Are You Officially Priced Out Yet, Or Almost?

[mcfc1632]

Perhaps - perhaps not - but certainly a grateful fan with a glass half full sort of attitude

Me too, on both counts, but I don't seek to compare my support, and what I've put into it, with others. I don't feel the need to prove my credentials.

res ipsa loquitur.

I was responding to the other chap's post which seemed to infer 'core support' did not include people with my views.

Oh well - CITY fans in wanting to slag of their own club shocker

I am not wishing to have tit for tat with other city fans - but it seems that some simply do not feel that it is reasonable for others to hold a contrary view

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Some good points but I suppose it's easy to play down the cost of match tickets when you live in Chicago.

.....and a seasoncard holder, who will be there for the Dipper game. Costs me £100 to get over, which is obviously not bad for a trans-Atlantic flight, but add £100 to the cost of a ticket and it adds up.

Is £130 per game enough? I admit, I don't have a few pints before the game, and eat my Morrison's pies at the house before going to the game, and only take a few £1 bags of Sports Mixtures to share with those around me, but I was hoping I might still be considered worthy of a word every now and then???

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Perhaps - perhaps not - but certainly a grateful fan with a glass half full sort of attitude

Mate missing the point just because other clubs charge the same didn't make it right to charge our match day supporters over £60 .if you can't see that I give up so you are happy because other teams do it for us to charge £100 for a lad and a dad ?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I was responding to the other chap's post which seemed to infer 'core support' did not include people with my views.

Not sure how you've inferred that from what he posted.

Anyway, like you I'm not seeking to get into any internecine falling out with other blues. I'll leave you to it.

 

[halfgoathalfotter]

So, setting aside that some just want old time pricing with all the glory of modern times - so lets be macho about the
Sheik putting his money in endlessly but don't expect me to put a bit in as well - some of the key points coming out of this thread seem to be that SCs are good value - so why not get on that list with the extra capacity becoming available and give some passion to the club

with the glory of modern times ,also comes with modern economics.As you state you have been to games for over 40 years,that includes a vast spell at maine road with shit crowds ,moulden scoring against brighton pops into mind.We detested everything that united stood for ,now all those years on ,you unwittingly have morphed into the utd fans we ridiculed for there arrogance,Fair play that you have put the years in ,but so have 20000+ how many do you think still go ?more worrying how many will be there in 5 years.We have an owner who has put us at the top of the table ,it doesn't mean that we will stay there for ever (i fucking hope we do)we lost part of a generation of blues for being shit ,it would be a crime to lose another because of greed.

 

[moomba]

Perhaps - perhaps not - but certainly a grateful fan with a glass half full sort of attitude

Me too, on both counts, but I don't seek to compare my support, and what I've put into it, with others. I don't feel the need to prove my credentials.

res ipsa loquitur.

I was responding to the other chap's post which seemed to infer 'core support' did not include people with my views.

Oh well - CITY fans in wanting to slag of their own club shocker

I am not wishing to have tit for tat with other city fans - but it seems that some simply do not feel that it is reasonable for others to hold a contrary view

Core support has nothing to do with opinions on ticket prices. Not sure how you came to that inference.

And you are welcome to your point of view, just as I am welcome to disagree with it. Kind of the point of an internet message board.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

I'm sure there is £520 season tickets. And £750+ season tickets. We can't all sit in the cheapest seats unfortunately.

But £520 does sound familiar. That was around the price of my CB2 ticket (maybe £50 more) when I moved there around 6/7 years ago. You know, back when there was less than 40, 000 prepared to support the club each week and we needed loyalty from our core supporters to keep the club afloat.

Ah yes, a martyr! You did it "to keep the club afloat." My bad. I bow at your sacrificial altar.

So, either the game day receipts DO or DO NOT make a blind bit of difference to the revenues. Which is it? BTW, we had 5 seasoncard then, too!

NEWSFLASH: Inflation is real. Supply and demand is real. FFP is real. Every penny that comes in goes into the cost offset pot. No-one is entitled by birthright to see City whenever they want at the price they want.

A very good point was raised earlier, that the occasional treat for a family man trying to bring his kids is getting out of hand, and I think the club should do something about that. Maybe a reasonably priced FAMILY CITYZENS card, so you don't have to have one for everyone, inflating the price of being able to get the odd ticket. I know when I was growing up, we wouldn't have been able to afford for me and my siblings to go, even though we are seasoncard holders today.

I don't think anyone thought costs would not rise in the 5-10% per annum range until we got into the upper echelon of prices charged by the other top clubs, and I don't think it will stop anytime soon. With a global owner comes a global view of the club and it's future. So far, I think they have done a good job of appearing sensitive to the local community and the community of fans, but I realize (as some have already said) with the current levels divergence of financial equality, coupled with the club being located in one of the most economically depressed areas of Europe, it is rapidly getting out of reach for some long time fans and some newer fans who would like to see their team play.

Maybe there should be a (1,000?) ticket allocation inside the newly expanded ground for families who, in turn, are only allowed a maximum of 2/3/4 tickets for ONE game. You could apply for it in the pre-season and are awarded the seats for some nominal amount (£25 adult, £10 kid...£70 for family of 4??), without needing to spend that much just to have a chance for a Dad and his lad to get in line for a couple of £40 tickets. You could give the club a priority list of games, and only be included in the drawing for those specific games, or you could put all 19 home games on your priority list in order of desire and let the chips fall. That would give 250 families of four 19 chances, and any family that doesn't make it off the list for one season is given first priority for the following season....By my calculation, it would give at least 1,000 families and more likely 1,500 or so, a chance to see the team play in the EPL.

Just a thought.

 

[Corky]

What is the EPL?

 

[moomba]

Ah yes, a martyr! You did it "to keep the club afloat." My bad. I bow at your sacrificial altar.

So, either the game day receipts DO or DO NOT make a blind bit of difference to the revenues. Which is it? BTW, we had 5 seasoncard then, too!

NEWSFLASH: Inflation is real. Supply and demand is real. FFP is real. Every penny that comes in goes into the cost offset pot. No-one is entitled by birthright to see City whenever they want at the price they want.

Martyr? What on earth are you talking about? You'll note that I didnt refer to myself at all, just City fans who IMO deserve a bit of credit for keeping the club afloat during the tough times.

Not sure what you are on about with game day receipts. Don't think I've ever said they don't make a difference to the bottom line. But it is a minimal difference, that could be raised in other ways than fleecing the supporters.

I've never suggested I had a birthright to see City when I want for the price I want. Seems to be a common theme that those supporting the price rises argue their case by making up tales about those that don't support price rises.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Moomba,

Not everything is personal, nor do I want to answer every post on a thread that is going in different directions with every post, so other things get included.