Ah, groups of employees standing round doing seemingly very little. Reminds me of our local leisure centre. Or Tescos.It's the staff that do the parking down near the COOP arena that annoy me. Literally do fuck all and there's loads of them. They must go to the local colleges, unis etc and request the most gormless individuals they have at their disposal. Hands in pockets, on phones and barely looking at the traffic coming in. Generally all chatting in groups of 6 or 8 (sometimes more) in areas they're not really required in instead of being spread out and like leave one on their own dealing with the coach parking.
Last time we went the coach driver wound his window down and had a go at one of them as he had to slam on the brakes as they hadn't stopped pedestrians crossing whilst our coach was moving forward. Last year we reversed into another coach as one half-heartedly watched us back up. There's seldom ever enough room for the coaches to turn without any issues and hold ups. Nobody has the brain power to ensure this is taken care of beforehand so the issue just resurfaces every game.
City won’t do things to reduce matchday income but they can make targeted decisions that would help to sustain our support. For example, there’s often a few hundred single tickets left unsold that could be made available at cheap prices. Also, more, cheap junior tickets could be available at lower profile games. The cost impact would be negligible, especially if more families were visiting the Club shop.
The expanded North Stand will deliver a big increase in match day revenue, as long as ticket prices aren’t excessive.
I agree .
I don't know the answer but do families with kids get reduced season ticket prices ?
As I said at weekend it was great to see so many kids, but you can't expect the club to sell tickets at a fiver when people are willing to pay more.
I am happy to pay as I love it so much, And I do believe alot of people do want and will use the club as a day destination when the facilities are finished.
@mexico1970 and his mates don't want facilities or more seats, I cannot see that as progressive.
Unfortunately for us,the bean counters do and if you or I can't afford it they will find someone who can.I don't think that fans wanted more seats they can't afford or facilities they didn't ask for that they can't see because matchday tickets are excruciatingly expensive.
Nobody I know wanted that at all.
What busy **** would stop someone vaping in the open air?That's certainly what they should be doing, if they're not already (and they wouldn't say much when the subject was brought up at City Matters).
However those touts are also committing a criminal offence by unauthorised reselling of football tickets. There are enough police around on match days so you also have to question why they're not acting. The club and GMP could easily arrange to swoop on some of these. Then publicise the fact they've done this and that a number of season tickets or memberships have been cancelled.
Mind you, they won't lift a finger to stop smoking inside the stadium, even when people are vaping in plain sight of stewards in their seats.
Yes , the club have spent 350 million to increase income, but also provide an incredible stadium, wonderful destination facilities and a great team.
Reading this thread and others some want hundreds of millions spent on the stadium, and players but also cheap tickets, isn't going to happen.
I know one way City are making some tickets cheaper for families is by helping adult season card holders enrol their kids / nephews / nieces on flexi golds that provide cheap match day tickets for youngsters. There are also cheaper season kids for youngsters in the North / family stand and some other parts of the ground.I agree .
I don't know the answer but do families with kids get reduced season ticket prices ?
As I said at weekend it was great to see so many kids, but you can't expect the club to sell tickets at a fiver when people are willing to pay more.
I am happy to pay as I love it so much, And I do believe alot of people do want and will use the club as a day destination when the facilities are finished.
@mexico1970 and his mates don't want facilities or more seats, I cannot see that as progressive.
There is a possible balance to be had.
The fans aren’t asking for reduced ticket prices. Nobody is,
How about a price freeze on season tickets and match day tickets for once? I stand corrected on this. 11 season ticket and match day ticket price rises in the last 12 seasons? Or is it 12 in the last 13?
How about affordable match day tickets for under 18’s? Have you seen the prices of match day tickets? Nobody, not nobody, even you, can justify those prices?
How about tickets being made available together so friends and families can sit together?
Once again, the 3rd round of the FA Cup showed how many 10’000’s young fans and their families we’ve got, who are desperate to watch City, but can’t afford to watch City play a PL match because they are priced out. And if they could afford the PL tickets, which I doubt, they can’t get seats together.
How about new normal season tickets being made available instead of only the flexi-gold season tickets?
How about the club engagaing with the fans openly and constructively instead of just with selected fans groups, under NDA’s conditions? The North stand being just 1 example of that.
How about not palming off tickets to ticket touting websites to make more match day revenue, especially via match day packages, when those tickets could be sold on the OS first?
The club can do all those things and more, and still make plenty of match day revenue, if they wanted to do that?
As for the North stand redevelopment, just like the Coop Live Arena development, both will pay for themselves eventually and return a profit. Neither will be a waste of money or a white elephant.
Let’s see what the North stand details are when the club makes them public. That will tell us everything about the club, and about the directors running the club, and what their aims and goals are for the North stand.
There is a possible balance to be had.
The fans aren’t asking for reduced ticket prices. Nobody is,
How about a price freeze on season tickets and match day tickets for once? I stand corrected on this. 11 season ticket and match day ticket price rises in the last 12 seasons? Or is it 12 in the last 13?
How about affordable match day tickets for under 18’s? Have you seen the prices of match day tickets? Nobody, not nobody, even you, can justify those prices?
How about tickets being made available together so friends and families can sit together?
Once again, the 3rd round of the FA Cup showed how many 10’000’s young fans and their families we’ve got, who are desperate to watch City, but can’t afford to watch City play a PL match because they are priced out. And if they could afford the PL tickets, which I doubt, they can’t get seats together.
How about new normal season tickets being made available instead of only the flexi-gold season tickets?
How about the club engagaing with the fans openly and constructively instead of just with selected fans groups, under NDA’s conditions? The North stand being just 1 example of that.
How about not palming off tickets to ticket touting websites to make more match day revenue, especially via match day packages, when those tickets could be sold on the OS first?
The club can do all those things and more, and still make plenty of match day revenue, if they wanted to do that?
As for the North stand redevelopment, just like the Coop Live Arena development, both will pay for themselves eventually and return a profit. Neither will be a waste of money or a white elephant.
Let’s see what the North stand details are when the club makes them public. That will tell us everything about the club, and about the directors running the club, and what their aims and goals are for the North stand.
I know one way City are making some tickets cheaper for families is by helping adult season card holders enrol their kids / nephews / nieces on flexi golds that provide cheap match day tickets for youngsters. There are also cheaper season kids for youngsters in the North / family stand and some other parts of the ground.
Like you say, City won’t sell high demand tickets for peanuts if they know there’s demand to pay a lot more for the tickets. That’s especially the case against the rags, dippers and Arsenal.
I too pay more than most, paying for a couple of season cards in 93:20. Occasionally, I take relatives to games and pay for the odd extra ticket. I’ve also bought tickets for Blues who had been scammed in recent weeks. I felt a sense of responsibility about how our owner were investing in our Club and improving our lives. When my money runs out I will listen to games on the radio or watch on TV.
That said, I feel City have been tone death to pricing some loyal fans out. There’s also been excessive ticket prices in relation to extra Champs League games, like Inter Milan at home. I also think City have been tardy in addressing season card hoarding that makes it more difficult for families to get tickets together. There’s also too many tickets that find their way to agencies.
I’ve introduced some measures like a below face value ticket exchange in the OSC Branch that I run. Fans can do certain things to help each other but the Club needs to be responsible on ticket pricing too.
Agreed mate.
The club do some good, not often acknowledged, but could do more.
Some fans want it all , tickets at cost and the best players signed... and still fucking moan.
I love watching KDB and Haaland. I love our fans and how we packed out the Etihad vs West Ham and Salford, when less loyal fan bases would have stayed at home after a run of defeats.Agreed mate.
The club do some good, not often acknowledged, but could do more.
Some fans want it all , tickets at cost and the best players signed... and still fucking moan.
Cheers Asa.A passionate and erudite post.
The vast majority of which I agree with.
The first sentence is spot on. All of your suggestions have some degree of merit and deserve discussion but I suspect like others-have said that the will and the investment of time required is something the club don’t want to doThere is a possible balance to be had.
The fans aren’t asking for reduced ticket prices. Nobody is.
How about a price freeze on season tickets and match day tickets for once? I stand corrected on this. 11 season ticket and match day ticket price rises in the last 12 seasons? Or is it 12 in the last 13?
How about affordable match day tickets for under 18’s? Have you seen the prices of match day tickets? Nobody, not nobody, even you, can justify those prices?
How about tickets being made available together so friends and families can sit together?
Once again, the 3rd round of the FA Cup showed how many 10’000’s young fans and their families we’ve got, who are desperate to watch City, but can’t afford to watch City play a PL match because they are priced out. And if they could afford the PL tickets, which I doubt, they can’t get seats together.
How about new normal season tickets being made available instead of only the flexi-gold season tickets?
How about the club engagaing with the fans openly and constructively instead of just with selected fans groups, under NDA’s conditions? The North stand being just 1 example of that.
How about not palming off tickets to ticket touting websites to make more match day revenue, especially via match day packages, when those tickets could be sold on the OS first?
The club can do all those things and more, and still make plenty of match day revenue, if they wanted to do that?
As for the North stand redevelopment, just like the Coop Live Arena development, both will pay for themselves eventually and return a profit. Neither will be a waste of money or a white elephant.
Let’s see what the North stand details are when the club makes them public. That will tell us everything about the club, and about the directors running the club, and what their aims and goals are for the North stand.
There’s been some positive steps with City Matters involvement:The first sentence is spot on. All of your suggestions have some degree of merit and deserve discussion but I suspect like others-have said that the will and the investment of time required is something the club don’t want to do
The first sentence is spot on. All of your suggestions have some degree of merit and deserve discussion but I suspect like others-have said that the will and the investment of time required is something the club don’t want to do
Let’s be honest, following football has never been ‘cheap’ cheap. My parents were neither broke or all that tight but saw a season ticket as huge and glamorous extravagance in the 1980s, it was a status symbol then and for many it is still now as something you treat yourself to when you’re doing well. Probably why we’ve generally had 30k to 50k attendance in a conurbation with many times that number of fans. And obviously during our dog days if you didn’t get to the game there was no chance you would ever see it. The trouble these days is that that things are not only expensive but going up inexorably and regulated in a way that means, with so much more competition for kids’ attention, that the backbone of the matchgoing fanbase could age out and not be replaced.
Match day tickets for league games don't affect me as I'm a season ticket holder and an foc as well, but the price of individual match tickets are fucking scandalous.Agreed mate.
The club do some good, not often acknowledged, but could do more.
Some fans want it all , tickets at cost and the best players signed... and still fucking moan.