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theferret

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  • Yesterday at 10:37 AM
  • #106
Travs said:
Football club in being run like a business shocker.

Not saying i agree with the prices, but is anybody actually surprised.
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Of course people are surprised. We didn't sell out a number of cat a games last season when kids were charged £25. We're now charging up to £35. It's a massive surprise. Increase in STs is minimal, the ground plan and available seats doesn't look much different to last season. We're not selling these at £45 whatever people say:

 
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pusbccfc

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  • Yesterday at 10:41 AM
  • #107
theferret said:
We're talking the top A and A+ prices. We'll get a decent gate against Hull, but as soon as the first cat a+ game comes around people will swerve it and I hope they do. £36 for kids for a 12.30 televised game against blues early in the season is not the draw you think it is.
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It's not the draw Doug thinks it is, it's a disgrace. Those Cat A+ cannot be defended.

The prices in the other categories are around average for the Championship though.
 

rob9872

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  • Yesterday at 10:41 AM
  • #108
We have a politics thread with over 1,500 pages and mostly full of the most socialist views out there, and yet I find myself (generally more of a capitalist backer) debating on the side that the prices are too high and greedy because everyone craves the next Messi.

Historically I've been against salary caps, but I've now concluded that something needs to happen to regulate the whole industry with wages, agents, transfers and ticket prices.
 
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ccfcricoh

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  • Yesterday at 10:44 AM
  • #109
its hard to say whether Doug has got this wrong or not until we see more of the category choices.

Cat B prices and below are pretty reasonable, and so far only 1 game (which youd expect to be in most demand) is above that.

There's effectively no seats left in the premium zone anyway so no point getting wound up by those.

For me its just the kids tickets which seem too high
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Yesterday at 10:45 AM
  • #110
stgeorge1966 said:
Wow just WOW !!!

BLUES at Home Adult £45
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They'll make this one re-mortgage on the gate, surely?
 
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SkyBluePower

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  • Yesterday at 10:47 AM
  • #111
The hospitality matchday prices have been released . There is a Season Ticket discount to upgrade ( a lot of people on here have asked for that)
Doesn’t say what the discount is ( might depend on the price of your current seat) but not publishing this would Lead you to believe it’s not much of a discount.
 
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bigfatronssba

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  • Yesterday at 10:54 AM
  • #112
Cat A+ pricing is crazy

Rest of it looks standard championship pricing
 

pusbccfc

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  • Yesterday at 10:55 AM
  • #113
ccfcricoh said:
its hard to say whether Doug has got this wrong or not until we see more of the category choices.

Cat B prices and below are pretty reasonable, and so far only 1 game (which youd expect to be in most demand) is above that.

There's effectively no seats left in the premium zone anyway so no point getting wound up by those.

For me its just the kids tickets which seem too high
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When Doug gets inevitably asked on CWR, I'm pretty sure he'll explain that Cat A+ are for one or two fixtures.
 
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rob9872

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  • Yesterday at 10:59 AM
  • #114
pusbccfc said:
When Doug gets inevitably asked on CWR, I'm pretty sure he'll explain that Cat A+ are for one or two fixtures.
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He will, but it's almost like people have therefore seen Cat A (not A+) as acceptable, simply because of the rip-off games likely to be Blues, Leicester and possibly Wrexham.

Even Cat A which will have 6 or 7 more games in, at £38+£1 and £28+£1 for kids is still disgusting. Dad and a five year old = £68 for a non-premium Championship game !!!
 

chiefdave

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  • Yesterday at 11:05 AM
  • #115
pusbccfc said:
When Doug gets inevitably asked on CWR, I'm pretty sure he'll explain that Cat A+ are for one or two fixtures.
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did away fans get charged the top price last year, as in will they be charged the 'premium zone' price?

I have a suspicion the idea is to squeeze as much cash out of away supporters for the big couple of games and then set everything else at the lower categories.
 

rob9872

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  • Yesterday at 11:06 AM
  • #116
Dear 22 EFL chairman and Chansiri

Our owner is a bit of a greedy bell-end, who will be charging your fans ridiculous money for their one-off visit to the CBS Arena. I plead with you that you don't reciprocate this by charging us the same or our loyal travelling fans will experience this far more frequently and unsustainably at each ground we visit. We bring noise, we're largely well behaved (we all have a few idiots), we'll spend money at your ground, please don't punish us on his behalf.

Yours, CCFC away fans
 
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bigfatronssba

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  • Yesterday at 11:09 AM
  • #117
rob9872 said:
Dear 22 EFL chairman and Chansiri

Our owner is a bit of a greedy bell-end, who will be charging your fans ridiculous money for their one-off visit to the CBS Arena. I plead with you that you don't reciprocate this by charging us the same or our loyal travelling fans will experience this far more frequently and unsustainably at each ground we visit. We bring noise, we're largely well behaved (we all have a few idiots), we'll spend money at your ground, please don't punish us on his behalf.

Yours, CCFC away fans
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It’s only going to be 2 games that are at the ridiculous price
 

ClarkeZ

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  • Yesterday at 11:11 AM
  • #118
Shef Utd cat B pricing:


Blues initial games are as below. Imagine Ipswich first home game might be a Cat A and Oxford Cat B/C
Season opener v Ipswich:
Adults - £30-37
Juniors - £15-22.5 (ignoring family area)

First Saturday game v Oxford:
Adults - £25-32.5
Juniors - £10-17.5 (ignoring family area)


Means we're in a similar ball park or a touch more than both of them for the middle bands.
But £75-80 for a parent and child to go watch a 2nd tier match is bullshit. It'll hopefully only be 2 or 3 games, but i dont understand the point of it.
Lets say its 4 games worst case (brum, wba, leicester, boxing day) and we've got circa 4k tickets available on the gate? Maybe less.
£7 increase to CatA+ gives total potential added revenue of £112,000, probably less.
Thats 4% of the rumoured Pereira fee, 3% of the KKH fee.
It'll make very little difference to the club, so why create a PR issue over it, surely Doug and co have the foresight to know that A+ band would get ripped apart.
 

rob9872

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  • Yesterday at 11:16 AM
  • #119
bigfatronssba said:
It’s only going to be 2 games that are at the ridiculous price
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Only two games at £46 (potentially 3 with Wrexham if both are doing well and our last game of the season) So you therefore think £39 for the other 7-8 games that will be Cat A as opposed to A+is ok? I certainly don't.
 

Jay88

Active Member
  • Yesterday at 11:19 AM
  • #120
bigfatronssba said:
Cat A+ pricing is crazy

Rest of it looks standard championship pricing
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Cat A+ is definitely steep, the only saviour is it's probably only going to be a couple of games (Birmingham, Leicester, maybe last game of the season).

I agree, the rest looks fairly standard Championship pricing. Until the TV money is filtered down better, ticket pricing in general in the Championship is only going in one direction unfortunately.
 
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theferret

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  • Yesterday at 11:28 AM
  • #121
pusbccfc said:
It's not the draw Doug thinks it is, it's a disgrace. Those Cat A+ cannot be defended.

The prices in the other categories are around average for the Championship though.
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It's the cat a prices that are crazy. Under 12s at Leicester for their cat A games start at £7 and highest is £15. We have a blanket £35 price for young kids. Adult prices are eye watering as they are, but to charge that for young children if totally out of sync with the rest of the league.
 
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Matt smith

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  • Yesterday at 11:30 AM
  • #122
Signings through the door then Doug
 
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SkyBlueSoul

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  • Yesterday at 11:31 AM
  • #123
SkyBluePower said:
The hospitality matchday prices have been released . There is a Season Ticket discount to upgrade ( a lot of people on here have asked for that)
Doesn’t say what the discount is ( might depend on the price of your current seat) but not publishing this would Lead you to believe it’s not much of a discount.
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25/26 Adult Season Ticket holders can get a discount of £10 per person off the price of our hospitality packages too!
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Yesterday at 11:32 AM
  • #124
The same people wanting new signings and a bigger squad are same people who want somebody else to pay for it, it seems! Given the gulf with the PL it's inevitable that the club would seek to make money from walkup ticket sales. If the ground is full then there isn't a strong argument against it really.
 
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lordy_87

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  • Yesterday at 11:34 AM
  • #125
Those prices are utterly disgusting
 

rob9872

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  • Yesterday at 11:34 AM
  • #126
Jay88 said:
Cat A+ is definitely steep, the only saviour is it's probably only going to be a couple of games (Birmingham, Leicester, maybe last game of the season).

I agree, the rest looks fairly standard Championship pricing. Until the TV money is filtered down better, ticket pricing in general in the Championship is only going in one direction unfortunately.
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TV money will just mean more spent on transfers and wages by clubs chasing the golden egg because supporters are unrealistic and expect instant success. All that does is breeds higher pricing and even more greed. It won't make a difference at all to ticket pricing. It's crazy if everyone had less, the playing field would still be just as equal.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 11:36 AM
  • #127
Speedie's Head said:
The same people wanting new signings and a bigger squad are same people who want somebody else to pay for it, it seems! Given the gulf with the PL it's inevitable that the club would seek to make money from walkup ticket sales. If the ground is full then there isn't a strong argument against it really.
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Our owner could use some of his money rather than ripping off the fans.
 

clint van damme

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  • Yesterday at 11:39 AM
  • #128
I'll make a prediction now, those prices will put off away fans who travel with kids, (£35 fucking quid!), and we'll see far more coked up, pissed up little knobs heads in the away end and an increase I trouble.
That may also apply to our away support if/when clubs reciprocate
 
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clint van damme

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  • Yesterday at 11:39 AM
  • #129
SkyBlueSoul said:
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Leeds would have charged more
 
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clint van damme

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  • Yesterday at 11:41 AM
  • #130
You know its bad when 2 hours and 4 pages in his usual band of merry cucks haven't came to his defence.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 11:42 AM
  • #131
SISU never did this... actually starting to miss them
 
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Legia Sky Blue

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  • Yesterday at 11:42 AM
  • #132
I am a non season ticket holder and someone liable to have to pay these prices, but nevertheless I don't get the level of bleating about this. Entertainment prices have risen massively in the last few years. Going to a Test Match or a decent gig costs more than double the price from 10 years ago, and much higher than these prices.. Given football is the major spectator sport in the UK it shouldn't really be a surprise if it follows suit, particularly in our case where there are only limited seats available from match to match.

The only way these prices become an issue is if the team under perform, but if that were the case then the extra supporters would probably have stayed away anyway at last seasons prices.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Yesterday at 11:42 AM
  • #133
I’ve been pretty supportive of most of the stuff kings done but A+ pricing is crazy. Thought he’d maybe be holding it back for say a FA Cup QF but then saw blues lunchtime kick off is that category. Ridiculous
 
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Skyblueshabba

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  • Yesterday at 11:42 AM
  • #134
Ccfcisparks said:
Our owner could use some of his money rather than ripping off the fans.
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we are all in this together right? we (the fans) are doing our bit.

Great season ticket sales again, for some this came with increased costs.

increased gates

increased purchasing of shirts etc.

large attendances for cup games

so lets see what the owner can do to match our efforts now!
 
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wingy

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  • Yesterday at 11:43 AM
  • #135
rob9872 said:
TV money will just mean more spent on transfers and wages by clubs chasing the golden egg because supporters are unrealistic and expect instant success. All that does is breeds higher pricing and even more greed. It won't make a difference at all to ticket pricing. It's crazy if everyone had less, the playing field would still be just as equal.
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It's almost like they're exploiting fan's behaviour when we rush to treat every concept with glee and awe, they're just ultimately responding to data.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 11:44 AM
  • #136
Skyblueshabba said:
we are all in this together right? we (the fans) are doing our bit.

Great season ticket sales again, for some this came with increased costs.

increased gates

increased purchasing of shirts etc.

large attendances for cup games

so lets see what the owner can do to match our efforts now!
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He will sign some players for a couple of million, his cucks will be out singing his praises, and then he will flog Haji, MVE and Sheaf on the last day of the transfer window
 
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wingy

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  • Yesterday at 11:44 AM
  • #137
Skyblueshabba said:
we are all in this together right? we (the fans) are doing our bit.

Great season ticket sales again, for some this came with increased costs.

increased gates

increased purchasing of shirts etc.

large attendances for cup games

so lets see what the owner can do to match our efforts now!
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He doesn't have to really I don't think.
 
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RoboCCFC90

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  • Yesterday at 11:45 AM
  • #138
Ccfcisparks said:
SISU never did this... actually starting to miss them
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They just forced us to play miles away from Cov instead and caused fractures amongst the fanbase.

Silly comment really.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Yesterday at 11:45 AM
  • #139
Legia Sky Blue said:
I am a non season ticket holder and someone liable to have to pay these prices, but nevertheless I don't get the level of bleating about this. Entertainment prices have risen massively in the last few years. Going to a Test Match or a decent gig costs more than double the price from 10 years ago, and much higher than these prices.. Given football is the major spectator sport in the UK it shouldn't really be a surprise if it follows suit, particularly in our case where there are only limited seats available from match to match.

The only way these prices become an issue is if the team under perform, but if that were the case then the extra supporters would probably have stayed away anyway at last seasons prices.
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Test matches and gigs aren't weekly occurrences for most people.
And their are plenty of seats available, we rarely sell out despite what some on here would have you believe.
 

SomersetSB

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  • Yesterday at 11:46 AM
  • #140
The thing is if we start well and continue well, people won’t think twice about the price they’ll just want to be at the CBS for the atmosphere.
Think he’s backing Frank and expect a couple of shrewd signings are imminent!!
PUSB!!
 
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