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–“:2cy2ez21]last year the tickets were free to Heinz staff. This year I think I remember being told they were a few quid
Thanks for the straight answer, that’s all I asked for
And how much did the extra 5000 that attended Wigan v Arsenal and Wigan v Hull pay for their tickets?
Answer is exactly the same as the Heinz/Worthington employees paid to watch Wigan v Harlequins, because the tickets were, in both cases, purchased from the respective clubs by 3rd parties and then given to whoever they chose to.
Whether someone pays the club directly for a ticket or whether a ST holder or a company pays a few quid for the seat it doesnt matter – its a bum on a seat that would have otherwise been just a seat. That bum may well buy a programme, a drink, a snack, and maybe, just maybe, a ticket for another game. No doubt the marketing dept at the latics will be hoping that some of the 5000 that took advantage of the £4 a seat for a ST holder will buy a ticket in their own right.
Whilst we are on the subject of marketing, it shows how far the town has progressed when an advert for a Wigan sporting fixture is shown on prime-time tv. The only recollection I can have of the blue marketing strategy was my late father receiving a phone call from Steve Bruce begging him to buy a ticket for the Chelsea cup game – he’d not been to a latics game since about 1980!
Mutty back with a bang :D
And how much did the extra 5000 that attended Wigan v Arsenal and Wigan v Hull pay for their tickets?More than £0.
No doubt the marketing dept at the latics will be hoping that some of the 5000 that took advantage of the £4 a seat for a ST holder will buy a ticket in their own right.Oh, you appear to know the answer to your own question. £4. That would be a bonus; getting a future ticket holder, at a revenue of £4 for the carrot.
Whilst we are on the subject of marketing, it shows how far the town has progressed when an advert for a Wigan sporting fixture is shown on prime-time tv.Or, it shows how desperate the rugby side of the town is. I bet that there isn’t one additonal fat @rse in attendance as a result of this advert. Good to see the Jeremy Klye viewer is the target audience, though.
And how much did the extra 5000 that attended Wigan v Arsenal and Wigan v Hull pay for their tickets?Answer is exactly the same as the Heinz/Worthington employees paid to watch Wigan v Harlequins, because the tickets were, in both cases, purchased from the respective clubs by 3rd parties and then given to whoever they chose to.
Whether someone pays the club directly for a ticket or whether a ST holder or a company pays a few quid for the seat it doesnt matter – its a bum on a seat that would have otherwise been just a seat. That bum may well buy a programme, a drink, a snack, and maybe, just maybe, a ticket for another game. No doubt the marketing dept at the latics will be hoping that some of the 5000 that took advantage of the £4 a seat for a ST holder will buy a ticket in their own right.
Whilst we are on the subject of marketing, it shows how far the town has progressed when an advert for a Wigan sporting fixture is shown on prime-time tv. The only recollection I can have of the blue marketing strategy was my late father receiving a phone call from Steve Bruce begging him to buy a ticket for the Chelsea cup game – he’d not been to a latics game since about 1980!
Mutty are you seriously trying to suggest that a promotional offer which involves individuals buying an extra ticket or two for an individual in their family or a friend at a discounted price bears any comparison to an en masse “helicopter drop” of FIVE THOUSAND TICKETS dressed up as an arms length purchase purely to ensure a sub ten thousand crowd wasn’t announced? I’m afraid you are fooling nobody but yourself.
The Arsenal & Hull promotions are no different than the promotions Wigan RL do nearly every game: season ticket exchange, the six for £30, the Big One 2 etc. Whatever Latics have done, the rugby have done it twice but they have never felt the need to give a whole stand away in a desperate bid to keep up with the neighbours
The 5,000 extra that attended the Hull & Arsenal games are no different than the extra 5,000 who will attend the forthcoming Big One ( although Latics didn’t see the need to advertise on telly to boost their crowds )
The 5,000 who attended the Harlequins game paid absolutely nothing as confirmed by one of your many rugby friends on here ;)
Oh and in terms of “begging” phone calls, I think you’ll find that Mick Hogan or Michael Maguire has been very busy with his fingers as well ringing around all the rugby fraternity both for season ticket renewals earlier on in the year and for one off games.
A quick review of your preferred board will confirm this. Well done for once again showing your hypocrisy as when Wigan Warriors do it, you all claim it’s a fantastic idea and when Latics do it it’s begging out of desperation :roll:
Wigan Athletic offer free tickets by getting season ticket holders to buy tickets for £4 and give them to their mates (because the re-sale of tickets is against the law) – that’s ok.
Wigan Warriors offer free tickets by getting either or allowing ST holders to buy an additional ticket for £5 or a company to buy 5000 tickets for otherwise empty seats and distribute them to their employees for free (because the re-sale of tickets is against the law), – thats not ok.
Consistency is not a trait with most of you is it? :roll: :roll:
Maybe Auntie Brenda’s replacement may wish to follow the lead set and offer 4000 of the otherwise empty seats in the North Stand for the visits of Fulham, WBA, Birmingham to Heinz or Worthingtons.
Wigan Athletic offer free tickets by getting season ticket holders to buy tickets for £4 and give them to their mates (because the re-sale of tickets is against the law) – that’s ok.Yes, you buffoon, they BUY tickets. Look it up. In the dictionary. It says “opposite of free”.
Once again, for the hard of thinking – £4 is not free.
You even highlighted it yourself. :shock: Are you having a bad afternoon. :?
Mutty, what is your opinion of the advert?Not living in NW England – dont know.
The concept however is a cracking idea, and if we are brutally honest, one most negative posters on here wish Brenda had done to fill up those empty seats over the past 3 years. Maybe your new CEO will be a bit keener to sell your product rather than naively believing that being in the PL will mean that folk will walk through walls to come to a game.
We should be applauding any initiative that is aimed at getting the armchair fan out of his armchair and down to the DW, regardless of which sport it is.
http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a … &type=news
Wigan Ath get bigger crowds than wigan rugby! :lol:
Maybe if all the glory hunting man utd/liverpool and soonderland :lol: :lol: :lol: fans supported there home town football team we would fill the stadium more often?
Wigan Athletic offer free tickets by getting season ticket holders to buy tickets for £4 and give them to their mates (because the re-sale of tickets is against the law) – that’s ok.
Yes, you buffoon, they BUY tickets. Look it up. In the dictionary. It says “opposite of free”.
Once again, for the hard of thinking – £4 is not free.
You even highlighted it yourself. :shock: Are you having a bad afternoon. :? [/quote]
Note the word “give” in the paragraph you quoted. Whether a ST holder gives the ticket away or a company gives it away, it still cost the end-product user nowt!
Let’s be reet,this is what they want to see.
The family game :roll:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daYPffsh … re=relatedas opposed to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioyt2zzm530
Incidentally, what is your view on obese people going to watch the football in Wigan – should they be banned?
as opposed to this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioyt2zzm530
Incidentally, what is your view on obese people going to watch the football in Wigan – should they be banned?
çObese people should not be alllowed out!! I am going making love now….bu byeeeeeeeeeee x
Let’s be reet,this is what they want to see.
The family game :roll:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daYPffsh … re=relatedThe best bit was when the ref geet snotted and incidently they were all played on football grounds small sport for small minded folk :mrgreen: :lol:
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