Absolutely. We need upfront transparency on pricing. The Villa game, on a Tuesday night just before a trip to Wembley. is seemingly priced as a Category A game, which is ridiculous. If you have a 3-category system then they're Category B. And even that's too expensive currently (£61-£78).Fantastic work from all concerned, City Matters and all of the fan groups who organised the protest, but most of all to the blues who protested, who made their voices too loud for the club to ignore.
It's the least the club could've done though. So while we should take this for the win that it it patently is, given the intransigence of the club over the last few years, it's only a start and there's so much more we need to do. General Admission (single match ticket) prices need to come down, not just freeze, and the club are still not committing to reintroducing new full season tickets.
A season ticket that has a completely insignificant price if they are not available to buy.Absolutely. We need upfront transparency on pricing. The Villa game, on a Tuesday night just before a trip to Wembley. is seemingly priced as a Category A game, which is ridiculous. If you have a 3-category system then they're Category B.
I don't particularly like category pricing but at least everyone knows what the match categories and associated prices are going to be when the categories are published before the upcoming season.
But we need to look at the whole pricing structure, which is completely ridiculous. Our cheapest ticket for that Villa game is higher than the most expensive at Anfield for any game. And it's 70% higher than Arsenal's lowest price for a Category B game against Villa. The club has taken advantage of demand, based on our consistent successes under Pep but that's opportunism, not a strategy. Because when the success runs out, as it has this season, opportunism doesn't work and we're left with a mess like this.
I'd also like to see a clear linkage between season ticket prices and matchday prices, so that if you buy 19 matchday tickets, those will be 10%/15%/20%, or an absolute amount, more than the equivalent season ticket.
Championship you say, may be league 2Well there should be a freeze as we will be in The Championship ;-)
True but we'll see. There needs to be some linkage even so. One of the complaints about. ticket exchange is that you get the pro-rata price if you put the ticket on there, but the club can sell it for the prevailing price for that game.A season ticket that has a completely insignificant price if they are not available to buy.
93:20 is classed as GA and you can buy tickets in there off the normal part of the ticket website. The club lied when it said viagogo were only selling hospitality packages.No one is gonna cry for us in 93.20 but I guess we're not "general admission" and so will see a price increase.
What's the betting one of City's many spreadsheet guys has worked out how to increase overall match day ticket income while being able to announce this partial freeze.
We should all focus on a reduction of kids ticket prices, i truly believe they will buckle on that, other things less so...Match day tickets should be going down. And the touting sites have to go. We still need to keep up the pressure.
Try the 80's mate ;)Never mind freezing prices, I wand a full refund and a handsome compensation for my time after being subjected to the half arsed dross we've watched all season!
This is a point I've made on this forum several times, usually shouted down by a legion of "happy clappers" who think the club can do no wrong.True but we'll see. There needs to be some linkage even so. One of the complaints about. ticket exchange is that you get the pro-rata price if you put the ticket on there, but the club can sell it for the prevailing price for that game.
At City Matters we talked about potentially paying more to the ticket holder for a costlier game which would be a lot easier to implement if you had a better linkage between the ST price and the matchday prices. That might make ticket exchange more attractive.
I agree. Pricing kids out is just plain stupid. Average tkt price for an u18 on season cards must be less than £20 per game so why not charge those less fortunate £20We should all focus on a reduction of kids ticket prices, i truly believe they will buckle on that, other things less so...
Thanks. Hope it stays the same. All we get is a lounge so it should be GA......93:20 is classed as GA and you can buy tickets in there off the normal part of the ticket website. The club lied when it said viagogo were only selling hospitality packages.
Totally agree with this, hopefully the availability of 8000 more seats will lead to more sensible ‘dynamic’ prices on a game-by-game basis.This is welcome news of course. Good for us season ticket holders but I don't think a freeze in match day pricing is sufficient, given some of the match day prices this season have been extortionate - for kids as well as adults - which has put loads off buying tickets and we also have another 8000 seats to fill from the middle of next season. Also, we need some meat on the bones regarding Flexi-Gold and the upfront cost plus whether there has been a change of heart regarding issuing new season tickets
Or treble?Did you offer to pay double at the end of the treble season???