Grand Final Ticket update

[Mike]

I guess its because we don't have the website thats capable of showing a representation of old trafford with our available tickets in it. And we don't have the time to set that up even if we did have when we only get our allocation hours or minutes before it has to go on sale. It should all be handled centrally IMO because they can set all this up in advance. It easier to do in person with a printed out diagram and pointing at blocks, much harder to set it all up online and over the phone.

[moto748]

The downside to "everyone has to buy tickets from the RFL" (which, I agree, has a certain simplicity to it) is that it leaves no mechanism for finalists' STHs to get first shout (or pick their seats).

But as things turned out...

At root, it's this: should Wigan (and Cats) fans get a better deal on tickets than Joe Public? I think, obviously, they should. And certainly this year, that hasn't happened.

[josie andrews]

Do the club get any benefit from selling their own tickets. I think the revenue doesn't go to the clubs directly for finals. So its not really very important to buy from the club unless you want to be right in our blocks? Perhaps they should just do the whole thing through the RFL website in future?

Yes, if the tickets are sold by the RFL. I’ve been led to believe that the sales are shared between all SLClubs but can’t really confirm this.

[Mike]

The downside to "everyone has to buy tickets from the RFL" (which, I agree, has a certain simplicity to it) is that it leaves no mechanism for finalists' STHs to get first shout (or pick their seats).

But as things turned out...

At root, it's this: should Wigan (and Cats) fans get a better deal on tickets than Joe Public? I think, obviously, they should. And certainly this year, that hasn't happened.

Season ticket holders could get inidivdual pre-sale codes to unlock the teams sections a few days early before they're online for everyone. Something like that could work. I guess sending those codes might be beyond the club though!

[moto748]

That could work, Mike. Either way, lets hope to see an improvement next season.

[Charriots Offiah]

The downside to "everyone has to buy tickets from the RFL" (which, I agree, has a certain simplicity to it) is that it leaves no mechanism for finalists' STHs to get first shout (or pick their seats).

But as things turned out...

At root, it's this: should Wigan (and Cats) fans get a better deal on tickets than Joe Public? I think, obviously, they should. And certainly this year, that hasn't happened.

Season ticket holders could get inidivdual pre-sale codes to unlock the teams sections a few days early before they're online for everyone. Something like that could work. I guess sending those codes might be beyond the club though!

And receive a reasonable discount.