Sunderland have 856788433 left. Fuming
It is, these days. Home crowds are well up since covid.
Our crowds were only shit due to being the worst club in England to support. Our PL crowds of the 90 were comparable to the likes of Leicester and Southampton who consistently get 30k+ now.
The rise to an average of 20-22k is not really that impressive for a city of our size.
its Possible they are doing this because opening an additional block increases the costs of, for example, stewarding so they want to fill blocks before committing to extra expense.By insisting on selling almost every available seat before opening another block, and then almost selling that before opening another the club are definitely putting people off and costing themselves revenue.
I’m sure elsewhere on this forum there have been posts doubting the wisdom of having high allocations for away fans.1850 unsold seats then in the normal 4500 allocation for a 3pm Saturday kick off for a team who would normally have sold this out soon after release.
its Possible they are doing this because opening an additional block increases the costs of, for example, stewarding so they want to fill blocks before committing to extra expense.
Sunderland have 350 left.
Adult match day should be no more than £30 at this level either.You can be sarcastic about it but it's a strong indicator that somethings not quite right.
Given how much discussion there is on their forum and ours regarding child pricing I would say its something Doug needs to look at.
And for the sake of some on here who are having trouble with comprehension that's CHILD PRICING!
Not season tickets, not adult matchday, not pies or programs!! Child pricing!
Indeed from some ….but you can’t go all balls out to drive up revenue by increasing prices all round to then start discovering you’ve over done it and actually you’re losing money because you’ve out priced people who are shunning it now?I’m sure elsewhere on this forum there have been posts doubting the wisdom of having high allocations for away fans.
so they’re probably going to sell out, what are all the tantrums about, or are we going to change what we do as a club because the Sunderland fans (shock horror) are whining about us
Haven’t missed anything, but there are two things being argued at once.Could you have missed the point anymore?
You think £25 for a child is acceptable?
You think it won't have an adverse affect on current sales and getting kids interested for future generations?
Should open the other 2 blocks, I know if it was me I would wait as wouldn't want to sit right in the bottom corner. Probably the worst seats going, that corner should be left for potg peopleWe've struggled to sell that small bottom corner in 24 hours
Haven’t missed anything, but there are two things being argued at once.
kids prices too high? Yeah probably but only time will tell.
away fans boycotting? Doesn’t look like it based on them pretty much selling out.
and this cliched old argument about “future generations”, its only partly true so I don’t buy it- success locks in future generations. When we had really cheap tickets through the years it didn’t do much whatsoever for crowd levels, but getting to the playoff final sure did.
Sunderland have sold out 2 12pm kick offs in recent years against us, one on a Sunday, they got to the play offs last season.
They may sell out, but sales have been slow, a lot of them citing pricing, that makes it an issue.
If its affe ting them it will be affe ting us but granted its a lot harder to put a number on it given we're on an upward trajectory sales wise.
As for the future generation argument, it's not clichéd, it's true.
When we were shit I watched a little mob of those that inhabit singers corner, who are now in their early 20s but were young teens then grow and grow, I know because several of the little fuckers used to meet round my house!
No way that group grew like it did at 25 quid a ticket.
Pricing kids out is short sighted and probably unsound commercially in the here and now.
well I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. If we don’t hover around the playoffs and interest wanes a bit maybe King will do something to keep the numbers up, it’s very early days with all these changes to things.
Cinema shouldn't cost more than £10, gigs shouldn't cost more than £50 and a train to Brum should be no more than £2.50. Wake up it's not 2008Adult match day should be no more than £30 at this level either.
Thanks, in part, to the incredibly successful family zone I expect there are more kids up the City week in week out than there has ever beenSunderland have sold out 2 12pm kick offs in recent years against us, one on a Sunday, they got to the play offs last season.
They may sell out, but sales have been slow, a lot of them citing pricing, that makes it an issue.
If its affe ting them it will be affe ting us but granted its a lot harder to put a number on it given we're on an upward trajectory sales wise.
As for the future generation argument, it's not clichéd, it's true.
When we were shit I watched a little mob of those that inhabit singers corner, who are now in their early 20s but were young teens then grow and grow, I know because several of the little fuckers used to meet round my house!
No way that group grew like it did at 25 quid a ticket.
Pricing kids out is short sighted and probably unsound commercially in the here and now.
Thanks, in part, to the incredibly successful family zone I expect there are more kids up the City week in week out than there has ever been
We’re getting 24000 in a stadium with an available capacity of about 28000, cost really shouldn’t be an issue.its Possible they are doing this because opening an additional block increases the costs of, for example, stewarding so they want to fill blocks before committing to extra expense.
Why do you keep saying they are selling out….they’ve actually sold 2,650 tickets in an away end that even in recent times can take 4500.Haven’t missed anything, but there are two things being argued at once.
kids prices too high? Yeah probably but only time will tell.
away fans boycotting? Doesn’t look like it based on them pretty much selling out.
and this cliched old argument about “future generations”, its only partly true so I don’t buy it- success locks in future generations. When we had really cheap tickets through the years it didn’t do much whatsoever for crowd levels, but getting to the playoff final sure did.
Why do you keep saying they are selling out….they’ve actually sold 2,650 tickets in an away end that even in recent times can take 4500.Haven’t missed anything, but there are two things being argued at once.
kids prices too high? Yeah probably but only time will tell.
away fans boycotting? Doesn’t look like it based on them pretty much selling out.
and this cliched old argument about “future generations”, its only partly true so I don’t buy it- success locks in future generations. When we had really cheap tickets through the years it didn’t do much whatsoever for crowd levels, but getting to the playoff final sure did.
It is, these days. Home crowds are well up since covid.
Our crowds were only shit due to being the worst club in England to support. Our PL crowds of the 90 were comparable to the likes of Leicester and Southampton who consistently get 30k+ now.
The rise to an average of 20-22k is not really that impressive for a city of our size.
Early bird £400 /23 = £17.39 + £10 = £27.39…..DealGet rid of the category game system and make every game £10 above season ticket price for home & away fans and half price concessions, that’s still a £220 incentive to purchase season tickets.
That would be about right I reckon.
Are you Phillip Schofield by any chance?£25 for a child under 14 is far too much, no arguement
So £28 per ticket and £14 concessions, plenty enough I reckon.Early bird £400 /23 = £17.39 + £10 = £27.39…..Deal
It’s simple supply and demand, would you sell a car for 15k if someone was prepared to pay 18k.Adult match day should be no more than £30 at this level either.
But we have more familiesI think people have delusions of how big Coventry is.
The Coventry Urban area has a population of 360k. The Leicester urban area has a population of 508k. The two cities are not comparable.
I thought Lesta were all one big family, ya father is ya brother, ya sister is ya mother, you all fcuk one another, the Lesta family.But we have more families
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