Priced out? | Club announce that matchday tickets being reduced by up to 43% (p93)

[jrb]

It should be selling out but then again everyone’s budget / finances are different and we aren’t quite the golden ticket we were a couple of years ago.

There’s been a lack of openings for young families to sit together, particularly when we were on the crest of the wave, but the Haaland affect can still be capitalised on so the expanded North Stand is not a white elephant. The Blue Wall is a bit of a pipe dream atm.

Yes, Bournemouth should be selling out, especially at those attractive ticket prices. If the ticket prices were like last season, I could understand the Bournemouth not selling out. To be fair to the directors, they have made match tickets more affordable this season. There are other factors why the tickets are not selling as they should be. We could be here all night discussing them, but City are playing in a bit. :-)

 

[jrb]

I’ll leave it at this.

I want every City match to sell out.
I want every seat inside the Etihad taken up by a City fan, bar the away end.
I want the Etihad full of local, national, and international City fans.
I want seating and blocks set side for families.
I want affordable match tickets.
I want a block on NSL2 set side for the youth.
I want blocks on NSL2 set aside for fans who want to sing.
I want a vocal and atmospheric Etihad that supports Pep and the team.
I want tickets to be accessible easily for all City fans without any criteria that hampers City fans from buying tickets.
I don’t want to see fans threatened with losing their season tickets if they can’t attend a minimum of matches per season.
I don’t want to see City fans threatened with a ban for selling match tickets to other City fans for face value on fan websites.
I want the club to be successful on and off the pitch.
I want the directors and the club to engage with our fans in a respectful, honest, and genuine manner.

 

[Centurions]

To the mosners moaning about me. ;-)

I don’t moan, I tell the truth.

You moaners moaning about me are totally blinkered about the directors.

You only have to read the posts from the one man club PR poster, "Superbia in proelio" to know that. I don’t think he has ever questioned the directors.

It comes to something when City can’t shift 303 tickets priced at £30, £25, and £18 yet.

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Why are you obsessing over just 300 tickets out of a 52,900 capacity stadium?

 

[jrb]

Why are you obsessing over just 300 tickets out of a 52,900 capacity stadium?

Why are you picking on that point.

You know well why I highlighted that.

At those ticket prices, those tickets should have sold out by now.

Hopefully those tickets will sell out by Sunday.

If they do, great.

That’s an extra 1000+ City fans inside the ground sat in the away end.

 

[jrb]

Come in City!

A win tonight against Swansea City is the most important thing atm.

 

[East Level 2]

It’s baffling considering the success we’ve had over the years, more so when you see the rags fill the swamp every game with the shite they have on offer.

Perhaps our lapsed fans are more discerning?

 

[East Level 2]

Some non-ST fans don't want to be just those who fill the spaces when the away team fail to sell out. The tickets are cheap because Bournemouth can't sell out.
Question: We are selling these tickets at £30 as that's what we'd get for them if Bournemouth took them. So why do we over-inflate prices for tickets returned on the exchange?

 

[Centurions]

Some non-ST fans don't want to be just those who fill the spaces when the away team fail to sell out. The tickets are cheap because Bournemouth can't sell out.
Question: We are selling these tickets at £30 as that's what we'd get for them if Bournemouth took them. So why do we over-inflate prices for tickets returned on the exchange?

I may be wrong but are they not priced at £30 because they're returns from the away team? Is that not a requirement?

Over-inflate?

 

[dickie davies]

It’s baffling considering the success we’ve had over the years, more so when you see the rags fill the swamp every game with the shite they have on offer.

I gave up my season card at the end of last season. I had to undergo a knee replacement and I asked the club if they'd suspend my season ticket for a year. They offered all kinds of solutions, but not the suspension, so I gave it up

TBH, I'd been considering jacking it in anyway for a while. I live thirty miles away and getting to the stadium has become really tiresome and problematic
Even when attending the final home game last season I was undecided on whether to accept the club's solution or pack it in, but the journey again was shite and that made my mind up

I've not missed going and when you think about kick off times being rearranged, I've got my life back

I plan to retire in 18 months, so with far more time on my hands and the club with thousands of seats to fill, perhaps I'll change my mind then

Oh, and I pay £13 a month for Discovery+ and £11 for NOW, so I can watch all our matches apart from 3pm Saturdays

 

[Greenandblue]

Why are you obsessing over just 300 tickets out of a 52,900 capacity stadium?

That's just one block, the seats there are available at £25 adults and £13 kids, for a first team Premier League game! There are also lots of seats available in almost every other block.
Consistent and incremental ticketing policies and strategies by the club are a significant part of the problem. Denial of the issue is not going to solve it.

Lots of people have identifiable tipping points, where they started to care less, mine was when they sold Real Madrid home semi-final tickets to ANY member, no loyalty points no purchase history. After that, while I still support and am obsessed with the team, I care a lot less about the club. While trying to get tickets for that RM game, queueing online with a few hundred thousand others, JCLs, brand new members, opposition fans, event tourists, despite my years of travelling over to watch Pearce Ball, I felt the love drain and the anger rise. If they don't care, then why should I? Loyalty and trust, when lost, is almost impossible to regain.
I see the club might be reading this Forum, if they were, then they simply weren't listening. Most people on here have City as a disproportionately large part of their life, and we've been screaming for a few years that the Club's beheaviour is "losing the crowd", but that makes you a moaner, or disloyal. We complained because we cared, and we could see what was happening. Passive event tourists (not even City fans) bring a bit more money, but if you allow too many, they kill the thing they come to experience.

I've also followed comments by another member @give it to gordon, who seems to have had the same deteriorating matchday ticket buying experiences as me. Where it's simply started to become not worth the hassle. It's sad to see us killing the dedictaion of loyal fans like this.

(I know I need to try and move on from the Real Madrid semi-final, stop whining about it, and to heal and forgive,...but I'm not there yet).

 

[blueparrot]

I gave up my season card at the end of last season. I had to undergo a knee replacement and I asked the club if they'd suspend my season ticket for a year. They offered all kinds of solutions, but not the suspension, so I gave it up

TBH, I'd been considering jacking it in anyway for a while. I live thirty miles away and getting to the stadium has become really tiresome and problematic
Even when attending the final home game last season I was undecided on whether to accept the club's solution or pack it in, but the journey again was shite and that made my mind up

I've not missed going and when you think about kick off times being rearranged, I've got my life back

I plan to retire in 18 months, so with far more time on my hands and the club with thousands of seats to fill, perhaps I'll change my mind then

Oh, and I pay £13 a month for Discovery+ and £11 for NOW, so I can watch all our matches apart from 3pm Saturdays

The thing with rearranged fixtures is an important point,a point I made previously was that in many ways the Flexi Gold as it is now is for many superior to as SC.
Maybe the traditional SC is an outdated concept and the Flexi is the way ahead. People now have busy lives and fixtures are shifted sometimes just 3 or 4 weeks before commiting to and making payment for every game in advance a dis incentive. Where a Flexi guarantees a seat but a decision and payment doesn't need to be made until we know the kick off time.
Same reason I don't buy my match tickets in advance anymore ,wait for the 3 week sale before the games to decide.
Just a thought, but I could see some on Flexis being offered a SC deciding to stick to a Flexi Gold.

 

[chesterbells]

That's just one block, the seats there are available at £25 adults and £13 kids, for a first team Premier League game! There are also lots of seats available in almost every other block.
Consistent and incremental ticketing policies and strategies by the club are a significant part of the problem. Denial of the issue is not going to solve it.

Lots of people have identifiable tipping points, where they started to care less, mine was when they sold Real Madrid home semi-final tickets to ANY member, no loyalty points no purchase history. After that, while I still support and am obsessed with the team, I care a lot less about the club. While trying to get tickets for that RM game, queueing online with a few hundred thousand others, JCLs, brand new members, opposition fans, event tourists, despite my years of travelling over to watch Pearce Ball, I felt the love drain and the anger rise. If they don't care, then why should I? Loyalty and trust, when lost, is almost impossible to regain.
I see the club might be reading this Forum, if they were, then they simply weren't listening. Most people on here have City as a disproportionately large part of their life, and we've been screaming for a few years that the Club's beheaviour is "losing the crowd", but that makes you a moaner, or disloyal. We complained because we cared, and we could see what was happening. Passive event tourists (not even City fans) bring a bit more money, but if you allow too many, they kill the thing they come to experience.

I've also followed comments by another member @give it to gordon, who seems to have had the same deteriorating matchday ticket buying experiences as me. Where it's simply started to become not worth the hassle. It's sad to see us killing the dedictaion of loyal fans like this.

(I know I need to try and move on from the Real Madrid semi-final, stop whining about it, and to heal and forgive,...but I'm not there yet).

Agree about that RM semi-final. Was a nightmare.

 

[give it to gordon]

That's just one block, the seats there are available at £25 adults and £13 kids, for a first team Premier League game! There are also lots of seats available in almost every other block.
Consistent and incremental ticketing policies and strategies by the club are a significant part of the problem. Denial of the issue is not going to solve it.

Lots of people have identifiable tipping points, where they started to care less, mine was when they sold Real Madrid home semi-final tickets to ANY member, no loyalty points no purchase history. After that, while I still support and am obsessed with the team, I care a lot less about the club. While trying to get tickets for that RM game, queueing online with a few hundred thousand others, JCLs, brand new members, opposition fans, event tourists, despite my years of travelling over to watch Pearce Ball, I felt the love drain and the anger rise. If they don't care, then why should I? Loyalty and trust, when lost, is almost impossible to regain.
I see the club might be reading this Forum, if they were, then they simply weren't listening. Most people on here have City as a disproportionately large part of their life, and we've been screaming for a few years that the Club's beheaviour is "losing the crowd", but that makes you a moaner, or disloyal. We complained because we cared, and we could see what was happening. Passive event tourists (not even City fans) bring a bit more money, but if you allow too many, they kill the thing they come to experience.

I've also followed comments by another member @give it to gordon, who seems to have had the same deteriorating matchday ticket buying experiences as me. Where it's simply started to become not worth the hassle. It's sad to see us killing the dedictaion of loyal fans like this.

(I know I need to try and move on from the Real Madrid semi-final, stop whining about it, and to heal and forgive,...but I'm not there yet).

Bang on mate.
After decades of going to a few games a season due to a young family and living 300 miles. To going to around 10 or more games home and away as the family are now older.
My lads first game when he was 6 a 3-3 draw v Wolves. To now not being able to get seats together. Im not travelling if I can't be next to my lad
Seen great and bad times together now we can't seat next to each other.
RM 4-3 PSG, Rags, dippers, Chelsea, arsenal, villa 3-2 never hugged my lad so hard lol.
These type of games we can't get to now. City want us when playing Fulham, Brentford etc. Well City can fuck off I'm not doing 600mile round trip when I can't get to the big games. I sit at home watching the big games, getting pissed off with all the half n half or hundreds filming on their phones.
Been going since 1973 havent got loads points, use to get free tickets from companies that supplied fertilisers etc to City So my points didnt build.
My lad has been going since he was 6 now at 27 we have more or less stopped. The price, the travel, the time but mostly not be able to be together and enjoy the match.
Also the last 3 games last season we had bought had to be returned due to change of ko times and different days. No thought for the matching going fans. To return the last 3 games in April and May pissed us off.

 

[Centurions]

That's just one block, the seats there are available at £25 adults and £13 kids, for a first team Premier League game! There are also lots of seats available in almost every other block.
Consistent and incremental ticketing policies and strategies by the club are a significant part of the problem. Denial of the issue is not going to solve it.

Lots of people have identifiable tipping points, where they started to care less, mine was when they sold Real Madrid home semi-final tickets to ANY member, no loyalty points no purchase history. After that, while I still support and am obsessed with the team, I care a lot less about the club. While trying to get tickets for that RM game, queueing online with a few hundred thousand others, JCLs, brand new members, opposition fans, event tourists, despite my years of travelling over to watch Pearce Ball, I felt the love drain and the anger rise. If they don't care, then why should I? Loyalty and trust, when lost, is almost impossible to regain.
I see the club might be reading this Forum, if they were, then they simply weren't listening. Most people on here have City as a disproportionately large part of their life, and we've been screaming for a few years that the Club's beheaviour is "losing the crowd", but that makes you a moaner, or disloyal. We complained because we cared, and we could see what was happening. Passive event tourists (not even City fans) bring a bit more money, but if you allow too many, they kill the thing they come to experience.

I've also followed comments by another member @give it to gordon, who seems to have had the same deteriorating matchday ticket buying experiences as me. Where it's simply started to become not worth the hassle. It's sad to see us killing the dedictaion of loyal fans like this.

(I know I need to try and move on from the Real Madrid semi-final, stop whining about it, and to heal and forgive,...but I'm not there yet).

Then apologies to @jrb as I thought they were the only ones remaining, my bad.

 

[give it to gordon]

I'll also add that City fans would each other out with tickets if they could attend. Now the club are stopping this.
Our fan base always looked out for each other and still does. The club are trying to stop this :(

 

[Ryan Kinlon]

What's everyone's thought on this? https://tickets.mancity.com/subscriptions FA Cup Cup Scheme for Members.

 

[carlosthejackal]

That's just one block, the seats there are available at £25 adults and £13 kids, for a first team Premier League game! There are also lots of seats available in almost every other block.
Consistent and incremental ticketing policies and strategies by the club are a significant part of the problem. Denial of the issue is not going to solve it.

Lots of people have identifiable tipping points, where they started to care less, mine was when they sold Real Madrid home semi-final tickets to ANY member, no loyalty points no purchase history. After that, while I still support and am obsessed with the team, I care a lot less about the club. While trying to get tickets for that RM game, queueing online with a few hundred thousand others, JCLs, brand new members, opposition fans, event tourists, despite my years of travelling over to watch Pearce Ball, I felt the love drain and the anger rise. If they don't care, then why should I? Loyalty and trust, when lost, is almost impossible to regain.
I see the club might be reading this Forum, if they were, then they simply weren't listening. Most people on here have City as a disproportionately large part of their life, and we've been screaming for a few years that the Club's beheaviour is "losing the crowd", but that makes you a moaner, or disloyal. We complained because we cared, and we could see what was happening. Passive event tourists (not even City fans) bring a bit more money, but if you allow too many, they kill the thing they come to experience.

I've also followed comments by another member @give it to gordon, who seems to have had the same deteriorating matchday ticket buying experiences as me. Where it's simply started to become not worth the hassle. It's sad to see us killing the dedictaion of loyal fans like this.

(I know I need to try and move on from the Real Madrid semi-final, stop whining about it, and to heal and forgive,...but I'm not there yet).

100% correct . My first game was fifty seven years ago , had a season ticket for nearly fifty years , City run through my veins but I’ve never felt more detached from the club . Opted out of all the cup schemes for the first time ever . The pursuit of money over the loyalty of fans is depressing.
As I’ve posted before the extension to the north stand will highlight the apathy and disillusionment of our true fan base .

 

[mexico1970]

100% correct . My first game was fifty seven years ago , had a season ticket for nearly fifty years , City run through my veins but I’ve never felt more detached from the club . Opted out of all the cup schemes for the first time ever . The pursuit of money over the loyalty of fans is depressing.
As I’ve posted before the extension to the north stand will highlight the apathy and disillusionment of our true fan base .

You'll remember going with your mates when you were very young, no parents etc just you your mates and the football.

Now it's like visiting your grans.

 

[Centurions]

What's everyone's thought on this? https://tickets.mancity.com/subscriptions FA Cup Cup Scheme for Members.

I think it's broken (presuming something is supposed to happen when you click on it).

Has that only just popped up or has it been there from the start of the season?

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

To the moaners moaning about me. ;-)

Are you moaning about the moaners moaning about you?

Seriously though, having worked closely with the senior operations management team for 4 years as part of City Matters, you're absolutely right. Soriano (and this is mostly on him) has nothing but disdain for the hard-core match-going fan that packed out Maine Road and the pre-takeover Etihad. He's taken unscrupulous advantage of our loyalty and our success to squeeze us in our pockets and test our loyalty in other ways. We're just numbers on a spreadsheet to him and the chickens he's hatched are now coming home to roost.

I spent 4 years pleading with the club to think long-term about how we attract and retain the next generation(s) of fans but they were only interested in rinsing us for short-term gain and attracting the one-off fan.

Our owner has been the most amazing thing to happen to us in the 17 years he's been part of this club but him and Khaldoon have enabled this scenario. It's probably not too late to rescue it but time is running out.