orangeman wrote:I'm off to the super rugby today in Wellington as a mother's day treat from my son.
I paid $43 NZ for 2 adults and a child, which is £22.34.
There will be a few All Blacks on show, all the bars and food stations will be open and there's a fair chance that 60% of the seats will be empty, but the Wellington RU have sold 8,000 tickets though local clubs. This means that my son's club get 70% of the ticket revenue, whilst wellington RFU get an opportunity to hook my boy......there's face painting, flags and a mascot.....he is 100% their target audience.
Point being. Rather than offer half price tickets, why not add value to the experience and sell the tickets via amateur clubs giving them a share of the revenue......all the broncos have done this year is drop their pants repeatedly and it's not working.
As expected, only about 11k at the game, but flags, face-painting, his club mates playing on the pitch pre match, KFC bucket hats, wontons and doughnuts.....and on the way home he asked when the next game was......so I've booked another family ticket for 2 weeks time....that's how it works ...it's painfully simple.
