Cost of Watching Rovers

[selby]

Skoda part of the Volkswagon group who lied about fuel tests.Result massive fines and 30000 redundancies announced today.
   Sales down worldwide 17%,German engineering  at its best,I would rather be in the Rovers position,they could be the B.L. of the future.

[Bentley Bullet]

I think you'll find Rovers attendances are down quite a bit more than 17% since our championship years.

[Bristol Red Rover]

Overall the price of Rovers isn't too bad - the cheap isn't cheap and the expensive isn't that expensive, it's all fairly uniform compared to most clubs.

The ticket pricing issue can be seen as a simple supply and demand pricing decision where clubs like Bradford go one way and other clubs go another, but it's more than that and it seems to me that Rovers are still missing a trick.

To make the most from fans, any club has to be Lidl, Asda, Sainsburys and Waitrose all at once. Having a largely undifferentiated ground makes this tricky - a sort of refurbished Belle Vue would have been easier with a variety of terraces and seating.

Incoming standing could make some difference making the South Stand more of a bargain basement grade, and upgrading some other parts of the ground in all ways for a middle pricing, and then further upgrading of high end premium seats and the facilities connected with them (posh loos, waiter service refreshments etc).