What to do about removing pages for the 'offseason' (IE the same URL will be brought back in 6-7 months)?

[KTY55]

I manage a site for an event that runs annually, and now that the event has concluded we would like to remove some of the pages (schedule, event info, TV schedule, etc.) that won't be relevant again until next year's event. That said, if we simply remove those pages from the web, I'm afraid that we'll lose out on valuable backlinks that already exist, and when those pages return they will have the same URLs as before.

Is there a best course of action here? Should I redirect the removed pages to the homepage for the time being using a 302? Is there any risk there if the 'temporary' period is ~7 months?

Thanks in advance.

[Chris.Menke]

A 302 might not be a bad way of doing it if those urls will appear again next year.  Another way to do it would be to develop some evergreen content for those urls that you can replace the outdated info with in between seasons.

..."We're going to have a great schedule next year that will include all kinds of great entertainment...sign up for our newsletter updates to keep up to date with the program and receive discount opportunities for next year"  ... kind of thing.

[eyepaq]

Don't redirect or remove - even if "outdated" the content still can provide some value. Just add a note on top of it and / or add a feature so someone can signup to get a notification when things will happen again or a reminder.

Cheers.

[inmn]

Dont move it at all. Thats a terrible idea

Use an updated flag in sitemap/schema