Manchester33
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If we joined the super league we’d have far far fewer fans attending games. You’re deluded if you think City fans would buy into that.
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I don't believe that. City fans are like any other set of fans. You charge £50 and people wont come. You charge £25 and they will.We don't have a waiting list for season tickets, we've not been overwhelmed by applications for any home games, other than when Pep threw his toys out of the pram before Southampton.
We only actually 'sell out' the usual games, Liverpool, United, and the really big CL games. We may have a run on tickets for the final home match but that's about it.
Any extension of the North Stand would be quite pointless in the current climate. The club will be aware of that and should be reluctant to carry out expensive work
I think we could almost certainly expect to see the club invest in very significant improvements all round the stadium if we were to join a Super League.
That's what City and other elite European clubs will still be planning for. It will happen, it's just a matter of time.
We need a bigger stand to build our fanbase. Chicken and egg. However, I don't believe it will ever happen now. City missed the boat.
If that was the case why are there so many tickets available for £30 tomorrow?I don't believe that. City fans are like any other set of fans. You charge £50 and people wont come. You charge £25 and they will.
We need a bigger stand to build our fanbase. Chicken and egg. However, I don't believe it will ever happen now. City missed the boat.
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Completely agree.I don't really agree with this. I think there is a big demand, but we're too focussed on squeezing as many 'hospitality' seats into the ground as possible. If there were more affordable seats we'd easily see 60k+ at league games week in week out.
There are 12,000 season tickets at Bayern priced around £300. I doubt we have 1,200.
I know loads of people who’ve dropped away over the years, nearly all down to price rises, but some not just because they couldn’t afford it but just on the principle of a £60 price rise after a £75 rise the year before and a £50 rise the year before that.
We had 10,000+ applications for the £300 tickets in SSL3 when it opened. I don’t think 10% got a ticket. If we opened a new end and sold all tickets for £300 we’d have another 10,000+ apply but this time we’d be able to give them all one.
PannickAtTheDisco
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cos it's Burnley?If that was the case why are there so many tickets available for £30 tomorrow?
Exactly so its nothing to do with the price it's to do with the opposition.cos it's Burnley?
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Deferrals, people susceptible to catching and getting seriously ill or worse from Covid so still not going out in crowds (especially on public transport), very high numbers Covid numbers in Trafford and Mcr and isolation, people suffering long term effects of Covid, people got used to not going anymore so aren’t coming back, people losing jobs and businesses due to Covid, huge gas bills, people just being more sensible with money so only paying for essential things and football isn’t one of them…If that was the case why are there so many tickets available for £30 tomorrow?
That's fine, all perfectly adequate reasons, but its not because tickets are too expensive.Deferrals, people susceptible to catching and getting seriously ill or worse from Covid, people got used to not going anymore so aren’t coming back, positive Covid cases and isolation, people losing jobs and businesses due to Covid, has bills, people just being more sensible with money so only paying for essential things and football isn’t one of them…
I don't care what anyone says £30 to see the champions of England is a more than fair price.
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That’s not bothered us before.cos it's Burnley?
In October 2018 we got 54,094 for our Prem game with them, then played them at home in the FA Cup Fourth Round in January 2019 and got 50,121.
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Yeah definitely agree with you.That's fine, all perfectly adequate reasons, but its not because tickets are too expensive.
I don't care what anyone says £30 to see the champions of England is a more than fair price.
1321 tickets still for sale on the seat planner.
Burnley is no worse than Southampton.
Another 3pm kick off.
We’ve not had a home match for 3 weeks.
OK, we lost at PSG, but drew with Liverpool, and beat Chelsea.
As for the weather, sun and clouds, 14 degrees.
Yet, we’ve still got a 1000+ drop off in ticket sales between Southampton and Burnley.
The majority of tickets still available are priced at £50, £60, £70. With other adult tickets priced at £30-£50, depending where you sit.
Burnley is no worse than Southampton.
Another 3pm kick off.
We’ve not had a home match for 3 weeks.
OK, we lost at PSG, but drew with Liverpool, and beat Chelsea.
As for the weather, sun and clouds, 14 degrees.
Yet, we’ve still got a 1000+ drop off in ticket sales between Southampton and Burnley.
The majority of tickets still available are priced at £50, £60, £70. With other adult tickets priced at £30-£50, depending where you sit.
Lavinda Past
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If we joined the super league we’d have far far fewer fans attending games. You’re deluded if you think City fans would buy into that.
No offence mate, but I think you're the deluded one if you honestly think City fans would stop attending en masse if we joined a Super league. The majority would be signing up for season cards on the first day they became available. The price would no doubt put quite a few off, but that would be small potatoes in terms of losing revenue.
Bear in mind that it wouldn't necessarily be City fans attending. Every club linked to the Super league knows that football tourists / corporates / hospitality types would fill grounds at every game. It happens with the CL, so why would it be any different in a Super League?
City have been targeting the wealthier type of supporter for years, and we've seen a move away from trying to please traditional (low spending) fans. The Super League is the future - Don't kid yourself that City weren't interested, they'd be fools not to be. The advertising revenue alone would blow the PL out of the water. The richest clubs in Europe all want in. It will happen soon.
Lavinda Past
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But they won't charge £25 so that argument is pointless.I don't believe that. City fans are like any other set of fans. You charge £50 and people wont come. You charge £25 and they will.
We need a bigger stand to build our fanbase. Chicken and egg. However, I don't believe it will ever happen now. City missed the boat.
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City were definitely interested. But I don’t know a single fan who was though. Nobody I know would attend European Super League, I definitely wouldn’t.No offence mate, but I think you're the deluded one if you honestly think City fans would stop attending en masse if we joined a Super league. The majority would be signing up for season cards on the first day they became available. The price would no doubt put quite a few off, but that would be small potatoes in terms of losing revenue.
Bear in mind that it wouldn't necessarily be City fans attending. Every club linked to the Super league knows that football tourists / corporates / hospitality types would fill grounds at every game. It happens with the CL, so why would it be any different in a Super League?
City have been targeting the wealthier type of supporter for years, and we've seen a move away from trying to please traditional (low spending) fans. The Super League is the future - Don't kid yourself that City weren't interested, they'd be fools not to be. The advertising revenue alone would blow the PL out of the water. The richest clubs in Europe all want in. It will happen soon.
PannickAtTheDisco
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we're in the middle of a pandemic and the club treated the fans like shit over the summer. The club gets the empty seats it deserves.That’s not bothered us before.
In October 2018 we got 54,094 for our Prem game with them, then played them at home in the FA Cup Fourth Round in January 2019 and got 50,121.
Those £30 tickets only cropped up in the last week of sale because they were desperately trying to shift them. Until that point they were priced between £50 & £70. The fact that the tickets Burnley returned were priced at £30 and they all sold suggests to me that had all tickets been priced at £30 from the start they would have sold. The pricing structure is bollocks!!!That's fine, all perfectly adequate reasons, but its not because tickets are too expensive.
I don't care what anyone says £30 to see the champions of England is a more than fair price.
Sorianomics.
If anyone can explain the benefits off having 1300+ seats still unsold at the prices I posted above, opposed to 1300+ seats sold at sensible prices, feel free.
Sorianomics.Those £30 tickets only cropped up in the last week of sale because they were desperately trying to shift them. Until that point they were priced between £50 & £70. The fact that the tickets Burnley returned were priced at £30 and they all sold suggests to me that had all tickets been priced at £30 from the start they would have sold. The pricing structure is bollocks!!!
If anyone can explain the benefits off having 1300+ seats still unsold at the prices I posted above, opposed to 1300+ seats sold at sensible prices, feel free.
I agree but if we can't sell Hundreds of £30 tickets in a week, there isn't a chance we spend the best part of £100m on an extention.Those £30 tickets only cropped up in the last week of sale because they were desperately trying to shift them. Until that point they were priced between £50 & £70. The fact that the tickets Burnley returned were priced at £30 and they all sold suggests to me that had all tickets been priced at £30 from the start they would have sold. The pricing structure is bollocks!!!