Matchday Ticket Prices (7 Viewers)

[Dougin]

All I know is brum was definitely sold out.

 

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[Tommo1993]

I’m still stuck at Andy Turner’s words being taken as gospel by a village idiot and there being no fans at games without demand.

 

[Dougin]

I’m still stuck at Andy Turner’s words being taken as gospel by a village idiot and there being no fans at games without demand.

Was you holding his cock in your hand as you typed that

 

[bigfatronssba]

So no stewards check tickets in block 35 ? Raise it with the club .. clearly its your block letting all the man childs in

I'm not really sure I'm up for going to a game feeling like a kickabout at Colditz.

How about people just don't try and rip off their own club?

 

[bigfatronssba]

Football is not the same as the theatre. I enjoy going to plays and musicals but it’s a two or three times a year event, particularly as ticket prices are high.

Football clubs depend upon the same group of people coming back up to 30 times in a year ( cup matches, friendlies etc). I’d say that the people who go to the Belgrade are a much wider group who visit a lot less often than those who go to the CBS. It’s therefore going to be much more costly to do what the club ultimately needs us to do, that is attend regularly.
I doubt that adults using a children’s tickets are a reason or a justification for the prohibitive price of a junior ticket. How do other clubs manage?

This is exactly the point though

The people affected by these high prices aren't those who attend regularly. Therefore the comparison of a matchday ticket to a play or a musical isn't that wide of the mark.
Its a one off for those people.

Other clubs manage in one or more of the following ways:

High cost season tickets
Mountains of debt
A rich foreign owner
A shit playing side

 

[clint van damme]

This is the issue basically. Some people believe football tickets are no different to other forms of live entertainment and therefore the person setting the prices is correct to be looking to maximise revenue.

Other people believe football is different and shouldn't be subject to market forces and that the person setting the prices should make them affordable even if the club in question is losing a 7 figure sum every year.

We're just going round in circles between the two groups.

Not sure its really in any way a different argument to those saying the same about concerts, theatre etc. They all believe that their chosen form of entertainment should be cheaper and not impacted be rising ticket prices elsewhere.

Not sure you can make the case for concerts and football being the same though to be honest

I've just paid £100 for a Gorrilaz ticket. Last time I saw them was 15 years sgo, might never see them again. I'm not committing to at least 23 home games a year. So no way football could look at comparable pricing.

Though again, I have no issue with our adult pricing other than A+, my main beef is kids pricing.

 

[bigfatronssba]

Not sure you can make the case for concerts and football being the same though to be honest

I've just paid £100 for a Gorrilaz ticket. Last time I saw them was 15 years sgo, might never see them again. I'm not committing to at least 23 home games a year. So no way football could look at comparable pricing.

Though again, I have no issue with our adult pricing other than A+, my main beef is kids pricing.

If you’re only going once or twice a year I don’t think it’s an unfair comparison

 

[clint van damme]

If you’re only going once or twice a year I don’t think it’s an unfair comparison

But if you're only going once or twice a season there may be a good reason for that.
Especially if its someone with 2 or 3 kids.

Having watched us nearly go to the wall I'm all in favour of strategies that have one eye on the future, not just the here and now.

Again, I don't blame King for thinking more short term, I doubt he's here for the long-term.

 

[bigfatronssba]

But if you're only going once or twice a season there may be a good reason for that.
Especially if its someone with 2 or 3 kids.

Having watched us nearly go to the wall I'm all in favour of strategies that have one eye on the future, not just the here and now.

Again, I don't blame King for thinking more short term, I doubt he's here for the long-term.

If they can only afford once or twice a season, then they should be picking a cat B or C game

 

[clint van damme]

If they can only afford once or twice a season, then they should be picking a cat B or C game

Which are still one of the, if not the, most expensive child tickets in the league.

 

[chiefdave]

Not sure you can make the case for concerts and football being the same though to be honest

I've just paid £100 for a Gorrilaz ticket. Last time I saw them was 15 years sgo, might never see them again. I'm not committing to at least 23 home games a year. So no way football could look at comparable pricing.

Though again, I have no issue with our adult pricing other than A+, my main beef is kids pricing.

But people who are committing to at least 23 games a year will buy season tickets. So we are talking about people that go a handful of times a year.

Its the same for everything. You can pick pretty much any artist and there will be people that go to 20+ shows of theirs a year, there's people that travel around the world watching a single artist (fuck knows how they afford that). It doesn't then follow that you should get a cheaper ticket because you're turning up to one show.

Although having said that I am far more concerned about how out of control gig tickets are than football tickets tbh.

 

[clint van damme]

But people who are committing to at least 23 games a year will buy season tickets. So we are talking about people that go a handful of times a year.

Its the same for everything. You can pick pretty much any artist and there will be people that go to 20+ shows of theirs a year, there's people that travel around the world watching a single artist (fuck knows how they afford that). It doesn't then follow that you should get a cheaper ticket because you're turning up to one show.

Although having said that I am far more concerned about how out of control gig tickets are than football tickets tbh.

But people who go a handful of times a year because they have a couple of kids shouldn't be subjected to prohibitively priced kids tickets in my opinion.

And yes, there are people who follow bands, but we all know football crowds in general, are more partisan.

I agree about gig tickets, £40 for a gig at the institute 2 last week and drink prices that make the average football grounds seem like a social club

 

[shmmeee]

But people who go a handful of times a year because they have a couple of kids shouldn't be subjected to prohibitively priced kids tickets in my opinion.

And yes, there are people who follow bands, but we all know football crowds in general, are more partisan.

I agree about gig tickets, £40 for a gig at the institute 2 last week and drink prices that make the average football grounds seem like a social club

Hospitality costs a lot to run right now. Fun tax is real.

 

[mmttww]

But people who go a handful of times a year because they have a couple of kids shouldn't be subjected to prohibitively priced kids tickets in my opinion.

I'm struggling to see why this is being treated like a hot take. Folks who love the club will have kids that play sport on a Sat. No point getting season tickets. Will be able to get to five to ten games a season. Should be accessible, not £100+ a time!

 

[Ccfcisparks]

I'm struggling to see why this is being treated like a hot take. Folks who love the club will have kids that play sport on a Sat. No point getting season tickets. Will be able to get to five to ten games a season. Should be accessible, not £100+ a time!

Well if you aren't committed to the club, you pay more than a season ticket. not hard.

 

[clint van damme]

Hospitality costs a lot to run right now. Fun tax is real.

Yeah, I'm aware.
And by and large only the capital isn't feeling the pinch.

 

[clint van damme]

Well if you aren't committed to the club, you pay more than a season ticket. not hard.

He didn't say they should pay the same price as a season ticket holder, I would disagree with him if he did, but he didn't.

 

[mmttww]

Well if you aren't committed to the club...

I'm a bit more committed to raising my kids and their wellbeing than my football club rn. I think our U18s prices are a bit of a p*ss take. If the consensus is that we're sound with a parent on a single income being asked for £120 to take his lads to Xmas football, fine. Isn't gonna change the way I see it.

 

[bigfatronssba]

He didn't say they should pay the same price as a season ticket holder, I would disagree with him if he did, but he didn't.

There has to be a significant financial reward to having a season ticket, otherwise whats the point?

 

[clint van damme]

There has to be a significant financial reward to having a season ticket, otherwise whats the point?

I don't disagree with that
But no one on this thread has said any different

 

[wingy]

If they sell double the amount of beer or more because people are drinking in the stadium instead of elsewhere, or even drinking an extra one or two, then they make more money.

And as has been said it could be a short term loss leader to encourage a change in habits so people make drinking at the stadium part of their routine. Whether that would ultimately be successful is to be seen, and I guess they'll find out when the prices go back up.

Except it won't be a loss, just cost

But people who are committing to at least 23 games a year will buy season tickets. So we are talking about people that go a handful of times a year.

Its the same for everything. You can pick pretty much any artist and there will be people that go to 20+ shows of theirs a year, there's people that travel around the world watching a single artist (fuck knows how they afford that). It doesn't then follow that you should get a cheaper ticket because you're turning up to one show.

Although having said that I am far more concerned about how out of control gig tickets are than football tickets tbh.

Same principle isn't it, I think so!

 

[Dougin]

There has to be a significant financial reward to having a season ticket, otherwise whats the point?

Because you love your club?

 

[bigfatronssba]

Because you love your club?

If you loved it that much you'd buy every ticket separately