Ok the more i think about this the more it bugs me, we need to re haul the membership structure currently at the club, and we need to do it now.
We are currently the most expensive club in the NRL to support, not by a little way either. And it is starting to to become a real problem we have been stagnate near about 4000 members this year down 2000 from last year, and with the season about to start i expect this years crowds to be down by at least 20%.
This has nothing to do with the facilities, the teams performance, or any controversial signings, this has got to do with Money, PURE AND SIMPLE.
The Gold coast has just been rated the 5th most expensive place to live in the world, and it is now more expensive than New York or London.
The whole pricing structure looks like it is designed to reflect this, and seems like the people in charge are working on the principal that if the stadium holds 27k then you need premium pricing to reflect the demand, well, the demand is a lot smaller then it should be because unlike established sport teams the Titans do not have the loyalty YET of 27k fans to pay these ridiculous prices.
Let me throw some numbers at you:
Ill start with the PSR seat
You still have to buy your yearly membership with this PSR, approx $650 a year. and the price does NOT include any finals games.The PSR Advantage
By purchasing a Personal Seat Right from the Jetstar Gold Coast Titans you will be one of the first sports fans in Australia to experience lifetime* access rights to your seat at all Jetstar Gold Coast Titans regular season home games.
Now a concept sweeping the world's great sporting teams and venues, a Personal Seat Right (PSR) guarantess the holder security of knowing that membership can be bought for a seat in a specific section for Jetstar Titans matches for life*.
To put it in perspective, if you have $2650 to spend
you could
a. BUY A PSR
or
b. BUY a $2000 Suncorp Stadium membership and a Legion membership for the Titans, and a Gold membership for the Cowboys.
option a. gives me
12 home games for the Titans
A PSR seat
option b. gives me
12 home games for the Titans
12 Home games to the Cowboys
12 Home games to the Broncos
Premium Tickets to All State of Origin games played in Brisbane
All Soccer games at Suncorp
All Reds games at Suncorp
Premium Tickets to ALL Finals Games at Suncorp
Premium Tickets to any Event at Suncorp including Concerts
Personal Carpark under Suncorp Stadium
You could argue about the advantage of owning the seat and the ability to resell it, but that only holds weight IMO if the stadium is constantly a sell out, and seats are hard to get. At the moment this is not the case, because the rest of the stadium is so damn expensive that it will be empty.
Now for the other memberships
Titanium - $606
Gold - $446
Steel - $275 the corners of the stadium
Legion - $250 behind goal posts
All these are the very least $50 dollars too expensive
Titanium $50.50 a game
Gold $37.16 a game
Steel $22.91 a game
Legion $20.83 a game
IMO the prices should be more like
Titanium $565 @ $45 PG + $25 merchandise
Gold $385 @ $30 PG + $25 merchandise
Steel $230 @18 PG + $15 merchandise
Legion $199 @ $15 PG + $19 merchandise
More to come...........