cityrebel Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Bagpuss said: £20 is my limit, if a booking fee takes it above that I won’t be going! I always felt the tipping point for speedway, was when it went up to over a pound a race. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 4 hours ago, Sings4Speedway said: Whilst the money does have to come from somewhere why does it always have to be found by adding onto the admission price? Those antics are always a gamble as it can just as easily put people off from going. Take 1000 fans for example you could easily argue that 100 people would be put off by another price hike. That 100 missing paying £18 is the same as the other 900 paying £2 more except that you have 100 fans staying away. Pretty much the Speedway business model up until around five years or so ago when I suppose it eventually dawned that it doesn't work.. For far too long it was "we have lost 'x' amount of fans due to the last inflation busting increase so increase admission by another inflation busting 'y' amount"... Whilst all the time not spotting that the annual reduction in fans was destroying the atmosphere, whilst at the same time the inflation busting price hikes were peeing off their most ardent loyalist fans,... A 'lose/lose'..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 As one enlightened promoter once remarked what is the point in increasing admission fees if it results in a significant number of fans no longer attending. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrss Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Bagpuss said: £20 is my limit, if a booking fee takes it above that I won’t be going! It seems to me that Buster doesn’t care to much about Kings Lynn now. So he won’t care if the crowd is big or not. According to today’s Speedway Star he would like to see Peterborough win some silverware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 1 hour ago, mrss said: It seems to me that Buster doesn’t care to much about Kings Lynn now. So he won’t care if the crowd is big or not. According to today’s Speedway Star he would like to see Peterborough win some silverware. The cars probably subsidise the speedway at Lynn, whereas Peterborough is a stand alone business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 1 hour ago, mrss said: It seems to me that Buster doesn’t care to much about Kings Lynn now. So he won’t care if the crowd is big or not. According to today’s Speedway Star he would like to see Peterborough win some silverware. Think we all no stock cars are no1 priority at KL and to be honest who can blame him - minimal expense maximum income where as Speedway maximum expense minimal income - and take in the extra worked of putting the safety barrier and wooden boards up and taking them down - it’s Stocks all the way sadly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 So all Prem tickets available online from 9.00am on 11th May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 11 minutes ago, Skidder1 said: So all Prem tickets available online from 9.00am on 11th May. New online sales platforms launched just 6 days before the first set of meetings.... What could possibly go wrong! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warriors Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 And still no admission mentioned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Warriors said: And still no admission mentioned It won’t be until clubs know exactly how many people they are allowed to let in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 23 minutes ago, Bagpuss said: It won’t be until clubs know exactly how many people they are allowed to let in. Not sure how many have read the Newcastle thread but the ticketing systems and arrangements could be a minefield if the same applies across thd board Seems tickets are allocated in sets of 6 in line with the rule of 6 that applies. This means if someone buys a single ticket 1 block is allocated This could mean a capacity of 2496 could mean an attendance of just 416 if all booked as single tickets!! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndbendbeerhut Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 I sit behind you Mr Taps... but get to stadium at different times. As do most, if not all of our group. Would make sense that we book as a 6.... but will that happen? We tried to do that for doomed British Final but for whatever reason it didn't work. Are kids tickets included ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 On 4/30/2021 at 10:58 PM, 2ndbendbeerhut said: I sit behind you Mr Taps... but get to stadium at different times. As do most, if not all of our group. Would make sense that we book as a 6.... but will that happen? We tried to do that for doomed British Final but for whatever reason it didn't work. Are kids tickets included ? Are we going to get a group of tickets? Me you taps pob and two others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Baldyman said: Are we going to get a group of tickets? Me you taps pob and two others? Wonder if the booking fee (presumably there will be one ) will be per booking as your hopefully booking as a group or per ticket ? And guessing no more than 6 in the group ? Rule of 6 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndbendbeerhut Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 3 hours ago, Baldyman said: Are we going to get a group of tickets? Me you taps pob and two others? sounds like a plan...... 1 other though, Mini Hut will need one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted May 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 2nd bend beerhut that brings back memories! Me and my mates used to get our cans of Carlsberg from there back in the day when we were about 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndbendbeerhut Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 33 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: 2nd bend beerhut that brings back memories! Me and my mates used to get our cans of Carlsberg from there back in the day when we were about 15 Before the stands were built thats where i used to stand. Must have liked warm beer.... but if you 15 then any beer would do i suppose! Then there was the "food outlet" that had 2 queues, one for chips and the other for "potatoes" . I remember the times when the chips queue was huge but the other was empty, so used to go to the potato queue and ask for chips, after all what are chips made from ? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semion Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the wee Donkey. £20 to get into Saddlebow for Speedway. The World’s gone mad. I wonder how long it will be before the ‘use it or lose it’ cry will go out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 28 minutes ago, semion said: Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the wee Donkey. £20 to get into Saddlebow for Speedway. The World’s gone mad. I wonder how long it will be before the ‘use it or lose it’ cry will go out. Where have you seen that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semion Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 Was responding to others suggestion of £20 with or without a booking fee. Maybe it’s an age thing. 20 notes maybe doesn’t sound that much to the younger Speedway followers. For me being older old git 20 quid just for admission seems rather expensive. It makes a trip to Saddlebow costing excess of £50 for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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