The kid ticket price is scandalous, but the blame for that has to largely be placed at the door of the adults that were taking the piss with concession tickets.
So the only way around it to allow the kids to claim stuff in the stadium to negate the price. Lots of parents talk about needing to feed the kids, so let them claim some free food and drink. Give them a programme for free when they go through the turnstile. Give them a t-shirt or a hat to take home.
Isn’t the Family Zone and all its activities free? In all credit to the people involved and even SISU to a certain extent who gave it their full support I’ve not seen many clubs in the 92 who have a full area dedicated to keeping kids occupied before the match, within the stadiumYes but if he could scrounge them for free he might be happy to pass them on.
Got to agree not the type of bloke to give anything away.
Got to admit have meet many Sunderland fans while on holiday.You choose how to spend your spare time how you like but I genuinely don’t see how any self respecting City fan could spend their time on that forum full of them arseholes making constant jibes about “Jimmy being in a box” and how “The best thing to come out of Coventry were the Nazis”
They a lower than a snakes belly and a set of spiteful cowards and other than Leicester there is no football club or set of fans I despise more, and even with Leicester I’ve at least met some of their fans who are sound
It's not the MLB.
Brighton Sky Blue:
Doug does not strike me as the sort to give out freebies
Not all kids sit in that section (those that do get a cheaper kids price IIRC) and although they can still use it I doubt it'd be able to take in every single kid at the game.Isn’t the Family Zone and all its activities free? In all credit to the people involved and even SISU to a certain extent who gave it their full support I’ve not seen many clubs in the 92 who have a full area dedicated to keeping kids occupied before the match, within the stadium
Sunderland will sell their allocation in the next couple of days. They took their tickets off sale on Friday and they go back on sale this morning. The reason for this is they go on general sale today
And for those who think we're something special because they don't like us....they have something against just about every club. It's amazing they can still walk with the size of the chip on their shoulders. They see themselves as a top 6 club because of what they won over 100 years ago and their support.
And now they're skint. Owners who won't put money in and very cheap ST's. Their ticket income won't be much higher than ours. And now they have the same problem as everyone else. How do yo get in the top 2 when 3 sides come down each season with over 100m over 3 years.
Whilst thats true from our perspective, ultimately football is a business. and our club is finally being run like a decent oneSome people just don’t get it, the prices really are ridiculous. Football isn’t like a one off theatre show or a concert, it’s a passion , a habit, a religion, something many try and do as much as they can so you can’t just talk about a few quid extra on a ticket. The whole experience has increased in price, whether that be travel , merchandise, F & B. For some it will become a treat rather than a habitual regularity.
There's only around 150 available at this momentWell it is having a material impact on home sales, we're hardly selling any.
His reasoning is probably that if the team does well then people will be prepared to pay high prices to watch. Which for special games like the playoffs is true enough, for regular league games I’m unsure.We've probably sold about 1500 -2000 ontop of season ticket sales .. in all fairness I do agree that the 37 pound plus 25 for your kids is putting ALOT of people off .
Think about it we've only 5000 or so home tickets to sell and should comfortaby shift them , but the pricing is showing that we can't , we sold more for boro on sky .
Doug should possibly reign in his greed a bit next season
Yea, I think plonking 3 blocks of family's between our "raucous" home section who spend their time flicking the bird and drunk away fans would be a great ideaIf we're going to do this then cap away fans at 2k, open up 13,12 and 11 and create another family zone with the same prices as the North Stand one.
His reasoning is probably that if the team does well then people will be prepared to pay high prices to watch. Which for special games like the playoffs is true enough, for regular league games I’m unsure.
Can clubs change ticket prices during the season ?Away end seat map atm:
Can't see them selling out. Might be a late surge though.
JSB £15? Or am I misreading it?I thought the family zone was sold out but clearly its not .. these are the prices for sunderlandView attachment 31541
If you haven't spent 50 quid on a JSB its 25 quid for under 14s too
That's correct but they have to pay 50 quid for the JSB , so it's technically 17 quid for u14s with a JSBJSB £15? Or am I misreading it?
Can clubs change ticket prices during the season ?
Some would I'm sureNot sure they can, but who would object to lowering kids pricing below £25?
Sunderland took nearly 6K to Preston last week I think. If they only bring 2K here it is quite telling.
It is a gamble on King’s part, as really is allowing Robins to spend all of the transfer income. I think if we find ourselves in a playoff chase or better then those tickets will start to shift, but anything less and they’ll drop off.We’ve hedged our bets on the season tickets. At this stage, I don’t think we have much core support past the 18,500 or so ST we’ve sold already. Now, only success and big games will draw more support.
We do need a match package offering to cater to fans who can commit to a few games but not all.
I see and that makes sense. I would try not to see the JSB membership as only a passport to cheaper tickets as there are over £50 worth of savings on tickets in the welcome pack alone.That's correct but they have to pay 50 quid for the JSB , so it's technically 17 quid for u14s with a JSB
There's only around 150 available at this moment
Yea, I think plonking 3 blocks of family's between our "raucous" home section who spend their time flicking the bird and drunk away fans would be a great idea
We've probably sold about 1500 -2000 ontop of season ticket sales .. in all fairness I do agree that the 37 pound plus 25 for your kids is putting ALOT of people off .
Think about it we've only 5000 or so home tickets to sell and should comfortaby shift them , but the pricing is showing that we can't , we sold more for boro on sky .
Doug should possibly reign in his greed a bit next season
It is a gamble on King’s part, as really is allowing Robins to spend all of the transfer income. I think if we find ourselves in a playoff chase or better then those tickets will start to shift, but anything less and they’ll drop off.
No they aren't we haven't opened the corner blocks or the 2 by the away fansTicket sales are near identical to the Boro game so far
I’m not convinced that the pricing is impacting attendances outside of individual corcumstancesto be honest. Realistically, how many more people would come to games?
At 18,500 ST holders, the lowest attendance we’ll see this season will be 19-20,000? Our season ticket pricing was reasonable and selling these out is proof of that.
So what you're saying is sunderland would be struggling to sell out anyway ?I’m not convinced that the pricing is impacting attendances outside of individual circumstances/anecdotes to be honest. Realistically, how many more people would come to games?
At 18,500 ST holders, the lowest attendance we’ll see this season will be 19-20,000? Our season ticket pricing was reasonable and selling these out is proof of that.
I’d argue we would have sold even more had they gone on sale before the playoff final.I’m not convinced that the pricing is impacting attendances outside of individual circumstances/anecdotes to be honest. Realistically, how many more people would come to games?
At 18,500 ST holders, the lowest attendance we’ll see this season will be 19-20,000? Our season ticket pricing was reasonable and selling these out is proof of that.
No they aren't we haven't opened the corner blocks or the 2 by the away fans
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