Bull isn't a 40 year old shithole.


oh.

 

[Quirkafleeg]

I mean what was we all worried about.....