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Season Tickets - Suggestion for the club
AFKABartram
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Was great seeing so many in the ground Saturday and there must have been really decent match ticket sales to get it to that.
Why not try to capitalise on it, ahead of the next home game offer a discounted season ticket to all those that bought a full price match ticket for Saturday? Either by the price of the match ticket they paid, or by 1/23rd of the price?
I’ve no doubt most of those there were lapsed ST holders. We won’t get those match day sales consistently so let’s try and get as many on board while spirits are high after a win.
What do others think?
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As somebody who has not renewed this season for various reasons - I’d really like the options of buying a 5/10/15 book of tickets that I could redeem when I wanted.
Obviously would be more expensive than an ST but a touch cheaper than match by match.
That should be doable at this level where there really shouldn’t be any categorisation of games and we’ll never get close to ever selling out.15 -
A good idea without doubt. I drove to work this morning thinking about how I enjoyed it more than I ever imagined I would, having taken my son who loved it. I think a deal of some kind would bring a good number of purchases. @gilbertfilbert - are you of the same thinking
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If you work for the club (or linked like a paramedic etc), I think you can get a number of tickets for £6?0
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I think that is a great idea. A book of vouchers. This year is the first time I haven’t bought CatJnr’s ST as he is now in full time employment. Because he is on shift work, he’s decided not to renew as he can probably only make half the games. First game he can make is PV and he bought his old seat the other day and said ‘how much???’, ‘and they want another £1.50 just to send a barcode to my phone???’. Definitely a good idea for committed fans that for work of family reasons can’t make enough homes to justify a STWSS said:As somebody who has not renewed this season for various reasons - I’d really like the options of buying a 5/10/15 book of tickets that I could redeem when I wanted.
Obviously would be more expensive than an ST but a touch cheaper than match by match.
That should be doable at this level where there really shouldn’t be any categorisation of games and we’ll never get close to ever selling out.4 -
This.WSS said:As somebody who has not renewed this season for various reasons - I’d really like the options of buying a 5/10/15 book of tickets that I could redeem when I wanted.
Obviously would be more expensive than an ST but a touch cheaper than match by match.
That should be doable at this level where there really shouldn’t be any categorisation of games and we’ll never get close to ever selling out.
I can't always get down for life reasons, but if there was a say 5 home game voucher at a slightly discounted price to buying them all individually i'd definitely buy it (probably more than once a season) as you say, doesn't have to be pro rata to a ST but slightly better value than individually. I don't need a special seat just for me either, just the option to select one match by match
In the current climate you have to try something a little different.6 -
I'd like to put forward
Free away train travel.6 -
We could call it, "Operation: Fill The Valley"0
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Suggested this way back when I was on the fans Forum circa 2009. A certain someone rejected it but later introduced it..WSS said:As somebody who has not renewed this season for various reasons - I’d really like the options of buying a 5/10/15 book of tickets that I could redeem when I wanted.
Obviously would be more expensive than an ST but a touch cheaper than match by match.
That should be doable at this level where there really shouldn’t be any categorisation of games and we’ll never get close to ever selling out.0 -
Any sort of incentive which may knock the value of a season ticket will see part of that clan break down in tears , free tickets for their friends led to scenes of mass hysteria within some of the tribe of Charlton season ticket holders who want to benefit themselves rather than share the love2
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Apologies if I've got this wrong but I have a recollection that some time ago Airman had already de-bunked the Paris Metro Carnet concept for season tickets as unworkable and something that would cost the club money.0
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Well that’s that then - case closed - what was everybody thinking 😄cafcfan said:Apologies if I've got this wrong but I have a recollection that some time ago Airman had already de-bunked the Paris Metro Carnet concept for season tickets as unworkable and something that would cost the club money.5 -
I can see the potential negatives for a carnet ticket, in that if people knew that was going to be that option then any gain from sales to (new) customers would possibly be offset by the loss of those (existing) customers that dial down from a season ticket. Most ST holders for various reasons don’t go to every game, so this would be a lesser commitment.My opening suggestion was based on trying to get an incentivised commitment out of those who paid out on Saturday and still give them an opportunity at the same rate as those who bought STs before the game.4
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I could help the club here as arbiter of whether u should be buying a season ticket - if you pass my criteria you are processed through and allowed to buy a carnet - I’m not having anybody who says ‘I’ve lost interest’ ‘. ‘ I Want to see who we sign’ or anybody of that other fairweather guff - comit and suck up the pain like the rest of us !!!0
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Lose £3 a game on a ticket, but the club should be making that back in food/drinks/merch. Also, if you sell 100 x 10 game packages, I'd be shocked if all of those use every single ticket. In the current climate you just want people to commit to spending money.3
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Remember they currently franchise out the food/drinks/merch so any gain from that is reduced4
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Another reason to bring it back to all being club run.AFKABartram said:Remember they currently franchise out the food/drinks/merch so any gain from that is reduced3 -
shine166 said:
Another reason to bring it back to all being club run.AFKABartram said:Remember they currently franchise out the food/drinks/merch so any gain from that is reduced
That takes a lot of management, but fortunately we have just the man - oh wait .....
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There's obviously money in it, as a outside company can afford to pay us, run it very shit and still presumably make a profit.bobmunro said:shine166 said:
Another reason to bring it back to all being club run.AFKABartram said:Remember they currently franchise out the food/drinks/merch so any gain from that is reduced
That takes a lot of management, but fortunately we have just the man - oh wait .....1 -
Would be interesting to know how much the outside company actually pays for "franchise".1
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I like AKFA’s suggestion, as it incentivises people who went on Saturday without offering a discount in real terms.We tried the 5-game voucher a few seasons ago with ‘The Jackson 5’, but if the team is doing well, I imagine the club would want to see how many half-season tickets they could sell first. Maybe worth looking at for the second half of the season.0
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AFKABartram said:Remember they currently franchise out the food/drinks/merch so any gain from that is reduced
The company with the franchise, are one year into a five year contract.shine166 said:
Another reason to bring it back to all being club run.AFKABartram said:Remember they currently franchise out the food/drinks/merch so any gain from that is reduced
Charlton Athletic re-signs Gather & Gather
Posted by: Sarah OBeirne in catering, Contracts, Hospitality, News, Partnerships July 29, 2022
Gather & Gather, part of catering and hospitality company CH&CO, has extended its partnership with Charlton Athletic Football club as the exclusive caterer for The Valley stadium and Sparrows Lane training ground.
The five-year contract will see Gather & Gather’s specialist stadia team continue to provide all hospitality and retail concourse catering at The Valley on matchdays, as well as selling conferences and events on non-matchdays, including meetings, exhibitions, private events, weddings and parties.
https://www.fmj.co.uk/charlton-athletic-re-signs-gather-gather/
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Amazing, that fuckwit TS certainly liked giving out huge misguided contracts.clive said:AFKABartram said:Remember they currently franchise out the food/drinks/merch so any gain from that is reduced
The company with the franchise, are one year into a five year contract.shine166 said:
Another reason to bring it back to all being club run.AFKABartram said:Remember they currently franchise out the food/drinks/merch so any gain from that is reducedCharlton Athletic re-signs Gather & Gather
Posted by: Sarah OBeirne in catering, Contracts, Hospitality, News, Partnerships July 29, 2022
Gather & Gather, part of catering and hospitality company CH&CO, has extended its partnership with Charlton Athletic Football club as the exclusive caterer for The Valley stadium and Sparrows Lane training ground.
The five-year contract will see Gather & Gather’s specialist stadia team continue to provide all hospitality and retail concourse catering at The Valley on matchdays, as well as selling conferences and events on non-matchdays, including meetings, exhibitions, private events, weddings and parties.
https://www.fmj.co.uk/charlton-athletic-re-signs-gather-gather/
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I suspect it only works because Gather & Gather, part of CH & Co are a large, specialist company and Royal Warrant holder. The staff working hospitality at the Valley are a mix of full and (very) part-time. The full-time staff do other things for them at different venues, days and times. For example, clearly the club could not afford to pay for a chef full-time to work just on Saturday afternoons and the occasional Tuesday for 8 months a year and events. It would not be viable. It would also be too erratic to employ key workers on a day basis, often they would just not turn up and leave even more irate customers fans than there are already. Hardly anyone runs in-house catering any more. It is too much aggravation.shine166 said:
There's obviously money in it, as a outside company can afford to pay us, run it very shit and still presumably make a profit.bobmunro said:shine166 said:
Another reason to bring it back to all being club run.AFKABartram said:Remember they currently franchise out the food/drinks/merch so any gain from that is reduced
That takes a lot of management, but fortunately we have just the man - oh wait .....2 -
There's a chef ??cafcfan said:
I suspect it only works because Gather & Gather, part of CH & Co are a large, specialist company and Royal Warrant holder. The staff working hospitality at the Valley are a mix of full and (very) part-time. The full-time staff do other things for them at different venues, days and times. For example, clearly the club could not afford to pay for a chef full-time to work just on Saturday afternoons and the occasional Tuesday for 8 months a year and events. It would not be viable. It would also be too erratic to employ key workers on a day basis, often they would just not turn up and leave even more irate customers fans than there are already. Hardly anyone runs in-house catering any more. It is too much aggravation.shine166 said:
There's obviously money in it, as a outside company can afford to pay us, run it very shit and still presumably make a profit.bobmunro said:shine166 said:
Another reason to bring it back to all being club run.AFKABartram said:Remember they currently franchise out the food/drinks/merch so any gain from that is reduced
That takes a lot of management, but fortunately we have just the man - oh wait .....6 -
4 more years of that service is painful9
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I see what AFKA is saying.Bit like going on a day trip to a theme park, and then if you decide to buy an annual pass within 30 days, the cost of your original day ticket is deducted from annual pass.Not sure how a 5 match package would work in regards to your seat unless you could only pay for 5 consecutive home games0
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Youd just buy a package for a stand, rather than a specific seat. Claim a seat when you cash in a token.MrOneLung said:I see what AFKA is saying.Bit like going on a day trip to a theme park, and then if you decide to buy an annual pass within 30 days, the cost of your original day ticket is deducted from annual pass.Not sure how a 5 match package would work in regards to your seat unless you could only pay for 5 consecutive home games3 -
If the team does have a good season and crowds are around the same as Saturday, or even higher, then I suspect things will get a lot worse, rapidly. Too much needs to happen in that 15 minute window at half time and the concourses aren’t big enough to cope with the movement of fans and the static queues at the same time.Plaaayer said:4 more years of that service is painfulAnd just to add to the moans about Saturday, I got a coffee to take to my seat. The lids were too small for the cup so I had to walk around everybody on the packed concourse whilst carrying a scolding hot drink with no lid. I couldn’t have been the only one. That is one fcking nasty accident waiting to happen.2 -
Of course, you think the directors eat the same shite served up to the proletariat?shine166 said:
There's a chef ??cafcfan said:
I suspect it only works because Gather & Gather, part of CH & Co are a large, specialist company and Royal Warrant holder. The staff working hospitality at the Valley are a mix of full and (very) part-time. The full-time staff do other things for them at different venues, days and times. For example, clearly the club could not afford to pay for a chef full-time to work just on Saturday afternoons and the occasional Tuesday for 8 months a year and events. It would not be viable. It would also be too erratic to employ key workers on a day basis, often they would just not turn up and leave even more irate customers fans than there are already. Hardly anyone runs in-house catering any more. It is too much aggravation.shine166 said:
There's obviously money in it, as a outside company can afford to pay us, run it very shit and still presumably make a profit.bobmunro said:shine166 said:
Another reason to bring it back to all being club run.AFKABartram said:Remember they currently franchise out the food/drinks/merch so any gain from that is reduced
That takes a lot of management, but fortunately we have just the man - oh wait .....0 -
Old Trafford seemed to cope with 9,000+ Charlton fans. Plastic bottles of lager instead of the ridiculously slow pouring of pints seems an obvious answer.letthegoodtimesroll said:
If the team does have a good season and crowds are around the same as Saturday, or even higher, then I suspect things will get a lot worse, rapidly. Too much needs to happen in that 15 minute window at half time and the concourses aren’t big enough to cope with the movement of fans and the static queues at the same time.Plaaayer said:4 more years of that service is painfulAnd just to add to the moans about Saturday, I got a coffee to take to my seat. The lids were too small for the cup so I had to walk around everybody on the packed concourse whilst carrying a scolding hot drink with no lid. I couldn’t have been the only one. That is one fcking nasty accident waiting to happen.0
