Newcastle Falcons

Hi All,

I was a new season ticket holder this year who decided to spend £200 on an East Stand ticket, I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in this stand but it seems to have come to an end.

I am not the wealthiest man nor have a good paid job but I was willing to pay a little extra for next year’s ticket to remain in this stand but not £200 extra. How can this be justified by the club? You had a stand which was sold out this year and going be dead next year. I know at least four of us who will not be renewing in that stand, if at all.

How do others feel on this matter??

Lee

My email of disgust is already winging it's way to whoever it may concern!!

A question for you to ask tonight Lee - as you say, one way to quickly empty the East Stand!!

Well to be honest i cant see anyone wanting to pay that sort of money!! i would of been happy to pay upto the £250 mark but thats the top end of what i can afford.

Not privvy to what you paid last time round but a £200 hike is excessive in the extreme, can only sympathise.

I'll renew before the deadline but perhaps the most pertinent question is are these prices still applicable if , god forbid , we're looking at playing the likes of Exeter, Plymouth, Rotherham etc ( no disrepect intended)?

I remain forever the optomist, but if the worst happened, I wouldn't expect to pay nearly £300 to watch championship rugby.

To be fair the East Stand was made very cheap in a deal with the Uni I believe for last season but they are prime seats at end terrace pricing , it is a massive increase but brings them up to the mark you would expect for seats in that position.

It is a big increase to find but hope it kind of makes sense to some although understand why some woll be annoyed.

I understand what you mean! But last season that stand was near on empty every game, the club lowered the price it sold out. I was never expecting it to be anywhere near the same price but i would of been happy paying upto £250 at a strech evan £300, like i believe many in the stand would be. I think its going end up like last season a handful of fans in.

I have decided to join the South Stand faithful for next year.

Same here i am in shock, i thought prices would go up but how can the justify nearly a 100% rise in price after watching the garbage we have all season.
There is no way i will be paying that so it means a change of stand or not renewing.
Two words 'credit crunch' how can they do this- i can see most people not renewing with prices like that.
If we were top six and making a push for next season you could see why, if they brung in some world class talent i could see why, but it will be some alsorans signing up and thanks for your money

Not a happy falcon!

Just got in from work and found out about the ticket price increase. I take on board comments about the increase in line with seat position in the stadium. However the facilities in the east stand do not reflect the price increase. with a 84.7% increase on two adult tickets and 93% increase on a junior ticket thats three more fans leaving the east stand. I am in retail and i know if i put up my prices by these margins i would soon be out of business. And the club stating the prices are lower than previous years and the increase is due to vat, I was under the impression vat went up 2%. In my opinion the club has dropped a clanger yet again and the east stand will be empty next season. what a shame, Looks like three more move to the south stand .

These are the ticket prices last year
http://www.newcastle-falcons.co.uk/36_4730.php

So the club think it is ok for my season ticket to go from £189 to £384 a £195 pound increase in a credit crunch, to me this shows how inept, poorly run the club is, and how they take supporters for granted.
Fair enough £250 ish but sorry £195 is purely extortionate

Chris1980 this was brought up tonight at the talk-in and Dave Thompson and Christine Balford said they would go away and review the price!!!

Thanks macaz - pressure from us fans has had an effect. Apparently this season the East Stand seats were discounted by 50% under a partnership with the Uni and as I understand it, should not have been available to the general public at the discounted price. That partnership is not being continued for next season. Therefore we got a bargain!

I hope that the club will at least meet us half way.

Well as I said on another post I would have to think long and hard about renewing my East Stand seat for next season. In my case, a concession, an increase of 82% for someone on a pension is not a sustainable proposition.
As I cannot attend night games it means an unacceptable hike in the cost of watching (this year) some pretty drab rugby for the matches I have attended, who knows what improvement there would be next year to justify this increase.

cheers macaz

I'm pleased they are checking the prices.

A quick calculation tells me that based on this season's home games (not inc friendlies) the avergage gate has been 5,497 which is a pitifull 54% of the stadium capacity.

Now then, there's a lot to be said about canny marketing and team performance but surely a reduction in price would see a substantial increase in gate, or is it simply chicken and egg time in that a smaller number of fans paying more can generate the same income as a larger following paying slightly less.

Either way, surely a small drop in price would see an increased attendance - get your numbers in first, THEN charge them premium!

I'd be very interested to see what the forward financial planning looks like - poor i imagine ....

I will certainly be struggling to justify £494/£445 next season