North Stand expansion - seating, ticketing etc

[PDBLUEMOON]

Hate to see empty seats at City but maybe its not a bad thing with a stand coming that means we wont fill the ground.

Followed City all my life but the way we are treated is nothing short of disgraceful.

Spot on pal. All about revenue. Away fans everywhere. No interest in creating an atmosphere, pricing hardcore City fans out of going.

 

[jrb]

We've been turned into Barcelona and Madrid on the terraces. Neither of these clubs sell out for the smaller CL games, or LA Liga matches, so both clubs are happy to sell tickets in the home areas to away fans. You'll see 100's of away fans at Barcelona, and especially at Madrid in the CL, celebrating when a goal is scored by the away team.

 

[Kippaxpete]

Anyone with half a brain cell could've predicted that if there was a drop-off in our form on the pitch then the club would suddenly be facing a big problem regarding the new stand due to the reasons you've stated where the core support have become increasingly annoyed with the way the club's ticketing policy and their lack of engagement with the wider fanbase regarding that. Pissing off the core fans, coupled with less tourists snapping up tickets because we're no longer as good as we were is only going to lead to one thing - a drop-off in attendances.

If we see a turnaround on the pitch in the coming weeks and months resulting in a successful season then the club might just get away with it and I'm sure take-up amongst fans will be decent enough in that scenario. They will still need to look at match day pricing though. League games are one thing and an issue for sure, but the ever-increasing prices for CL games season on season could see 10k-15k empty seats for CL group games. Get the pricing right though and they'll fill it. Sevilla at home a couple of seasons back is a good barometer. Tickets were cheaper than last night and it was a sell out. From memory, it sold out more than a week before the match took place. However, if the club do nothing creative regarding ticket prices going forward then they'll only have themselves to blame.

I'm with you completely on every point. The club's shortsightedness where the ticket pricing policy is concerned is nothing short of baffling! But then, should we be surprised when the fans - the lifeblood of the club - have been increasingly marginalised, with practically no meaningful two-way dialogue to help develop a relationship in which policy can be developed from the bottom up? It was always a question of when, not if, the team suffered a slump in form as success in football is, and always has been, cyclical. History tells us that great empires fall when arrogance, hubris and greed begin to cloud sound judgement. I worry that our cherished club's current downward trajectory on-field will soon be reflected in a significant drop-off in football tourist numbers who have undoubtedly swelled crowd numbers during the good times. Taking the optimistic view, Pep will do what Pep has always done and find a way to arrest the recent slump in form, demand for tickets will remain high and my concerns will prove unfounded. However, years of experience in business continuity and emergency planning tells me it's essential that a strategy for the worst case scenario is in place. Otherwise, the North Stand development may become one of the most expensive white elephants in football history.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

That shouldn’t be the main way of getting tickets though. You shouldn’t have to go on Facebook or on here to get affordable tickets. They should be from the club.

I agree there are a number of reasons, but if we made it affordable we’d sell out in my view or at least the ground would be more full.

Cause & Effect -:

CAUSE -:
1) Ticket prices too high.
2) Conditional memberships to high.
3) Agency sales to non members unfair
4) Too many irrelevant games.

EFFECT -:
1) 1000s of fans prices out.
2) 1000s of fans having to chose between tickets and games.
3) 1000s of fans feeling disenfranchised.
4) Mid week attendances falling.
5) Match day experience and atmosphere flat.

SOLUTIONS -:
1) Goodwill price reductions across the board for 25/26 season.
2) Price freeze across the board for 28/27 & 27/28 seasons.
3) Realistic flexi price reductions for selected CC, FAC & CL midweek games.
4) Quid a Kid & Dads & Lads incentives around half term holiday games.
5) Remove Soriano from ticket pricing structure.
6) Engage on a meaningful 'hearts and minds' charm offensive to reconnect with an increasingly disaffected fan base.

The biggest investment the club should make is with us fans.....and it will be an investment that will be repaid many times over.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

We've been turned into Barcelona and Madrid on the terraces. Neither of these clubs sell out for the smaller CL games, or LA Liga matches, so both clubs are happy to sell tickets in the home areas to away fans. You'll see 100's of away fans at Barcelona, and especially at Madrid in the CL, celebrating when a goal is scored by the away team.

Fan culture and rivalry is very different in Spain.

There is very little of an 'away following' culture for any of the clubs.

Not a meaningful point.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Got back to Leeds at 12:15am after the M62 was shut and re-routed through Rochdale. 14 year old daughter and I were up at 6:45am this morning. I’ll be thinking twice about some of these midweek home games.

Hi TheGhost. Have you tried our Supporters Club coach mate. It’s got back to Leeds fast for a number of games this season. I was in Meanwood for 90 minutes after the Spurs game. I can’t guarantee it would be thet quick every game and the coach only runs on weekends and for holiday period / bank hols evening games & Wembley.

It used to take longer but the exit from the coach park is now closer to Alan Turing Way, that saves about 20 minutes.

 

[jrb]

A start would be to fuck Flexi Gold off + the £150 markup (for good), and instead offer new normal season tickets for the expanded North stand.

But Khaldoon, Soriano & Co aren't going to take any notice of a no-mark posting on Blue Moon.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Things not so rosy with the rags

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Cause & Effect -:

CAUSE -:
1) Ticket prices too high.
2) Conditional memberships to high.
3) Agency sales to non members unfair
4) Too many irrelevant games.

EFFECT -:
1) 1000s of fans prices out.
2) 1000s of fans having to chose between tickets and games.
3) 1000s of fans feeling disenfranchised.
4) Mid week attendances falling.
5) Match day experience and atmosphere flat.

SOLUTIONS -:
1) Goodwill price reductions across the board for 25/26 season.
2) Price freeze across the board for 28/27 & 27/28 seasons.
3) Realistic flexi price reductions for selected CC, FAC & CL midweek games.
4) Quid a Kid & Dads & Lads incentives around half term holiday games.
5) Remove Soriano from ticket pricing structure.
6) Engage on a meaningful 'hearts and minds' charm offensive to reconnect with an increasingly disaffected fan base.

The biggest investment the club should make is with us fans.....and it will be an investment that will be repaid many times over.

26/27 & 27/28 seasons.

Sorreee !!

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

We've been turned into Barcelona and Madrid on the terraces. Neither of these clubs sell out for the smaller CL games, or LA Liga matches, so both clubs are happy to sell tickets in the home areas to away fans. You'll see 100's of away fans at Barcelona, and especially at Madrid in the CL, celebrating when a goal is scored by the away team.

Not sure about Madrid mate, I was there last season for the 3-3 draw, don’t recall seeing any City fans in the home areas. Definitely the case with Barcelona though.