Season Tickets - 2023/24

There is a light said:
I’m in a similar boat, my lad can’t get one, still under 16 and a member, but it’s expensive forking out match by match (although CL and Cup matches are usually well priced tbf). I think for a chunk of matches this season I could end up stepping aside though and letting him take my seat.
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I'm going to be doing that I think. I'll wait in Mary Ds or something.
 
Manncity said:
Heard from a reliable source that there will be no new season tickets till the new north stand is completed.
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It may have been mentioned else-thread but I sense City don’t WANT new season ticket holders.
Not ones that can go to all 19 matches, anyway.
Silver was brilliant commercially as they can always sell the Big 6 matches and get higher prices for these matches.
There are always people who give up season tickets for family/job/death reasons so it makes no sense we haven’t heard anything unless it is actual policy.
I also suspect that the new tier will be used to relocate fans from Level 2 and that level will be made hard or soft hospitality (eg Joes).
 
johnnytapia said:
They are. I’m fortunate; my season ticket is a great seat, works out £48 per game. They’ve got us / you by the bollocks. You can’t just go and watch another club. And they know that.
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£48 a match is manageable for me personally but I’m fortunate. Add in travel, food, drink and any souvenirs and it’s an expensive day out.
 
There have to be some long-standing Blues for whom winning the CL is a natural point to retire. Sadly it’s easy to imagine their STs won’t be returned to sale. I’d expect league fixtures against Forest, Luton and Sheffield Utd will be priced for the local/loyal non-ST holding fan, alongside early stage CL and FA Cup and Carabao if the opposition isn’t glamorous. I don’t even think Burnley tickets will be cheap because of the Vinnie factor.

Last season, with three to pay for, I spent a small fortune on matchday tickets - an ST was not viable for me when the kids were younger and there will be lots of other parents in the same boat. But if the numbers being rumoured here are true I would start to feel insulted and will consider going less and letting a non-singing, smartphone-wielding neutral have the seat. Every company and their dog is out to fleece the working man and woman these days but the difference with football is it’s discretionary and support is based on goodwill. Not the case with food, fuel, utilities. The club really does risk alienating the people who will come week in week out for the next sixty years if these numbers are correct. And there will come a time when those Blues are needed. Nothing goes up in a straight line.
 
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Jazzyblue said:
There have to be some long-standing Blues for whom winning the CL is a natural point to retire. Sadly it’s easy to imagine their STs won’t be returned to sale. I’d expect league fixtures against Forest, Luton and Sheffield Utd will be priced for the local/loyal non-ST holding fan, alongside early stage CL and FA Cup and Carabao if the opposition isn’t glamorous. I don’t even think Burnley tickets will be cheap because of the Vinnie factor.
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Disagree mate. Most of them will be lost without their 50-60 minutes of football on a Saturday. Haha.
 
Edghill OG said:
Disagree mate. Most of them will be lost without their 50-60 minutes of football on a Saturday. Haha.
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Ha! More chance of the cleaner mopping up around me than an early dart at the prices we’re paying. Might start bringing a sleeping bag so I can really get my moneys worth…
 
Colin Bells Holdall said:
That’s all very well but the club have made a shitload in finance by winning everything. They could have kept prices down especially in a cost of living crisis but they haven’t.
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Don't get sucked in mate. Nobody is privy to somebody else's financial position and I hate all this 'it's only an extra £40' etc. Perhaps people cut something out last year to pay for their season ticket and the year before that they cut out something else.

It's the matchday members that should be getting the most sympathy though. If you aren't a ST holder and are a regular attendee you're stuck in no man's land with scandalous matchday pricing alongside the JCL's and tourists. Every fan should be concerned about these prices as the historically cheaper cup games could soon be a thing of the past.
 
OntarioBlue said:
It’s very sad. The days of City being a “fans club” are long gone I’m afraid. We have become a big business, a brand and for the owners and shareholders its all about profit and return on investment.

For those of us lucky enough to have season cards or are able to afford match day tickets what we get is the ability to watch the worlds best players performing at the peak of their abilities. That’s not necessarily a bad thing but it’s not what a lot of fans are looking for. They want to feel “part of the Club” but I’m afraid that ship has sailed.

Football in this country is becoming more and more like North American sports every day, where ticket prices (especially to Football, Basketball and Hockey ) are prohibitively expensive and season tickets tend to be bought by the mega rich or Corporations and Franchises (what the Clubs call themselves) change hands for billions of dollars
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That's why I'm keeping mine as long as possible. No chance I'd get in again if I don't renew one year.
 
I’ve certainly got friends I haven’t seen since I stopped going to City. We haven’t fallen out; it’s just football whenever we saw each other.
 
BringBackSwales said:
Anyone know how many we have in the ST waiting list? In the last few days I have seen it said 120k and 0??
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There isn't a waiting list as such, being a Cityzens member essentially gives you access to apply for a season ticket if any go on sale. But the majority of Cityzen members (120k?) wouldn't want a season ticket.
 
BringBackSwales said:
Anyone know how many we have in the ST waiting list? In the last few days I have seen it said 120k and 0??
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120k matchday members but probably 60k of them signed up the day before Real Madrid tickets went on sale so it's all a load of bollocks really. Who knows how many actually want a season ticket. My guess would be around 10k and that's based on absolutely nothing
 
BringBackSwales said:
Anyone know how many we have in the ST waiting list? In the last few days I have seen it said 120k and 0??
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When my sister rang the club over a year ago to ask about season tickets, she was told to pay her £35 to become a Citizen and would then be able to buy a season ticket when they came on sale. When she logged on, on the allocated day last year she was 5000 th in the queue and didn’t get one. This year she was told they’re unlikely to have any on sale. But there isn’t a waiting list, although it may be fairer if there was.
 
train man said:
Well, yes, but also if waiting for returns/exchange for a shot at the big few fixtures as a citizens member (regardless of loyalty points), don't hold your breath, even at those prices - pretty sure the club failed to release returns to market for premium games last season, nothing came up even as singles, for arsenal, madrid etc, usually have in prev seasons but I suspect any re-sales became 'hospitality', chuck in a burger and add on £199...
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Mate, check your ‘3’ key … I’m sure you meant £399 !
 
I would love it if the club adds an option to get credits rather than cash in return for placing tickets on the exchange.
Such credits could then be offset against the cost of season tickets the following season.
 
Someone I know reckons he’s been told to not expect an announcement on season tickets until early July. Obviously no idea if that was genuine info, or just plucking a rough time out of thin air to shut him up.

If I was a cynical man I might wonder if they’re just pushing these memberships for as long as they can, with the enticement that it may be their lottery ticket entry for a season ticket at some point?
 
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