There are 40 price categories on the price list.
If you take the average category for a Gold ST that is £849 rising from £802, so a £47 rise or
5.9%
Whilst that is only the average category and not the average ticket, 40 categories are enough to know the average price rise is far closer to 6% than 5%. Therefore these statements about the 5% average rise just show the club can't even piss straight, 5.9% being 18% higher than 5%.
The new categories range from £425 to £1,600 with the median of £860.
£860 is the 4th out of 5 category of ticket on CBL1 and ES1 (so the 2nd cheapest excluding pitch side) or the 2nd out of 5 categories on CB3 and ES3.
The £860 tickets have risen by £55 (6.8%) on level 1 but only £40 (4.9%) on level 3.
The line above is evidence of a direction of travel towards "price equalisation" within tiers/stands, with the best example is the Colin Bell or East Stand Level 1, with the expensive tickets going up £35 and the cheapest going up £75 as shown below:
| CB L1 1 | CB L1 2 | CB L1 3 | CB L1 4 | CB L1 5 |
£915 | £900 | £875 | £860 | £820 |
£880 | £855 | £825 | £805 | £745 |
£35 | £45 | £50 | £55 | £75 |
4.0% | 5.3% | 6.1% | 6.8% | 10.1% |
What is most concerning about the above is the Cat 5 tickets were considered North Stand a few years ago, they are the 132 and 140 corners. 132 and 140 North Stand ST holders were told they would need to move over a decade ago as NS L1 was becoming part of the family stand along with NS L2 which already was. 132 and 140 ST holders were then informed they could stay as there wasn't enough demand, but now are reclassified and CB and ES, and the prices are being accelerated to CB and ES L1 "target prices".
I found out a few other things of interest, but I am using the word very euphemistically.
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