Membership scheme vote - Concessions to return...

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The club have never said, but based on attendances, I doubt it's much over 8k.

 

Fan group hits out at Hull City for continued lack of 'meaningful dialogue' in ticket debate

City have launched a supporter vote to see if concession tickets should return next season

Hull City’s largest fan group have voiced their disappointment after seeing concerns raised over the new concession ticket vote dismissed by the club.

City launched their latest supporter ballot last week to decide if the current membership scheme, favouring a flat fee for every seat at the KCOM Stadium, would be replaced by a return to the 2010-11 concessionary model.

Twenty one per cent of members have so far cast their vote – over half of the 40 per cent needed to validate the decision – ahead of the deadline on Tuesday 28 May in a process City stressed would be “fully transparent.”

Hull City Supporters Trust (HCST) raised a number of issues in a lengthy letter to the club but a short response has confirmed that City would not be addressing those points.

“Despite our best efforts to raise what are surely key concerns on behalf of many Hull City supporters, the club continue to refuse to engage in meaningful dialogue with HCST and apparently ignore the legitimate concerns of the fans,” read a statement from HCST.

The Trust, who directly represent close to 1,000 City fans, sought clarification on seven aspects of the club’s vote launched last Thursday, including why lapsed members were not eligible to vote and why disabled fans were excluded in a return to the 2010-11 model.

“It was very disappointing that within nine hours of the e-mailed letter being sent, it was completely rejected by a member of ‘Club Management’.

“We have attempted to engage with another supporter’s organisation to enquire if they are prepared to raise the concerns on our behalf to try and stimulate a formal response from the club,” the statement added.

“Our advice therefore to our members and the wider Hull City fan base is to make a personal decision on whether to submit a vote in the poll announced by the club and consider which option would be best for themselves and other supporters in the short-medium term.

“Finally, whilst we welcome the Club owners announcing an opportunity for concessionary pricing to be reconsidered as a viable option for supporters in an attempt to ‘build some bridges’ with the fans prior to any potential sales to future owners, it is disappointing that such an offer in its current format is potentially disruptive to many fans, whilst ignoring the needs of others.”

The vote, open to 8,000 members and not the 16,500 electorate of last season, has given fans the chance to decide if concession tickets are to be reintroduced in 2019-20.

Reduced prices for children, young adults and seniors were scrapped when a new membership scheme was launched in 2016 and that unpopular step has brought attendances at the KCOM Stadium to an all-time low.

City fans now have the chance to see the 2010-11 model revived but that would ensure thousands of supporters are moved from the North Stand to accommodate away fans in that area of the ground.

In a letter sent to members last week, Allam said: “I sincerely recognise that the current membership model has faced split opinion. It is also important for me to echo that all decisions were made with good intentions as custodians of the club.

“Ultimately we have one common goal, we all want supporters to get behind the team and show their support at the stadium on a matchday.

“It is important to us to try and move forward with a model which is better received and that is accepted by more members.”

 

http://hullcitysupporterstrust.com/hull-city-ticketing-model-vote/

From: xxxx [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: 11 May 2019 at 09:47
Subject: Re: Ticket Model Vote

Thanks Richard.

As mentioned before, the Club will not be responding formally to any HCST comms for the reasons outlined in our letter. The Club’s position on this remains, and our stand on this has been further discussed with Andy at the EFL recently FYI.
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