This is not directly fire related but I wonder what people here think of KC, a team that has had trouble drawing in the past, selling all tickets for $5. Would doing something like this in chicago (if we ever make the playoffs again) be worth while economically. Do you think a one time deal like this in Chicago would result in a vastly improved attendance or is it just a thing kC is forced into doing? Should the Fire consider something like this for a game in SF or in Bridgeview?
If something like this happens, it would have to be a special promotion. It's a bad precedent to set though, because if "I got in for $5, why pay $20 next time"? I think it could be good under the right circumstances. In 2001, after the attack, I thought the Fire should have done a fund raiser where all tickets were $10 (or whatever) and the proceeds went to the Fire Departments that were so devastated by the attacks. Let's hope for something a little more positive of course, but a special promotion that is advertising for your product without devaluing it. It's a difficult balance to find.
Only if season ticket holders do not already have that game included. I don't want to pay $20 or $25 for my seat and then have the people sitting next to me, who only came because it was cheap, get a $15-$20 discount. Why should someone who comes only once a year because it's cheap get a big discount and I'm punished because I choose to become a season ticket holder and support my club? I've been to KC games (I grew up there) and they need all the help they can get...
I think it's a good idea if they can drive a huge crowd out of this. They might make some new fans. As for cannibalizing/devaluing the product, it is a special event. They could promise a lifetime of $5 prices for conference championship home matches without damaging the business model.
For the most part, the mls plays in NFL stadiums at less than 50% capacity. Every empty seat is lost opportunity for revenue and to expose a new person to the mls product once the game is over. KC plays in a 70,000 seat stadium and are trying to get people to the games. how stupid was DC at the start of the season when they wouldn't open the upper deck for freddy mania? new fans were most likely turned away and who knows if they bought tickets for later games. should the fire do it, most certainly while at soldier. get people to the games however you can, develop the fan base for when the move is made to bridgeview. as far as sitting next to someone who paid less.. when you sit on an airplane you're sitting next to someone who either paid twice what you did or half or the same. thats how those industries operate, fill up the plane and get as much money out of it as you can.
If that is the case, then great idea! I'm just for protecting the "rights" of season ticket holders, the people who pledge their money to the team at the start of the year who make a commitment to the team regardless of record (or weather)... If they are refunding people, then why not? Playoff crowds seem to be a tougher sale than regular season.