Taking Care of the @IronPigs Season Ticket Holders: “Best Promotion Ever”

Tell your friends to call some friends and all of us can be friends
We can treat the weekday like it’s apart of the weekend ….

That’s a win win (for me)
That’s a win win (for me)

–B. Smyth (feat. Future)

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Earlier this week, the IronPigs introduced a new perk for season ticket holders.  It’s the kind of win-win thing I’ve been advocating for around here.  Season tickets will have “added value” loaded for the first half of the season.  The amount and the number of games it includes depends on your particular package.  Full season tickets have $4/game.  36- and 18-game plans have $2/game. And, 9-game plans have $1 per game.  They’re calling it, “The Best Promotion Ever.”  Well, it is pretty good.

Here’s how this is a win-win:

For Fans:

1. Season ticket holders get some benefits.  We don’t get any kind of discount on our seats, but this makes the medicine go down a little easier.  Most of us spend some cash at the game anyway, and this will ameliorate our out of pocket expenditures.
2. The benefit is graduated:  Those of us with more tickets (larger plan, more seats, etc.) get more benefit.  Those who are spending more on tickets will get a larger perk.
3. It might not sound like much, but it does add up.  Even if it only serves to buy your first soda or defray your parking fee, it’s still something we never had before. For me personally, it means up to $20/game based on the ticket plans I have.
4. It’s not clear if this is in place of our normal Season Ticket Holder Gift to start the season, but even if it is, it’s more useful to me than another pint glass or wall plaque or coffee mug.
5. The credit can be used not only for food and drink, but also at the Majestic Clubhouse Store for any early season swag you might need (ie blanket, one of the new hats…)
6. The promotion is eligible for standing season ticket holders, as well as new or re-activated accounts.  All season ticket holders benefit.

For The IronPigs:

1. This is a chance to put some fannies in the seats for the first half of the season–when the weather’s not so agreeable sometimes.  It might be just the thing to fill in those seats behind home plate which look so empty in April–and those folks will probably purchase a few more concessions, as well.
2. Because the plan was revealed now, it should allow the ticket staff to sell more season ticket plans in advance of single-game sales.
3. The graduated nature of the promotion may provide the motivation for some to upgrade their package from 9- to 18- or 36-games, or 36- to full-season.
4. It’s creating a buzz.  I mean, it’s no urinal game, but publicity rules!

I’ve long been an advocate of season tickets–not just for the IronPigs but for any number of sporting events or concert series or what have you.  I even wrote about it once here .  This might be just the perk to welcome more folks to the club–or welcome back if their plan has been dropped.

The Fine Print:

• Game credit has to be used on THAT DAY.  It does not carry over to the next.  Advanced: Make sure you have all the tickets in your plan with you when you go to the game, even if some aren’t being used.  You can still use the credit.  Also, if it’s a rain game, go and use it up before it’s postponed because I cannot see them giving us double credit on the doubleheader day.
• Credit must be used at an IronPigs owned concession capable of accepting credit cards, or at the Majestic Clubhouse Store.  For example, cannot be used at Philly Pretzel, Aw Shucks Corn, Nuts for You, Gyros.  Advanced:  I was thinking about how this might impact our friends at Philly Pretzel.  I think more people in the stands and more money in their pockets can only be a good thing.  We’ll see I guess.  
• This credit applies to games in the first half of the season, as applicable to your plan.  This is April 7 to June 16.
• If you transfer your tickets or give them away, the credit goes with it.  Make sure you  tell your guests to take advantage of it!  Advanced:  I wonder if this will be a boost for those trying to sell tickets via StubHub or CraigsList?  Should be interesting to see.  Wonder if they’ll try to charge more for their tickets…
• In order to receive this credit, ticket plans must be paid in full by April 1, 2014.  So if you’re on the fence about a plan, act now and you’ll have some time to pay it off.  Advanced:  I think regular renewed plans need to be paid by 2/15/14.  I imagine that’s a soft deadline, but just saying.

More details are available on the IronPigs website.

See you at the concessions,

@Kram209