City Fans Leaving Early/Empty seats

cyberblue said:
I find it hard to understand why hundreds & hundreds of Season ticket holders would chose not to go to the last Sat home game of the season especialy as so many players will be leaving .also if it was marketed right and tickets not so expensive .all seats would have been full.fair play to all who went
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You do know that when the ticket price was set for this game, last August, it was the final home game against the current champions, with us hoping to be in a position to become the new champions ? Hindsight is wonderful, but what do you expect them to do, sell most of the few tickets available at full price, then turn round and half it because it turned out to be a damp squib 8 months later ? Season card holders who didn't turn up is a separate issue, but then selling those on again was always going to be a tough ask, especially as it was on TV.
 
cyberblue said:
I find it hard to understand why hundreds & hundreds of Season ticket holders would chose not to go to the last Sat home game of the season especialy as so many players will be leaving .also if it was marketed right and ticexpensive not so expensive .all seats would have been full.fair play to all who went
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The only place i noticed empty seats were ss3, which is were the cheapest season tickets are, so maybe thats where those living further away buy their season tickets so if they miss games its not a big hit, and the early kick off put them off.. Its been said many times but the cheaper season tickets are the more likely we are to have some none shows for lots of reasons.
The games with more expensive matchday tickets are usually the games which will have less empty seats, the palace game last week had £30 tickets but had more empty seats than this weeks £53 game.
 
cleavers said:
You do know that when the ticket price was set for this game, last August, it was the final home game against the current champions, with us hoping to be in a position to become the new champions ? Hindsight is wonderful, but what do you expect them to do, sell most of the few tickets available at full price, then turn round and half it because it turned out to be a damp squib 8 months later ? Season card holders who didn't turn up is a separate issue, but then selling those on again was always going to be a tough ask, especially as it was on TV.
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Whenever the prices were set£50 plus is a piss take that is why there were so many empty seats .yes sell em cheaper to fill them no problem with that holliday companies .train opetators .hotels ect all sell at different prices .we all live a discount
 
Personally I think the £299 tickets play a factor. Anyone who just fancies the United Chelsea arsenal Liverpool spurs games would get their money back without the hassle of having to apply every single game. That leaves 14 games with an empty seat
 
didsburyblu said:
Personally I think the £299 tickets play a factor. Anyone who just fancies the United Chelsea arsenal Liverpool spurs games would get their money back without the hassle of having to apply every single game. That leaves 14 games with an empty seat
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You have a point
 
cyberblue said:
Whenever the prices were set£50 plus is a piss take that is why there were so many empty seats .yes sell em cheaper to fill them no problem with that holliday companies .train opetators .hotels ect all sell at different prices .we all live a discount
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Last home game has been £53 for years they were sold out, nothing to do with empty seats.
 
cyberblue said:
Whenever the prices were set£50 plus is a piss take that is why there were so many empty seats .
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Its not why there were so many empty seats though, because the non season card tickets sold out, how hard is that to understand ?

I agree £58 is a piss take, and I long since set my limit at £40, unless it was a 'special' game, and I've stuck with that, this year I went back to Stamford bridge for the first time in 10 years, because £30 is reasonable. My home ticket this season is £20 per game, that's a bargain for me, but it allows me to miss the odd game without it being a worry, although my seat is normally used anyway.
 
I think we just need to embrace the proverbial elephant in the room - ie Mancunians have a short attention span.
 
cyberblue said:
Whenever the prices were set£50 plus is a piss take that is why there were so many empty seats .yes sell em cheaper to fill them no problem with that holliday companies .train opetators .hotels ect all sell at different prices .we all live a discount
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Need an Etihad hotel on the collar site make it all inclusive.

I think there must be a way to tap into the local support, we have it but I think matchgoing is getting less and less common in general because people are far too comfy sat watching at home, it is far less effort especially if you have to travel far. It's like pub going, that too is becoming less common.
 
blueparrot said:
The only place i noticed empty seats were ss3, which is were the cheapest season tickets are, so maybe thats where those living further away buy their season tickets so if they miss games its not a big hit, and the early kick off put them off.. Its been said many times but the cheaper season tickets are the more likely we are to have some none shows for lots of reasons.
The games with more expensive matchday tickets are usually the games which will have less empty seats, the palace game last week had £30 tickets but had more empty seats than this weeks £53 game.
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There were hundreds of empty seats in every stand. Family stand absolutely loads but it wasn't the only place. The SS3 is because it is cheap. Some people happy to pay £299 and just go to 10 games.

A battle for top 4 is seen as not that important by many now I think.
 
1961_vintage said:
I think we just need to embrace the proverbial elephant in the room - ie Mancunians have a short attention span.
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It's not the mancunians it's the 95 year old cheadle residents. You try getting home from the ground on a Saturday afternoon before bingo on a Monday. If they built a half way house in leve for the evening and an express train service some may make the final whistle.
 
cleavers said:
Its not why there were so many empty seats though, because the non season card tickets sold out, how hard is that to understand ?

I agree £58 is a piss take, and I long since set my limit at £40, unless it was a 'special' game, and I've stuck with that, this year I went back to Stamford bridge for the first time in 10 years, because £30 is reasonable. My home ticket this season is £20 per game, that's a bargain for me, but it allows me to miss the odd game without it being a worry, although my seat is normally used anyway.
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They were not sold out acording to people on here yesterday they were saying loads left with many blocks of six .the empty seats today bore that out .instead of odd ones or twos there were 9s & 10s together not filled .it wouldnt take an expert to sort this out but the clowns running the club dont seem to give a shite
 
we have the biggest crowds consistently in our history.
i pay £22 a game
cant understand the hype about empty seats....has this blog been infiltrated ??
 
hilts said:
It's not the mancunians it's the 95 year old cheadle residents. You try getting home from the ground on a Saturday afternoon before bingo on a Monday. If they built a half way house in leve for the evening and an express train service some may make the final whistle.
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Good point and that would at least explain the South Stand - but what about the rest of the ground?
 
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