EFL examining prospect continuing pay view home matches

[stanistheman]

If this continues next season how many fans will stay away from grounds.

Would you attend games?

Also, how much do clubs actually get from each £10 ticket sold. It says they pay Championship clubs a fee of around £20k but surely clubs get more than that. rs Even if clubs sold their matchday tickets at £20 that only covers 1000 fans. Not much compensation for losing all spectators for over 1 year. And it would certainly need to be bigger than that next season when fans are allowed back.

I wonder how many tickets QPR have been selling not including those of us with a ST.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...n-grounds.html.

[Stainrod]

I hope they do , I’ve watched every game home and away this season , I’d like to see them carry it on . I don’t think it would effect attendance to much and would bring much needed revenue to clubs .

[stanistheman]

I hope they do , I’ve watched every game home and away this season , I’d like to see them carry it on . I don’t think it would effect attendance to much and would bring much needed revenue to clubs .

I'd like it to carry on for those fans unable to attend for whatever reasons they have. Whilst it is much needed revenue, my concern is that 20k is not really enough to compensate for the loss of fans through the turnstiles. But it would be good to have an idea of how many tickets QPR have been selling and if they get an extra cut from these sales. I'd hate to think that Sky is profiting quite well from selling these games. They charge enough already for Sky Sports (I no longer subscribe for the sports channels).

[QPRDave]

I think the gates would hold up tbh.
But, I think fans living further afield would add to the cash taken

[Stainrod]

I think the gates would hold up tbh.
But, I think fans living further afield would add to the cash taken

I agree plenty of fans out there with work and family commitments that would happily pay to watch on streams .I don’t think it would change the minds of fans that go to games already.would be silly if clubs didn’t look into this more as they would be turning down easy money in my eyes .

[Abseits]

It would be the death of football. The end. Once TV camera tails are wagging the football dog there will be no turning back. Within 3 years all games will be scheduled for the TV audience, not the match-going fan.

[Stainrod]

It would be the death of football. The end. Once TV camera tails are wagging the football dog there will be no turning back. Within 3 years all games will be scheduled for the TV audience, not the match-going fan.

Tv has been calling the shots for years , it’s another potential Avenue for revenue that needs to be explored.

[shaggy24]

For me it’s £100 day out from Peterborough
fuel food ticket etc

I had a st for years but knocked it on the head as stopped enjoying it under Ollie tbh.

ive watched every game this season and got the zest back but I’m furloughed to September probably so £400 pm worse off I’m fortunate I’ve not got many bills but couldn’t justify a st and the worlds going to change moving forward if this stops I can see clubs struggling possibly even more as 2021 won’t be a recovery year imo people will go on holiday etc before st are purchased why cut off a revenue chain when even a 10k crowd may not even be possible this year or next due to Covid restrictions

[LoftusRoadLad]

I too hope they continue, Only chance to see all the games. Just hope that QPR get a good percentage of that tenner.

[davieqpr]

When I go to a match with my son by the time I have paid for fares, tickets, programme (ignoring food and beer) over a £100 has gone. Would I be tempted to watch the match with him for £10? Rainy and cold days the club would lose support in the ground.

[topperharley]

It might encourage the clubs to look after the fans that do attend with better seating, ST or match day prices or other revenue streams inside the ground, catering for example. General comment not KP stadium related.

I don't think it would ever happen, but it could be geo-located. though that is easily hacked. I live in France so travelling to a game is off the cards really, unless i'm in the UK already. so allowing foreign fans to tune in might be a good idea, not sure how much cash that would generate though.

I fear in the long run it may drive ticket prices up beyond inflation, and also might change scheduling. It already does but nowhere as much as in the prem. I don't like it these days, midweek games are good sometimes but now it's spread out all across the week, it was the same pre-covid. Maybe that's being resistant to change, nice when everyone played on a Saturday.

One thing is for sure there is nothing that beats watching it in person. It's not like cricket or F1 where once the initial excitement is done you can;t see most of the action.

[ConorQPR2000]

If this continues next season how many fans will stay away from grounds.

Would you attend games?

Also, how much do clubs actually get from each £10 ticket sold. It says they pay Championship clubs a fee of around £20k but surely clubs get more than that. rs Even if clubs sold their matchday tickets at £20 that only covers 1000 fans. Not much compensation for losing all spectators for over 1 year. And it would certainly need to be bigger than that next season when fans are allowed back.

I wonder how many tickets QPR have been selling not including those of us with a ST.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...n-grounds.html.

If it was for home matches only and done subject to strict conditions, then I would 100% support this.

I read that the club made £5.39million in gate receipts in the 2018-19 seas0n, which equates to roughly £234,000 per home league match.

If the EFL carried on with QPR+ even after the fans return, I can see it being popular.

I would make it slightly more expensive though, maybe £15.

Or you could be given the option to purchase for all 23 matches, which I think should be £150.

Ive done some rough estimations.

Lets say 10,000 people decided to purchase a match pass for £15, the club would make on that matchday £150,000.

If I done that based off of 23 matches, the club would generate £3.45million in income from it.

I would also give fans the option of purchasing a seasonal pass for £150, so lets say 15,000 decided to purchase one, the club would make alone £2,250,000 from it.

Added together based off the numbers, this could potentially generate an additional £5,700,000 in revenue per season for the club.

Its a no brainer imo.

[SM3 Ranger]

Will only go back to football if is was like it was before, start throwing in vaccine passports,masks,social distancing etc then that's me done.
On a side note if we continue in this "lockdown" if you take away the clubs normal overheads on matchdays ,policing ground staff etc then if enough subscribe to watch the games perhaps the loss of revenue would not quite be as bad as we expect?

[stanistheman]

If it was for home matches only and done subject to strict conditions, then I would 100% support this.

I read that the club made £5.39million in gate receipts in the 2018-19 seas0n, which equates to roughly £234,000 per home league match.

If the EFL carried on with QPR+ even after the fans return, I can see it being popular.

I would make it slightly more expensive though, maybe £15.

Or you could be given the option to purchase for all 23 matches, which I think should be £150.

Ive done some rough estimations.

Lets say 10,000 people decided to purchase a match pass for £15, the club would make on that matchday £150,000.

If I done that based off of 23 matches, the club would generate £3.45million in income from it.

I would also give fans the option of purchasing a seasonal pass for £150, so lets say 15,000 decided to purchase one, the club would make alone £2,250,000 from it.

Added together based off the numbers, this could potentially generate an additional £5,700,000 in revenue per season for the club.

Its a no brainer imo.

Thanks for this, but one of my points was, does the club get to keep the £10 or does a large chunk of that go to Sky and the EFL. If clubs get to keep the bulk of that i.e. 75% then yes, it can be a good source of revenue (although the club is likely to 'lose' fans through the turnstiles as many will simply choose to watch it at home rather than travel in at considerable cost or in poor weather etc).

[Undecided]

Is revenue from shop sales, refreshments, programmes etc insubstantial?