Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Reading this thread is quite depressing. More and more blues are being priced out of seeing the team they love. If bayern can offer season tickets for 150 quid, there's no reason we can't.
Dameerto wrote:Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Reading this thread is quite depressing. More and more blues are being priced out of seeing the team they love. If bayern can offer season tickets for 150 quid, there's no reason we can't.
Other than the fact their ground is considerably bigger than ours, you mean (even our proposed expansion sized capacity).
Ted Hughes wrote:twosips wrote:I guess, if im being honest with myself, having thought about it - yeah, my appetite to sit in a largely sterile environment and spend £70+ on the whole day is dwindling to be honest. This has nothing to do with appetite for City though cos i wouldn't be on here every half hour otherwise.
Most sporting events & also concerts are priced higher than they are worth to me.
Because people will pay it they can do it, & City will be in that position imo if we keep winning stuff. They would have to make a policy of lowering prices; they won't be forced to by lack of demand in the future.
twosips wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:twosips wrote:I guess, if im being honest with myself, having thought about it - yeah, my appetite to sit in a largely sterile environment and spend £70+ on the whole day is dwindling to be honest. This has nothing to do with appetite for City though cos i wouldn't be on here every half hour otherwise.
Most sporting events & also concerts are priced higher than they are worth to me.
Because people will pay it they can do it, & City will be in that position imo if we keep winning stuff. They would have to make a policy of lowering prices; they won't be forced to by lack of demand in the future.
Yeah definitely. Radiohead and Prince being recent examples. Kings of Fucking Leon for £55+.. you're kidding me right? I work very closely to a bloke who manages a band who play arenas worldwide, and thus is very, very well-off so you wouldn't think it'd bother him, but even he thinks bands/sporting teams totally rip off the punters and as a result has never let ticket prices soar (£35 for example compared to the £70 odd of some bands who pull in similar audience figures).... he's a united fan too and thinks ticket prices are an absolute joke there as well.
I went to Alton Towers at the weekend and fucking hell, £49 per ticket. It baffles me how expensive everything is these days. I'm not that old (28) and i still remember when things were vastly cheaper and more or less half the price of now and we're only looking back 6/7 years. Mental.
sandman wrote:Absolutely, after years of loyal support and never missing a game I have given up my season ticket, I was also in all cup schemes.
I now only go via mates tickets when they are unable to, what is more my mates never charge me more than 20 quid.
I no longer buy the shirts either.
I have put my life into perspective, although I could afford it I don't see why I should have to, especially since I am paying for Sky Sports and BT Sports both in HD aswell.
Paying a mortgage, life insurance, buildings and contents insurance, running two cars, paying for the full sky package and having a social life outside City I just dont see the prices as a sensible purchase anymore, previously I have always felt it was value for money, now it is just a rip off.
Beefymcfc wrote:sandman wrote:Absolutely, after years of loyal support and never missing a game I have given up my season ticket, I was also in all cup schemes.
I now only go via mates tickets when they are unable to, what is more my mates never charge me more than 20 quid.
I no longer buy the shirts either.
I have put my life into perspective, although I could afford it I don't see why I should have to, especially since I am paying for Sky Sports and BT Sports both in HD aswell.
Paying a mortgage, life insurance, buildings and contents insurance, running two cars, paying for the full sky package and having a social life outside City I just dont see the prices as a sensible purchase anymore, previously I have always felt it was value for money, now it is just a rip off.
Some good points there and the one I highlight is where Sky et al have priced it perfectly. They don't want fans in the ground and the higher the cost the better it is for them.
This is not a slight at you SM as everybody has their own story but I'd rather lose Sky et al and get to the games every other week. In fact, and I could easily afford it, I sacked Sky, still went to all the homes and when we were away, went down to my local where there's a full house of Blues/Rags watching both the games, if they're on.
Season ticket plus 8-10 other games averages about £8-900 whereas my Sky subscription alone was approx £1500 a year. That's 15 hundred notes that was put to much better use. I even got to meet up with old friends and family.
twosips wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:sandman wrote:Absolutely, after years of loyal support and never missing a game I have given up my season ticket, I was also in all cup schemes.
I now only go via mates tickets when they are unable to, what is more my mates never charge me more than 20 quid.
I no longer buy the shirts either.
I have put my life into perspective, although I could afford it I don't see why I should have to, especially since I am paying for Sky Sports and BT Sports both in HD aswell.
Paying a mortgage, life insurance, buildings and contents insurance, running two cars, paying for the full sky package and having a social life outside City I just dont see the prices as a sensible purchase anymore, previously I have always felt it was value for money, now it is just a rip off.
Some good points there and the one I highlight is where Sky et al have priced it perfectly. They don't want fans in the ground and the higher the cost the better it is for them.
This is not a slight at you SM as everybody has their own story but I'd rather lose Sky et al and get to the games every other week. In fact, and I could easily afford it, I sacked Sky, still went to all the homes and when we were away, went down to my local where there's a full house of Blues/Rags watching both the games, if they're on.
Season ticket plus 8-10 other games averages about £8-900 whereas my Sky subscription alone was approx £1500 a year. That's 15 hundred notes that was put to much better use. I even got to meet up with old friends and family.
Christ. You pay £120 a month for sky?! Do you get Kirsty Gallagher making you three course meals every day too? Our package is about a third of that!
Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Dameerto wrote:Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Reading this thread is quite depressing. More and more blues are being priced out of seeing the team they love. If bayern can offer season tickets for 150 quid, there's no reason we can't.
Other than the fact their ground is considerably bigger than ours, you mean (even our proposed expansion sized capacity).
So when we go to 70k will we offer such cheap season tickets? Unfortunately I think not.
so if bayern can offer cheaper tickets because of a bigger stadium then how come hull can offer 16 pound for the opening game whereas it's 57 for us? Absolutely no reason why the club can't offer cheaper tickets.Dameerto wrote:Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Dameerto wrote:Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Reading this thread is quite depressing. More and more blues are being priced out of seeing the team they love. If bayern can offer season tickets for 150 quid, there's no reason we can't.
Other than the fact their ground is considerably bigger than ours, you mean (even our proposed expansion sized capacity).
So when we go to 70k will we offer such cheap season tickets? Unfortunately I think not.
I haven't seen any proposal to take us to 70k, and who knows what the future holds.
Bridge'srightfoot wrote:so if bayern can offer cheaper tickets because of a bigger stadium then how come hull can offer 16 pound for the opening game whereas it's 57 for us? Absolutely no reason why the club can't offer cheaper tickets.Dameerto wrote:Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Dameerto wrote:Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Reading this thread is quite depressing. More and more blues are being priced out of seeing the team they love. If bayern can offer season tickets for 150 quid, there's no reason we can't.
Other than the fact their ground is considerably bigger than ours, you mean (even our proposed expansion sized capacity).
So when we go to 70k will we offer such cheap season tickets? Unfortunately I think not.
I haven't seen any proposal to take us to 70k, and who knows what the future holds.
Dameerto wrote:Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Dameerto wrote:Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Reading this thread is quite depressing. More and more blues are being priced out of seeing the team they love. If bayern can offer season tickets for 150 quid, there's no reason we can't.
Other than the fact their ground is considerably bigger than ours, you mean (even our proposed expansion sized capacity).
So when we go to 70k will we offer such cheap season tickets? Unfortunately I think not.
I haven't seen any proposal to take us to 70k, and who knows what the future holds.
Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Wtf are you talking about? Because there has been no sign from clubs in the Pl or even from ourselves that bigger stadiums lead to lower prices. If anything they go up. If bayern can offer £150 quid for a season ticket, so can we and there's no excuse for premier league teams including ourselves pricing the average fan out of a game.
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