How much Season Tickets has your club sold?

[Terry]

GUFC have surpassed the 300 mark, and looking like reaching around 350 by kick off friday night.

[eirebhoy]

I thought it was 7,000 no?

2 X 3,500 seater stands?
From above article:
"As the capacity of Tallaght Stadium is restricted to 3,300 until after the second stand is completed, it's unfortunate that demand is clearly going to outstrip supply."

[Dunny]

From above article:
"As the capacity of Tallaght Stadium is restricted to 3,300 until after the second stand is completed, it's unfortunate that demand is clearly going to outstrip supply."

http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/35-news/542-first-match-sold-out

Wednesday, 11 March 2009 09:40
Shamrock Rovers FC has confirmed that all tickets have been sold for the first game in Tallaght against Sligo Rovers this Friday evening.
Following unprecedented demand for season tickets with circa 2,000 sold, the availability of matchday tickets for this game was limited. These have been on sale at the club office up until last Saturday and were suspended on Monday.
Following a full reconciliation the club can confirm that all 3,500 seats for the historic first match have been sold.
It will be disappointment for those who will miss out of the experience that Friday night promises to be. Season tickets have been on sale since December 2008.
Season ticket sales for all other games will re-open on Wednesday 18th March, all details are

[eirebhoy]

Well then the Rovers chairman want to get his figures correct. ;)

[Dunny]

So which is it? 3,300 or 3,500..:confused:

[El-Pietro]

Cork City have sold 600+ at this point

down a bit on last years 800 or so

[fergalr]

So which is it? 3,300 or 3,500..:confused:

3,500. Go to club site and click on stadium (isn't the interweb wonderful).
http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/matchdays/tallaght-stadium

[gspain]

Interesting numbers.

The GAA have season tickets this season. These guarantee an All Ireland final ticket if your team reach the final. They were 75 euro for the first 8 games of national league and championship and a good seat at each game. You then pay extra for further rounds to the GAA final. Seems very cheap and a great deal for GAA fans.

More details here.

http://www.seasonticket.gaa.ie/index.html


I have the GAA sales season ticket figures as of January 13th approx 6 weeks into an 8 week sales cycle. There probably was a late surge but despite a limit of 250 there was clearly no urgent demand. A couple more soldout as the start of their season approached.

Now allowing for Dublin and Tyrone being a sellout the demand seems much less in many cases than the equivalent LoI club. I understand from a colleague that Dublin soldout immediately leaving many disapponted.

Now most of those listed below will be playing to huge crowds this summer. This backs up the theory that so many Irish sports fans are event junkies.


Gaelic and hurling below.

Team---------Tickets sold Team---------Tickets Sold

Dublin Sold Out (250) Cavan 28 Tipperary 237
Tyrone Sold Out (250) Wexford 21 Limerick 128
Mayo 220 Louth 15 Waterford 109
Kerry 216 Longford 13 Kilkenny 102
Armagh 176 Offaly 13 Galway 99
Meath 117 Wicklow 9 Clare 61
Monaghan 96 Cork 8 Cork 56
Galway 77 Carlow 7 Wexford 13
Westmeath 65 Limerick 7 Dublin 12
Donegal 56 Leitrim 6 Antrim 3
Roscommon 55 Sligo 5 Laois 0
Kildare 41 Antrim 3 Offaly 0
Down 40 Clare 1
Fermanagh 39 Kilkenny 0
Laois 34 London 0
Derry 30 Tipperary 0
Waterford 0

[belfastred]

Antrim 3 :D

[noby]

Now most of those listed below will be playing to huge crowds this summer. This backs up the theory that so many Irish sports fans are event junkies.



No it doesn't.

Edit: Sorry, lunch called. I'm not trying to deny that we are a nation of event junkies - but I don't see how this backs up the theory. There is no history of season tickets in the GAA - this is the first year it was introduced, and I'd love to know how well it was publicised. And even with that, the figures you quoted shows there is some interest from the bigger counties.

[gspain]

No it doesn't.

Edit: Sorry, lunch called. I'm not trying to deny that we are a nation of event junkies - but I don't see how this backs up the theory. There is no history of season tickets in the GAA - this is the first year it was introduced, and I'd love to know how well it was publicised. And even with that, the figures you quoted shows there is some interest from the bigger counties.

I know very little about the GAA but I know enough to predict that Kerry and Kilkenny are very likely to give their fans a good run for their money this year. Now 102 and 216 season ticket sales are very poor when you consider they'll most likely be playing in front of 80,000 in September and many more locked out.

Man Utd get 76,000 for Inter but they'd still get 60,000+ for Rushden and Diamonds.

The Ireland rugby team have played to full houses of 80,000 this season where tickets are incredibly scarce. Then there were 16,000 at Canada despite a public sale and good advertising of same.

We brought 40,000 fans to Paris in 2004 for a WC qualifier and about 40 to the U21 game the night before.

I think the message for our league is how do we make our big games big events?

[Rovers fan]

He has his figures correct: 3500 - 150 for Sligo and a bit of a gap = 3300 for Rovers, which is what he is talking about.

Should we not have got 175:confused:

[Dodge]

Should we not have got 175:confused:

Thats 5% alright. get on to the licensing committee ;)

[aidz1]

I have the GAA sales season ticket figures as of January 13th approx 6 weeks into an 8 week sales cycle. There probably was a late surge but despite a limit of 250 there was clearly no urgent demand. A couple more soldout as the start of their season approached.

Now allowing for Dublin and Tyrone being a sellout the demand seems much less in many cases than the equivalent LoI club. I understand from a colleague that Dublin soldout immediately leaving many disapponted.

Now most of those listed below will be playing to huge crowds this summer. This backs up the theory that so many Irish sports fans are event junkies.


Gaelic and hurling below.


dont really see your point. Its the 1st year of such a scheme and in my view a very good scheme too. You get a card which is scanned upon entry (something the fai should do for the internationals) and guarentees a ticket for you for every round your county advance in the championship (as long as your ercorded >60% attendance previously).
I have a gaa season ticket for monaghan. i think there were 200 monaghan season tickets sold. However, i was at the away game in Armagh on Sunday last and Monaghan probably made up easily about 2,500 of the crowd. Thats a lot to bring to an away game (albeit not too far), the first sunday in March.

[noby]

I know very little about the GAA but I know enough to predict that Kerry and Kilkenny are very likely to give their fans a good run for their money this year. Now 102 and 216 season ticket sales are very poor when you consider they'll most likely be playing in front of 80,000 in September and many more locked out.


I'm not sure what your point is. Yes ticket sales are poor, but it is the first year of season tickets in GAA.
The league is looked on by many as a warm-up to the main event in the summer, and the GAA are asking you to buy a season ticket for this, to guarantee your championship tickets.
Yes, there is a lot wrong with the way the GAA handle their tickets, but a lot of people have come up with different ways to ensure a steady supply of tickets, so they will probably need convincing that this is the way to go.

Meanwhile, I don't see this as evidence that we're event junkies, as I already mentioned.

[gspain]

I'm not criticising the scheme. Quite the contrary it seems to be well run, well marketed and great for fans. It is also very good value at less than a tenner a head for games.

In my post I said "Seems very cheap and a great deal for GAA fans."

It will eliminate the people who come out of the woodwork next September saying I never miss a Kerry game and now I can't get a ticket for the final.

My point is that the sales of these tickets would indicate the demand is there for the big events. It's the same for all the sports in this country. The problem for our league is none of our games fall into the "event junkie" category. Then again maybe it's not a problem and many of today's fans would resent hugely any bandwagon jumpers.

The FAI Cup Final used to be a huge event.

[Longfordian]

I don't know how many we've sold this year but usually it's around 120-150. Off topic a little but can somebody change the thread title please?. The appalling grammar is annoying me ;) .

[Maroon 7]

Interesting numbers.

The GAA have season tickets this season. These guarantee an All Ireland final ticket if your team reach the final. They were 75 euro for the first 8 games of national league and championship and a good seat at each game. You then pay extra for further rounds to the GAA final. Seems very cheap and a great deal for GAA fans.

More details here.

http://www.seasonticket.gaa.ie/index.html


I have the GAA sales season ticket figures as of January 13th approx 6 weeks into an 8 week sales cycle. There probably was a late surge but despite a limit of 250 there was clearly no urgent demand. A couple more soldout as the start of their season approached.

Now allowing for Dublin and Tyrone being a sellout the demand seems much less in many cases than the equivalent LoI club. I understand from a colleague that Dublin soldout immediately leaving many disapponted.

Now most of those listed below will be playing to huge crowds this summer. This backs up the theory that so many Irish sports fans are event junkies.


Gaelic and hurling below.

Team---------Tickets sold Team---------Tickets Sold

Dublin Sold Out (250) Cavan 28 Tipperary 237
Tyrone Sold Out (250) Wexford 21 Limerick 128
Mayo 220 Louth 15 Waterford 109
Kerry 216 Longford 13 Kilkenny 102
Armagh 176 Offaly 13 Galway 99
Meath 117 Wicklow 9 Clare 61
Monaghan 96 Cork 8 Cork 56
Galway 77 Carlow 7 Wexford 13
Westmeath 65 Limerick 7 Dublin 12
Donegal 56 Leitrim 6 Antrim 3
Roscommon 55 Sligo 5 Laois 0
Kildare 41 Antrim 3 Offaly 0
Down 40 Clare 1
Fermanagh 39 Kilkenny 0
Laois 34 London 0
Derry 30 Tipperary 0
Waterford 0

Actually for once I'm not sure if the GAA made a good job of promoting this. I regularly go to Galway GAA games and this is the first I've heard of there being a GAA season ticket. Plus there is no culture of season tickets in GAA so I imagine it will take a while to sink in.

[Poor Student]

Any Rovers fans having delays in getting their season tickets? My friend is a member and hasn't received his as requested. He told me the club's e-mail box is full and he was finding it hard to get through on the phone.:confused: He's a bit worried he won't get in tomorrow.

[Dunny]

Any Rovers fans having delays in getting their season tickets? My friend is a member and hasn't received his as requested. He told me the club's e-mail box is full and he was finding it hard to get through on the phone.:confused: He's a bit worried he won't get in tomorrow.

Plenty of them are having trouble. If they dont recieve them tomorrow they have to go to the Maldron Hotel at a certain time.

[fergalr]

Any Rovers fans having delays in getting their season tickets? My friend is a member and hasn't received his as requested. He told me the club's e-mail box is full and he was finding it hard to get through on the phone.:confused: He's a bit worried he won't get in tomorrow.

Wednesday, 11 March 2009 12:24
With no new applications until next Wednesday, the club can confirm that any applications that were received by the club up until yesterday (Tuesday) will be sent by swift post today.


If you have not received your season ticket in your post by Friday morning, please contact the club in person, at a special Shamrock Rovers temporary ticket enquiry office that will be set up in the Maldron hotel.

This office will have a full list of applicants and will endeavour to assist you with a ticket for Friday's game if your season ticket has not arrived in the post. This service will run from 11am until 3pm on Friday after which no further queries will be handled.

It is incumbent on the applicant to get to the Maldron and notify the club of any season ticket problems

All other tickets that have been pre booked, but not yet collected from the clubs' Centrepoint office, will be available for collection at this time.

http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/35-news/544-season-tickets-being-posted-today

[Inside Man]

As much as i don't like Shams its great to see them in the shape they are in. Selling 2,000 season tickets and rising. Its only good for the league and the way they are going about their business is great to see. They are a model for the Drogs, Corks, etc, of this league.

[srfc1928]

Season ticket sales generated €156,608 last season.
At an average cost of €180 that works out at 850 / 870 approx
AGM

[sligo1]

Hi SRFC,

I'm sure that figure has to include a lot more than ordinary season tickets-there is no way we sold anywhere that amount.You will find it includes the famous 10 year deal tickets plus maybe something else as well.

[Rovers Maniac]

Probably does but only i think there was only 15 of them sold, it was a low number anyway.

[srfc1928]

Hi SRFC,

I'm sure that figure has to include a lot more than ordinary season tickets-there is no way we sold anywhere that amount.You will find it includes the famous 10 year deal tickets plus maybe something else as well.
appologies, yes it does include the 10 year ticket,
but as RM mentioned only a small number were sold, less than 20
im just stating what ive read from the report on the AGM and these are the exact figures that were given. It does sound a little high but you would be surprised the amount of people that have them. I myself have one but never use it unless im very stuck and i know a lot of others do the same

[sligo1]

Hi SRFC,

Where did that figure come from because there is no way that we sold that amount of season tickets even taking out the 10 year ones

[sligo1]

Sorry SRFC, I should have read your reply properly-where is that report on the AGM-I looked at the other thread and it's not on that

[dcfcsteve]

As a grammatical aside - does anyone else whince when they read the title of this thread.....?

[Straightstory]

Yes, I do. (And it's 'wince', not 'whince').

[GlasnevinRed]

Yes, I do. (And it's 'wince', not 'whince').

Zing!!!

[srfc1928]

Sorry SRFC, I should have read your reply properly-where is that report on the AGM-I looked at the other thread and it's not on that

I read it in an old fashioned thing called a newspaper;)
The Sligo Champion
Wednesday March 11th
Page 40, 1st Column.

[sligo1]

Hi SRFC,

I am just after reading that -so sorry for doubting you.I still dont see how we managed to sell that many last year.Does anybody know how many we have sold this year?
Over 800 season tickets-that's very good.
But I dont understand why the figures for our crowds are so low if we have that many season ticket holders.

[red bellied]

Hi SRFC,

I am just after reading that -so sorry for doubting you.I still dont see how we managed to sell that many last year.Does anybody know how many we have sold this year?
Over 800 season tickets-that's very good.
But I dont understand why the figures for our crowds are so low if we have that many season ticket holders.

Gate receipts were very poor though amounting to 194,000 compared to 234,000 the season before. Saying that season ticket sales werent great that season (the Rob McDonald factor) plus Rovers had a few cup games the same season in the Showgrounds. The MC at the AGM should announce how many were actually sold and break it down from there. Probably selling more than they ever did, handy present for Christmas.

[noby]

Zing!!!


Muphry's law in action.

[eamo1]

A relative of mine was in the Galway Utd club office today and heard that this week alone the club sold 300 season tickets.That brings the total to around 550/600.I knew ppl would wait till just before the first home game but obviously last Friday's result had an effect on sales too(in case theres a bandwagon to jump on this year).
Shams season ticket sales are a credit to them,fair play.

[dcfcsteve]

Muphry's law in action.

To obvious..... ;)

[Patrick Dunne]

A relative of mine was in the Galway Utd club office today and heard that this week alone the club sold 300 season tickets.That brings the total to around 550/600.I knew ppl would wait till just before the first home game but obviously last Friday's result had an effect on sales too(in case theres a bandwagon to jump on this year)

Your relative misheard, Eamo. Total season ticket sales are approx 300.

[thischarmingman]

To obvious..... ;)

'Too,' Steve, 'too.'

:p

[oldyouth]

'Too,' Steve, 'too.'

:p
Shouldn't have put the comma inside the the 1st quote of 'too':D

[thischarmingman]

Shouldn't have put the comma inside the the 1st quote of 'too':D

I disagree.

[Poor Student]

Plenty of them are having trouble. If they dont recieve them tomorrow they have to go to the Maldron Hotel at a certain time.

Yeah, he didn't receive his on time, had to get sorted in the hotel in the end.

[Inside Man]

Hi SRFC,

I'm sure that figure has to include a lot more than ordinary season tickets-there is no way we sold anywhere that amount.You will find it includes the famous 10 year deal tickets plus maybe something else as well.

The club sell alot of tickets to business'.It is their way of supporting and sponsoring the club. I know the club used to get a huge amount of business' buying them and then never using them, maybe go to one or two games in a year, and they give them to the employees to use as well. This was the case with alot of small business' in sligo. So the 800 figure doesn't seem too far fetched tbh. As i was involved with the club at one stage in the first division and i was baffled at the amount of season ticket sales to the amount of people you would then see at the games.

[dcfcsteve]

'Too,' Steve, 'too.'

:p

I'm embarassed that it was a fellow City fan who got caught out by that one.....

:eek:

[dcfcsteve]

Shouldn't have put the comma inside the the 1st quote of 'too':D

Both incorrect actually - speech marks ("") are what's required for direct quotes ;)

Now enough of falling for relatively unsubtle grammar gags

[fergalr]

Shamrock Rovers season ticket sales now up to 2,500.

A record for the LOI?

[eelmonster]

Both incorrect actually - speech marks ("") are what's required for direct quotes

'Speech mark'?! Tsk, it's like the wild west 'round here. It's really a matter of style, and since there's no foot.ie style sheet, either quotation mark is perfectly acceptable.

Rovers have done incredibly well to shift 2500 season tickets, I would think that is an LoI record.