City Fans Leaving Early/Empty seats

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

You might want to re-read your post as there obviously is a cash incentive

I get back the proportion of the season ticket i have traded not the value of the ticket sold on.

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

I get back the proportion of the season ticket i have traded not the value of the ticket sold on.

You said there was no cash incentive - the value of your seat as a season card holder is 1/19th of your total spend. Your seat didn't cost you £50+ and therefore you do get back the cost of your seat.

 

[franksinatra]

Thats not a fair statement.... i live over 225 miles away from the stadium and have missed only two home matches this season . What buggers me up is when the fixtures are changed to suit the TV and I then have to make alternative arrangements around work. Im sure there are many others in a similar boat.

There are mate. I do think a limit of a third is about right though.

So much of my holidays get used up travelling to matches that I have to give midweek matches a miss more often than not as each game requires two days off and the £85 petrol cost.

Luckily I do have family up here who use the ticket in my absence but I do understand the club has to put a cap on it or possibly people would buy the cheap season tickets and just attend the derby etc and sell all the others on.

 

[The blue phantom]

If you recall his post match interview after the Arsenal home game last season, then you’ll know that Pep (on behalf of his players) completely disagrees with you

No he didn't. It was more folk going early he had a problem with. And tbh its fuckall to do with the players & Pep if someone chooses to not turn up or decides to do one early.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Who gives a fuck about a few hundred empty seats, we’ve still got 50,000+ blues in the ground every week - more than we’ve ever averaged. This enormous group of regular match going fans will grow year on year as the kids get to be young men and want to go every week and their friends go with them. 10 years from now I’d be surprised if we weren’t selling 61000 tickets every home game.

The real issue is the atmosphere, it’s almost embarrassingly bad

It was very flat yesterday until later in the 2nd half. It was flat outside the ground before the game I thought too. Everyone looked really glum like it was a big effort to be there. Strange after the week we had just had.

 

[PragueBlue]

You said there was no cash incentive - the value of your seat as a season card holder is 1/19th of your total spend. Your seat didn't cost you £50+ and therefore you do get back the cost of your seat.

He just gets his money for the seat back, so he can't make any profit by selling his ticket through the club.

Anyway, if someone is selling it on, I don't see a problem. The seat is being filled. It's those that don't sell them on that leave an empty seat. Again though that isn't the main problem. It's when blocks of tickets are given to groups of kids from around the isle that then for some reason (such as the weather last week) are unable to attend.

 

[Impeccable One]

He just gets his money for the seat back, so he can't make any profit by selling his ticket through the club.

Anyway, if someone is selling it on, I don't see a problem. The seat is being filled. It's those that don't sell them on that leave an empty seat. Again though that isn't the main problem. It's when blocks of tickets are given to groups of kids from around the isle that then for some reason (such as the weather last week) are unable to attend.

I don’t think there’s a fix for empty seats / early leavers. Tens of thousands of us have our own motivation for being at a game and/or for when we leave.

I live in Florida, every, and I mean EVERY chance I get to watch City I take.

Last week I was on business in Asia and flew to London on Wednesday. Thursday I froze my bits off at the Arsenal game (my shriveled personal bits have only just re-appeared).

Friday I drove to Manchester to see my Mother, before driving to Birmingham Saturday for an Elbow concert. Back to City Sunday for the Chelsea game and leaving AFTER the final whistle to drive to Gatwick for my flight back to Orlando today.

This schedule is not for everyone, but I wouldn’t do it any other way.

Give up a seat I’ve paid for = NEVER.

Leave early ? = Only If life or my wife dictates.

 

[jrb]

It's still sad to see empty seats while City fans can't get a ticket. Or maybe the thought of paying £60 for a ticket, regardless of Pep, the way the team is playing, and the title is all but won, is too much for our fans.

Chelsa at home, 5 wins from the title, best football ever, and the stadium still isn't full.

Something wrong.

 

[ell]

Tried to buy a ticket for a mate a month or so ago but it was sold out yet theres literally rows and rows in the family stand all empty. Not arsed about empty seats on the whole but got to wonder how many fans from abroad will only go onto the site and not use other routes to get a spare?

 

[west didsblue]

It's still sad to see empty seats while City fans can't get a ticket. Or maybe the thought of paying £60 for a ticket, regardless of Pep, the way the team is playing, and the title is all but won, is too much for our fans.

Chelsa at home, 5 wins from the title, best football ever, and the stadium still isn't full.

Something wrong.

The match had been sold out for weeks with just the occasional ticket coming up for resale that was always snapped up immediately. Took me about three weeks checking every day to get a single extra ticket. Any odd empty seats were down to ST holders not turning up and not bothering to resell. Empty rows in the family stand on this occasion must be down to coach parties not making it due to the weather. There were two empty rows in the away end which also must have been due to a coach not making it.

 

[Neville Kneville]

I think touts/travel firms, have got hold of a load of these seats.

 

[M18CTID]

It's still sad to see empty seats while City fans can't get a ticket. Or maybe the thought of paying £60 for a ticket, regardless of Pep, the way the team is playing, and the title is all but won, is too much for our fans.

Chelsa at home, 5 wins from the title, best football ever, and the stadium still isn't full.

Something wrong.

Yet Burnley at home in the FA Cup back in early January sold out 3 or 4 days in advance, and was packed to the rafters with very few empties. But that was a game where people had to go and specifically buy a match ticket, whereas with league matches I think it's all too easy for a season ticket holder to say they can't be arsed going for whatever reason, even if it's Chelsea at home after the week we've had!

 

[kwm1988]

That's what's annoying not the fact the odd empty seat which is obvs down to season ticket holders not attending which is understandable all clubs have the same issue.. its the rows of empty seats like in the family stand that look shit.
Hopefully the club can address it as it seems the demand for tickets is there.
So something is wrong.

 

[M18CTID]

I think touts/travel firms, have got hold of a load of these seats.

Probably. I think we can all agree that there are a number of factors - the one you mention, complimentaries not being used, and seasoncard holders not showing up.

 

[glyncity]

For a long while this match has been showing up on the planner with several blocks in red , meaning limited availability , however when you click on the block there has been no seats available .... I understand that maybe the odd seat comes up and then gets snapped up immediately , but for this game in particular there has been red sections showing on the planner for months , yet never any tickets available....Last night i made this point in the post match thread and went on the club ticketing site to check if other games are showing sold out , the site was down for " essential maintenance" , maybe just a coincidence , but it does make you wonder , if its a system glitch or human error , with whole rows being empty , you would think if it was just no shows ,due to weather etc , the empty seats would be randomly spread throughout the ground.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

Tried to buy a ticket for a mate a month or so ago but it was sold out yet theres literally rows and rows in the family stand all empty. Not arsed about empty seats on the whole but got to wonder how many fans from abroad will only go onto the site and not use other routes to get a spare?

there were rows of empty seats near the bottom but that is largely down to the club trying to encourage school kids to come and for whatever the reason (I expect the weather) didn't come and yes if they are not coming may be the club could do something to reallocate those tickets - that needs looking at

But also There were quite a lot of gaps in ss level 3 yesterday (there is in a lot of games) .

However we are obsessing about something on this thread which is absolutely not unique to City - all clubs have no shows occasionally and all clubs have fans that leave early - always have and always will. I am not sure why people come on here and make a big issue about it and use it as an excuse for the real elephant in the room and that is the lack of atmosphere at the games which despite fantastic football is declining for many many reasons.

 

[Blue Til Death]

Maybe Martin Tyler buys all the spares and chucks em in the bin, to give himself something negative to say about the best team in Europe obliterating all before them??

 

[glyncity]

there were rows of empty seats near the bottom but that is largely down to the club trying to encourage school kids to come and for whatever the reason (I expect the weather) didn't come and yes if they are not coming may be the club could do something to reallocate those tickets - that needs looking at

But also There were quite a lot of gaps in ss level 3 yesterday (there is in a lot of games) .

However we are obsessing about something on this thread which is absolutely not unique to City - all clubs have no shows occasionally and all clubs have fans that leave early - always have and always will. I am not sure why people come on here and make a big issue about it and use it as an excuse for the real elephant in the room and that is the lack of atmosphere at the games which despite fantastic football is declining for many many reasons.

People who are coming on here making a big issue about it are mostly people like me , who for whatever reason cant get to every game , but try and get to as many as possible , its frustrating when youve been trying for months to get a ticket to no avail and then see so many empty seats ..
This is the first time i,ve missed the Chelsea home game in possibly 10 years and even before the Mansour era , there was rarely an empty seat , obviously people cant get for whatever reason and thats unavoidable but as i said in my previous post surely the empty seats would be randomly spread around if this was the case.. Sorry for making a big issue out of it on "an empty seats" discussion thread...

 

[Groke]

People who are coming on here making a big issue about it are mostly people like me , who for whatever reason cant get to every game , but try and get to as many as possible , its frustrating when youve been trying for months to get a ticket to no avail and then see so many empty seats ..
This is the first time i,ve missed the Chelsea home game in possibly 10 years and even before the Mansour era , there was rarely an empty seat , obviously people cant get for whatever reason and thats unavoidable but as i said in my previous post surely the empty seats would be randomly spread around if this was the case.. Sorry for making a big issue out of it on "an empty seats" discussion thread...

Exactly. I couldn't get tickets for my kids yesterday, so was really pleased to be sat next to 8 empty seats

 

[typicalcity...]

I can bet that those rows of empty seats which were 5/6 rows infront of me in the family was down to school kids or football clubs in Scotland etc not making it due to weather, that’s where they normally sit and obviously they didn’t or couldn’t move the tickets on.

Not so much the empty seats but the atmosphere was really poor yesterday. Probably the worst it’s been against a top side at home since maybe pellegrinis last home game against arsenal? Thought it was awful. One bit of full singing in the 90tj minute of blue moon.