I thought the club may have used the north stand on Sunday either in a commercial or community sense to market the club and the sport?



The north stand was opened a few seasons ago from what i remember and attacted a decent overall crowd.



I would think that Catalans and London at home would be used to a greater advantage...





Personally i would use both those games as a commercial and community tool, commercially local businesses could have a day out, networking etc and at another game local schools or schools on the outskirts could be exposed to RL and Wigan.



Thoughts...

I agree, but there's always the dilemma of how many games can you offer free/discounted tickets before the 10,000+ who've shelled out for season tickets start to get brassed off...

FWIW, I'd always allow under 11's free/dirt cheap entry when accompanied by a paying adult.

Suprised we didn't do it tbh. Surely the Sunday aft is more attractive to the floaters than the Friday against London?



Sure the club have plenty planned, mind

I wouldn't be too fussed if it was only for two games. If it means getting better crowds for games, then I'm all for it.

Doesn't particularly concern me, 14,500 is a fantastic crowd for Catalans at home.

as mentioned the club have to be careful not to de-value season tickets however offering free tickets to local youth amateur teams would be a good idea

Doesnt necessarily have to be free, could be like the previous post said with a paying adult etc. I think the commercial idea could attract businesses to network and have a few drinks etc then watch the game bit of a mixer really, maybe once a season and build on it.

I think doing it once or twice a year against clubs like London is ok. But the Catalans match was effectively a big game and we could expect more people to want to come anyway, as opposed to London games. so had we given away the north stand how much revenue could we have lost out on? 14,500 was a very respectable crowd and like others have said, there's a fine line between promoting and devaluing season tickets.



we seem to have done it once a season with heinz the last few seasons iirc and for now atleast thats the way it should stay.

I think the club could have a 'Wigan schools' game each year and fill the North stand with school kids. Some of the schools in and around Wigan are massive for rugby league like Deanery, St Peters, Fisher...

Good idea that mate!

In the past like the club has said every ticket is paid for at full price and not given away, like at the socccer club in the town where x number is given away every game.