I'm not reading all these. Can i have a summary. On the adults using kids/oap passes. Been going on years and years. Turnstile staff used to turn a blind eye/get a bit of a threat if they said owt. So who cares. Away games are checking tickets anarl now, Couple a lads i know got caught doing it this season.
I've got a piss easy way of solving that particular problem - we could pay someone a minimum wage to man the turnstile for a couple of hours, that'd ****in' sort it ................ hang on
The headline should have read : HULL CITY PRICE CHILDREN OUT OF THE GROUND. So if I read this right, the West Stand Uppers get a choice as to where they want to sit. The South Stand adults may/may not get an early choice as to where to sit after being evicted. The Family South Stand may possibly be half empty if there's not enough uptake on the family tickets due to shocking price increases for the juniors. Single adults wont be allowed in there. But on the plus side - single adults everywhere else get a reduction. We should be encouraging youngsters to come to the ground, say £50.00 for a seat for the season. If we don't get promoted, the plastics won't come and a lot of people will cancel their membership (if they took one out early) and there'll be half the stadium empty. It's marketing genius.
A family of three (one adult three kids) will pay £972 to sit behind the South Stand goal. Last season they paid between £561 and £681 depending on the children's ages. The more kids you have the bigger the cost difference. A family of four 2 adults, 2 children will pay around the same. If you are an adult you save money. Adults without children are being moved from the South Stand as are pass holders in the upper west.
The West Upper will have no season pass holders in it, it will be matchday tickets only after this season.
So many things about this seem so wrong. Why bother in the first place? they are selling up. I think only one poster so far has brought that up. All the talk of three potential buyers, only selling to a good owner, I have had my doubts for a while and think the money for being in the Premier League is just too tempting for them to walk away from. 15 to 20% of adults using child passes? a number plucked from the sky. If that is the case it could be sorted in other ways without too much difficulty. Saving 250,000 in admin costs? another number easily cooked up. Do those staff been counted in this only do tickets? and the new system will need controlling unless its all automated ( that will be a laugh ) Emptying the whole upper west, i guess that's a couple of thousand and then to suggest that there is a plan in hand to get them together and assist the seat move that will be fun to see. But the worst of all is the hike in price for the kids, I don't mean the ones going with their parents, the ones who are 15 16 17 ish are been well shafted. For some their only answer is that you can move to a cheaper seat and save money. That's all well and good if you are happy to sit in the corner and there are still seats there to be had. I could say so much more but can't be bothered to type it all.
Ah, but if they don't employ them, they could say they would have paid them the living wage in support of the campaign. That would make the savings in not having them greater, and they could pass that on to the supporters.
I'm just reading the club website Obi it says on there: "The MKM South Stand will remain as our designated Family Stand, where a family of four could make a saving of up to £244 compared to 2015/16 Season Card prices." I'm still working my way through it all so...
That doesn't make sense, the upper west is being cleared for the start of next season, where will 2000 visiting fans go if the SAG say they cannot go in the upper west?
Has anyone looked at what income this will generate for the KC Child Catchers? If a third of an 18000 crowd are kids & 15% of these kids are pretend kids paying the cheapest kids price then the club are getting £28,800 from these adult children & £163,200 from the proper children. £192,000 in total. If these pretend kids were paying grown up prices the club would be getting £477,900 & £163,200 from the good kids. £641,100 in total If the pretend 900 Peter Pans are to pay into the new system at the lowest membership band along with all the good boys & girls currently going, the club will be getting £1,512,000. That'll cover their made up losses with a few bob on top.
The away fans will stay where they are next season, they won't be moved to the West Upper for at least a season or two.
The revenue per seat next season will be lower than is being generated now (that's not what should be generated now, that's what is being generated now), so even with everyone paying what they should, there'll be no revenue increase.
Staying where they are now. But only for one more season if the club get their way (though the SAG are currently saying it can't happen).