Outpriced...

[Why Always Ste]

is football purposely overpriced to attract a certain type of person?

Maybe because of the pricing this discourages people from overspending on alcohol?
Thus decreasing security risk.

The matchday ticket sales probably just about covers the players wages for a week, with TV money/sponsorship being the major source of revenue.... So my question is:

Why are tickets so expensive?

- Because We put up and shut up?

Tickets should be way more affordable, this goes for games across every league.
I spent £20 watching Bury Vs. Brentford the other week.

City will eventually price out the supporters who stuck with the club through thick & thin.

A friend of mine is Chinese, his cousin was qouted £85 in China for the Wigan Vs. City match last night... He took my advice and went to DW Stadium, saving £60 with a ticket in the home end.

How can regular matchgoers compete with this?
With an army of tourist's prepared to pay XXX more than us for a seat.

Introduce SAFE Standing City.

 

[WNRH]

Ticket prices are pricing alot of people out including me from next season.

If you payed £20 for Bury v Brentford you were robbed, it was only a fiver that game wasn't it?

 

[pardoe]

Quite simply, any big club will charge the maximum possible they feel they can before it reaches the tipping point of people trotting out the "regulars are being priced out" spiel.

I actually don't think ticket prices, moreso season ticket prices, are that expensive at most Premier League sides. I find people add in all the extras - beers, pie, programme, taxis, then moan that they're getting fleeced.

Ticket prices in general are in line with other stuff you might do on a day/night out, like go to the theatre, or the cost of a meal, or a boxing match, or a gig at a big venue.

 

[Damanino]

Financial fair play by Uefa.
It will be no fair play to the fans. If the prices are not high enough now they will will be soon.

 

[LoveCity]

I don't find our ST prices that bad at the moment but that's just me. It works out not that expensive per game. All the cup games on top of it are what what it harder for people I think.

By the way here is a list from FourFourTwo of season ticket (most expensive) prices from highest to lowest. Ipswich, Leeds and Bristol City are taking the piss, that's for sure.

01. Arsenal - £1,825
02. Tottenham - £1,695
03. Chelsea - £1,210
04. Ipswich - £1,001
05. Newcastle - £975
06. Man United - £931
07. Fulham - £899
08. West Ham - £850
09. Liverpool - £785
10. QPR - £699
11. Leeds - £670
12. Bristol C - £649
13. Birmingham - £638
14. Man City - £632
15. Everton - £631
16. Wolves - £630
17. Stoke City - £609
#18. Leicester - £590
#18. Middlesbrough - £590
20. Brighton - £562
#21. Derby - £560
#21. Preston - £560
23. Aston Villa - £550
#24. N.Forest - £535
#24. Sheff Wed - £535
26. Scunthorpe - £528
27. Cardiff - £522.50
28. Norwich - £519
29. Sunderland - £515
30. Burnley - £512
#31. Coventry - £499
#31. Huddersfield - £499
#31. Millwall - £499
#31. West Brom - £499
35. Hull City - £495
36. Watford - £490
37. Bristol R - £488
38. Doncaster - £480
39. Sheff Utd - £479
40. Bolton - £475
41. Gillingham - £462
42. Tranmere - £460
43. Swansea - £459
44. Bournemouth - £456
#45. Crystal P - £450
#45. Peterborough - £450
47. Portsmouth - £449
48. Shrewsbury - £448.50
49. Reading - £445
50. Brentford - £440
51. MK Dons - £430
52. Southampton - £426
53. Charlton - £425
54. Exeter - £420
#55. Chesterfield - £410
#55. Northampton - £410
57. Carlisle - £408
58. Blackpool - £404
59. Notts Co - £400
#60. Hartlepool - £399
#60. Morecambe - £399
#60. Oldham - £399
#60. Plymouth - £399
64. Blackburn - £393.50
65. Oxford - £390
66. Cheltenham - £385
#67. Aldershot - £380
#67. Barnet - £380
#67. Dagenham - £380
#70. Macclesfield - £375
#70. Wycombe - £375
72. Barnsley - £365
#73. Rochdale - £360
#74. Torquay - £360
#75. Walsall - £360
76. Colchester - £357
77. Stevenage - £345
#78. Rotherham - £342
#78. Yeovil - £342
80. Southend - £340
81. Lincoln - £335
82. Leyton O - £325
83. Bury - £320
84. Burton - £311
#85. Stockport - £299
#85. Swindon - £299
87. Wigan - £295
88. Port Vale - £289
89. Crewe - £285
90. Hereford - £270
91. Bradford - £250
92. Accrington - £230

 

[Hollywood Blue]

I know the football is shit at Wigan but 295 for a season ticket in the Premier league is a bargain.
87th cheapest in the entire league.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

The German Bundeslegia has always been a comparative marker, where it is cheaper to watch a top game in Germany than to watch a Blue Square Conference game in England and that can't be right - but.... the German's have the highest attended league in Europe, don't pay stupid wages and don't buy players for stupid prices.

I now (since September) live in the States and last week wanted to get my step lad a ticket for the Boston Bruins for his birthday (Ice Hockey for anyone who doesn't know) - cheapest available was $195 - around £130. Each.
Tickets for all games went on sale in one go before the season started via Ticketbastard.....

So I looked on the Red Sox website (the season hasn't started yet) and all the reasonably priced tickets for all games have gone for the whole season - cheapest available $180 - £120 for every game.
I did the same check for the basketball team, Boston Celtics, and it was the same prices as the ice hockey!

So is the Premier League expensive??? Compared to Germany yes.... but to US sports?? No chance!

 

[S04]

The German Bundeslegia has always been a comparative marker, where it is cheaper to watch a top game in Germany than to watch a Blue Square Conference game in England and that can't be right - but.... the German's have the highest attended league in Europe, don't pay stupid wages and don't buy players for stupid prices.

I now (since September) live in the States and last week wanted to get my step lad a ticket for the Boston Bruins for his birthday (Ice Hockey for anyone who doesn't know) - cheapest available was $195 - around £130. Each.
Tickets for all games went on sale in one go before the season started via Ticketbastard.....

So I looked on the Red Sox website (the season hasn't started yet) and all the reasonably priced tickets for all games have gone for the whole season - cheapest available $180 - £120 for every game.
I did the same check for the basketball team, Boston Celtics, and it was the same prices as the ice hockey!

So is the Premier League expensive??? Compared to Germany yes.... but to US sports?? No chance!

German cheap tickets are a kind of myth really, yes they exist for their standing areas but you´ll never find them for sale because they are snapped up long before the season starts.
What´s available are your usual tickets at rates just somewhat lower than in the UK.

 

[Bluebee2]

is football purposely overpriced to attract a certain type of person?

Maybe because of the pricing this discourages people from overspending on alcohol?
Thus decreasing security risk.

The matchday ticket sales probably just about covers the players wages for a week, with TV money/sponsorship being the major source of revenue.... So my question is:

Why are tickets so expensive?

- Because We put up and shut up?

Tickets should be way more affordable, this goes for games across every league.
I spent £20 watching Bury Vs. Brentford the other week.

City will eventually price out the supporters who stuck with the club through thick & thin.

A friend of mine is Chinese, his cousin was qouted £85 in China for the Wigan Vs. City match last night... He took my advice and went to DW Stadium, saving £60 with a ticket in the home end.

How can regular matchgoers compete with this?
With an army of tourist's prepared to pay XXX more than us for a seat.

Introduce SAFE Standing City.

Buy a season ticket, that's what any regular match goers need to do.

 

[SWP's back]

I don't think of it as a price per game cost as I don't think I could rationise the expense in my head. I prefer to think of my SC as £10 per week for membership of "feeling part of City". It works for me if nothing else.