Ipswich Witches 2026

[blue witch]

so Sheffield have come out with 10 meetings for £250. £25 a meeting in an even worse league. Surely take a hit on price and try get more through the door?

[gjcone44]

so must be more if you turn up on the day. not good.

[mikebv]

4 minutes ago, gjcone44 said:

so must be more if you turn up on the day. not good.

I would imagine £26 will be there or thereabouts for the top tier this season...

A hard sell if so....

Maybe some strong promotion will take place across the country if no TV deal to fall back on?

 

[cowboy cookie returns?]

1 hour ago, blue witch said:

so Sheffield have come out with 10 meetings for £250. £25 a meeting in an even worse league. Surely take a hit on price and try get more through the door?

The trouble is what’s the hit they need to take? The state of uk speedway a £10 hit of last season prices  & I don’t think you’d get anymore through the door.

[Aries]

56 minutes ago, mikebv said:

I would imagine £26 will be there or thereabouts for the top tier this season...

A hard sell if so....

Maybe some strong promotion will take place across the country if no TV deal to fall back on?

 

 

Sheffield are “freezing” their admission price of £25. So a book of 10 meetings totals a grand old saving of, ZERO pounds!

Yes, you get a few little bits and bobs thrown in, team photo, birthday card etc, but who on earth is going to lump up £250 in one hit rather than “pay as you go” for the same price?

[mikebv]

4 minutes ago, Aries said:

Sheffield are “freezing” their admission price of £25. So a book of 10 meetings totals a grand old saving of, ZERO pounds!

Yes, you get a few little bits and bobs thrown in, team photo, birthday card etc, but who on earth is going to lump up £250 in one hit rather than “pay as you go” for the same price?

Yer buy 10, Yer get none free!!!

[Fromafar]

1 hour ago, blue witch said:

so Sheffield have come out with 10 meetings for £250. £25 a meeting in an even worse league. Surely take a hit on price and try get more through the door?

Wait and see what others come up with.Maybe they will throw in a Christmas Card as well.👍

[therefused]

Could have thrown a free programme in, might have made it a bit more tempting

[Hawk127]

41 minutes ago, Aries said:

Sheffield are “freezing” their admission price of £25. So a book of 10 meetings totals a grand old saving of, ZERO pounds!

Yes, you get a few little bits and bobs thrown in, team photo, birthday card etc, but who on earth is going to lump up £250 in one hit rather than “pay as you go” for the same price?

The trouble with any pricing policy is that you are competing for a dwindling pot of disposal income. If a family of four have for example Sky and one of the other streaming services it could feasibly be costing circa £100 per month, then if the children have mobile phones that is another potential £80 to £100 per month for all four and then the children have other activities which have associated costs and then you can see with general household expenditure and a mortgage etc, not a lot left to spend on going out.
That is where you look at value for money  and you then hit the argument of x amount for tickets for fifteen minutes of entertainment and compare that to say banger racing or stock cars where you get several hours of racing. Not an easy problem to solve but punters will probably look at value for money and speedway does not cut it if you are trying to attract a new generation of supporters at a price point that makes it an attractive option with everything else that is trying to attract your hard earned pound. 

[IainB]

51 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Wait and see what others come up with.Maybe they will throw in a Christmas Card as well.👍

Or maybe a card telling you when the fixtures are... or even just whether your club is running or not 🤷‍♂️

[mikebv]

31 minutes ago, Hawk127 said:

The trouble with any pricing policy is that you are competing for a dwindling pot of disposal income. If a family of four have for example Sky and one of the other streaming services it could feasibly be costing circa £100 per month, then if the children have mobile phones that is another potential £80 to £100 per month for all four and then the children have other activities which have associated costs and then you can see with general household expenditure and a mortgage etc, not a lot left to spend on going out.
That is where you look at value for money  and you then hit the argument of x amount for tickets for fifteen minutes of entertainment and compare that to say banger racing or stock cars where you get several hours of racing. Not an easy problem to solve but punters will probably look at value for money and speedway does not cut it if you are trying to attract a new generation of supporters at a price point that makes it an attractive option with everything else that is trying to attract your hard earned pound. 

Absolutely....

Then add in a less than authentic operating model which means that so important emotional attachment to "Your Team" becomes a tenuous one at best, (you almost have to collude along with a promoter that a UK Speedway meeting has relevance given the lack of any major tangible rewards), and you do have some serious obstacles to overcome...

A big challenge, but hopefully those involved have the skill set to deliver a successful venture..

Edited 25 minutes ago by mikebv

[YeOldPitGate]

34 minutes ago, Hawk127 said:

The trouble with any pricing policy is that you are competing for a dwindling pot of disposal income. If a family of four have for example Sky and one of the other streaming services it could feasibly be costing circa £100 per month, then if the children have mobile phones that is another potential £80 to £100 per month for all four and then the children have other activities which have associated costs and then you can see with general household expenditure and a mortgage etc, not a lot left to spend on going out.
That is where you look at value for money  and you then hit the argument of x amount for tickets for fifteen minutes of entertainment and compare that to say banger racing or stock cars where you get several hours of racing. Not an easy problem to solve but punters will probably look at value for money and speedway does not cut it if you are trying to attract a new generation of supporters at a price point that makes it an attractive option with everything else that is trying to attract your hard earned pound. 

Good call in the 80's & early 90's you had bills like the mortgage, utilities and food but in the modern world you can add on as you say Sky, Streaming, Wifi, mobiles, subsidising kids mobiles ,easily another £150- £200 a month going out the door on things now viewed as essentials that speedway didn't have to compete against thirty years ago.

[InTheDeepStuff]

1 hour ago, Aries said:

Sheffield are “freezing” their admission price of £25. So a book of 10 meetings totals a grand old saving of, ZERO pounds!

Yes, you get a few little bits and bobs thrown in, team photo, birthday card etc, but who on earth is going to lump up £250 in one hit rather than “pay as you go” for the same price?

Only benefit for those that park at the Stadium is saving £3 per meeting for parking so that’s £30 for the 10 meetings 

[Teromaafan]

45 minutes ago, Hawk127 said:

The trouble with any pricing policy is that you are competing for a dwindling pot of disposal income. If a family of four have for example Sky and one of the other streaming services it could feasibly be costing circa £100 per month, then if the children have mobile phones that is another potential £80 to £100 per month for all four and then the children have other activities which have associated costs and then you can see with general household expenditure and a mortgage etc, not a lot left to spend on going out.
That is where you look at value for money  and you then hit the argument of x amount for tickets for fifteen minutes of entertainment and compare that to say banger racing or stock cars where you get several hours of racing. Not an easy problem to solve but punters will probably look at value for money and speedway does not cut it if you are trying to attract a new generation of supporters at a price point that makes it an attractive option with everything else that is trying to attract your hard earned pound. 

Basic life economics and totally relevant.