Season Card Reservations/Relocations Direct Debit update 11/6

[East Level 2]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

Only read the first 8 pages but I'm well pissed off with this.
If the figures are correct then my ticket in 206 has gone from £885 (Platinum) to £1600 as it's a "Premium Seat".
The problem is that a hell of a lot of people all over the ground are facing big increases and the number of new seats won't hold all of those that want to be relocated.
As for the "Premium Seats" I hope you'll forgive me when I join with the visiting fans singing about empty seats as most of these will be empty unless we're playing the rags, Chels or Dippers.
Let's just hope they don't get first dibs on away tickets as well.

At least the c**ts selling half 'n' half scarves will be happy as we appear to be aiming at the tourist market.

Don't mean to stir it up but I think you are looking at £1,750 plus Platinum (£1,800) to stay where you are.

I am moving reluctantly so will you be the last of the 206 singers?

No I'll be moving as well. Not sure where yet but a couple of mates are moving from the south west corner to south level 3 so I might try for their seats. I'll have to find someone else to duet with on the Ole David Silva song.
Might also look at East or CB level 3 but there are very few available unless loads move to the new cheap seats.
I've not ruled out SL3. I assume the view will be similar to the one we get at Sid James Park; it's strange for the first five minutes but you soon get used to it.

 

[manchester blue]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

I'll be going gold this year. I've tried getting my points total up but missed out on two trips to Barcelona by a day. Until the club address people openly offering to buy tickets for people on Facebook etc, who don't qualify, for games like this I don't see the point of paying for extra points. Same goes for cup schemes.

 

[dobobobo]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

So am I right in thinking the really steep price hikes in the Colin Bell stand are the blocks that will now house Joe's Bar and 93.20?

Yep - the club have spent millions on a new stand and put a couple of corporate area in that take up some of the existing seats. Unfortunately, instead of praising the clubs investment to continue taking us forward on this magnificent recent journey, most on here are criticising the club off because they believe they have a divine right to the best seats in the house for free - probably because they went to York - or a belief that the financial strategy at the club should be based on their own personal circumstances and not the competitive environment it operates in.

Take a bow.

 

[dobobobo]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

The tickets at Wembley for Cup Finals work exactly the same way. The front rows is the tiers are much more expensive and the view from those first couple of rows is fantastic

Some people are high earners. If you can afford it, you'll buy the best

As long as the seating price distribution reflects the incomes of City's supporter base what is the problem? Unless you just want to try and invent one

I don't mind what the prices of City's most expensive seats are. I'm interested in what I and the vast bulk of City's fans have to pay and that's perfectly reasonable.

I know some fans have been priced out of their own seats but there are very good alternatives and the stadium is being reconstructed into one of the best sporting venues in football.

The issue about ticket prices is not seasoncard prices but match day prices and tickets for away fans. That is a disgrace. I think clubs have decided that they don't want the hassle of away fans at grounds, but it's very short sighted as the biggest complaint amongst long standing fans is the decline in atmosphere at grounds.

Yes Marvin match day prices are an issue. Falling behind in the pecking order for cup finals and big away games is a bigger issue for some Blues. I'm afraid the Chelski river cruise was a game changer in ticket priority - partly because of availability but it also let us all know more about how some prestige tickets are sold.

Good point.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

Only read the first 8 pages but I'm well pissed off with this.
If the figures are correct then my ticket in 206 has gone from £885 (Platinum) to £1600 as it's a "Premium Seat".
The problem is that a hell of a lot of people all over the ground are facing big increases and the number of new seats won't hold all of those that want to be relocated.
As for the "Premium Seats" I hope you'll forgive me when I join with the visiting fans singing about empty seats as most of these will be empty unless we're playing the rags, Chels or Dippers.
Let's just hope they don't get first dibs on away tickets as well.

At least the c**ts selling half 'n' half scarves will be happy as we appear to be aiming at the tourist market.

Don't mean to stir it up but I think you are looking at £1,750 plus Platinum (£1,800) to stay where you are.

I am moving reluctantly so will you be the last of the 206 singers?

No I'll be moving as well. Not sure where yet but a couple of mates are moving from the south west corner to south level 3 so I might try for their seats. I'll have to find someone else to duet with on the Ole David Silva song.
Might also look at East or CB level 3 but there are very few available unless loads move to the new cheap seats.
I've not ruled out SL3. I assume the view will be similar to the one we get at Sid James Park; it's strange for the first five minutes but you soon get used to it.

Oh well. I would have loved to have irritated the new corporate types with a David Silva Ole duet but it wasn't meant to be!!

I'm looking at 209 and 305 lower at the moment but could end up elsewhere!

 

[dobobobo]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

I'll be going gold this year. I've tried getting my points total up but missed out on two trips to Barcelona by a day. Until the club address people openly offering to buy tickets for people on Facebook etc, who don't qualify, for games like this I don't see the point of paying for extra points. Same goes for cup schemes.

Same here. I can't beat 'em but I also can't afford to join them, so fuck it. It's gold and streaming for me next season.

 

[bluenose45]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

These increases are the price the ordinary fan has to pay for FFP. Every Chumps league club will try to maximise all of their revenue streams. The people who end up paying more for FFP are the ordinary fans. FFP does nothing for the fans despite what EUFA claims.

 

[Centurions]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

So am I right in thinking the really steep price hikes in the Colin Bell stand are the blocks that will now house Joe's Bar and 93.20?

Yep - the club have spent millions on a new stand and put a couple of corporate area in that take up some of the existing seats. Unfortunately, instead of praising the clubs investment to continue taking us forward on this magnificent recent journey, most on here are criticising the club off because they believe they have a divine right to the best seats in the house for free - probably because they went to York - or a belief that the financial strategy at the club should be based on their own personal circumstances and not the competitive environment it operates in.

Take a bow.

Take two while you're there.

 

[Centurions]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

Only read the first 8 pages but I'm well pissed off with this.
If the figures are correct then my ticket in 206 has gone from £885 (Platinum) to £1600 as it's a "Premium Seat".
The problem is that a hell of a lot of people all over the ground are facing big increases and the number of new seats won't hold all of those that want to be relocated.
As for the "Premium Seats" I hope you'll forgive me when I join with the visiting fans singing about empty seats as most of these will be empty unless we're playing the rags, Chels or Dippers.
Let's just hope they don't get first dibs on away tickets as well.

At least the c**ts selling half 'n' half scarves will be happy as we appear to be aiming at the tourist market.

The Premium seats only account for circa 1,750 seats out of 55,000, around 3% of capacity. Around 50% are in the £299-£620 range. Stop fixating on what is a very small proportion of the ground and which BTW some people can and happily will pay for.

 

[dobobobo]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

Yep - the club have spent millions on a new stand and put a couple of corporate area in that take up some of the existing seats. Unfortunately, instead of praising the clubs investment to continue taking us forward on this magnificent recent journey, most on here are criticising the club off because they believe they have a divine right to the best seats in the house for free - probably because they went to York - or a belief that the financial strategy at the club should be based on their own personal circumstances and not the competitive environment it operates in.

Take a bow.

Take two while you're there.

For your post in this thread (the one with all the details) you deserve Miss World riding your cock.

 

[nmc]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

Take a bow.

Take two while you're there.

For your post in this thread (the one with all the details) you deserve Miss World riding your cock.

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[oakiecokie]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

Only read the first 8 pages but I'm well pissed off with this.
If the figures are correct then my ticket in 206 has gone from £885 (Platinum) to £1600 as it's a "Premium Seat".
The problem is that a hell of a lot of people all over the ground are facing big increases and the number of new seats won't hold all of those that want to be relocated.
As for the "Premium Seats" I hope you'll forgive me when I join with the visiting fans singing about empty seats as most of these will be empty unless we're playing the rags, Chels or Dippers.
Let's just hope they don't get first dibs on away tickets as well.

At least the c**ts selling half 'n' half scarves will be happy as we appear to be aiming at the tourist market.

WRONG !!!!

 

[1961_vintage]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

My letter and brochure arrived yesterday. Beautifully presented.

However, having studied the detail, I could find no reference anywhere to blue laces.

If I have to dig a little deeper and take a pinch in the form of a £20 increase on this season - it better come with a little gift otherwise there will be trouble.

 

[Stretford Born Blue]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

I did something similar earlier.

For the new stand I first did it on the number of seats for home supporters. Block 314 is split home/away and I've assumed 50/50.

£299 - c2200 seats
£380 - c1200 seats
£600 - c1000 seats

I also calculate there are about 890 £380 seats pitch side and another 400 or so more at £475.

As for the "rich kids" seats I've got a lower figure. I make it about 1750 paying over a £1000.

It's probable that your figure for the "rich kids" seats is more accurate, I was using the seating plan and estimating the number of blocks in each coloured segment. I had to fudge some of the figures due to the blocks being different sizes of course. Sorry, there's no way I'm adding up individual seats, I'm not that obsessed... ;)

BTW, using my rough guide I reckon there's around 28,000 seats out of the 55,000 in the £299-£620 range on offer.

How many season tickets do we sell? Dose anyone have a clue?

In an annual report for2012/13 the full allocation was 36,500. In 2013/14 it was 36,400. I think it may have gone up since then, but it will be around that

I did a rough estimate yesterday for adult season ticket prices. I recon there are around 3250 seats in the new stand at £299, with a further 1500 at £380 and 1250 at £600. Plus there are just short of 1500 new seats at pitch side at £380 to £475. The additional seats in the North Stand, when extended will be similarly priced. Don't think we can actually criticise the club for overpriced season tickets. It's unfortunate that some may need to move to accommodate premium packages or other increases in price, mine didn't go up, but my sons and fathers did by £10 and £20 respectively. hav

 

[Blue Maverick]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

Anyone think the second tier will look like Club Wembley empty most of the time apart from the big games

 

[HelloCity]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

Anyone think the second tier will look like Club Wembley empty most of the time apart from the big games

Possibly. Might be that businesses buy those seats rather than individuals.

 

[mekonmcfc]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

Yep - the club have spent millions on a new stand and put a couple of corporate area in that take up some of the existing seats. Unfortunately, instead of praising the clubs investment to continue taking us forward on this magnificent recent journey, most on here are criticising the club off because they believe they have a divine right to the best seats in the house for free - probably because they went to York - or a belief that the financial strategy at the club should be based on their own personal circumstances and not the competitive environment it operates in.

Take a bow.

Take two while you're there.

What a load of shit !!!

We have been at that stadium since 2003 and people have had that seat since Maine Road and the whole time at the new stadium. Now the club think they can shaft the fans it's disgusting. They have just had the biggest TV deal in history and still shaft us. They call us a community club well that's a load of bollocks !! They are wanting the champions league fans there for every game. Well it's not going to happen.

If you think it's acceptable then I feel sorry for you

 

[dubblue]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

Take a bow.

Take two while you're there.

What a load of shit !!!

We have been at that stadium since 2003 and people have had that seat since Maine Road and the whole time at the new stadium. Now the club think they can shaft the fans it's disgusting. They have just had the biggest TV deal in history and still shaft us. They call us a community club well that's a load of bollocks !! They are wanting the champions league fans there for every game. Well it's not going to happen.

If you think it's acceptable then I feel sorry for you

I agree,it's incredible how some will defend the club to the hilt no matter what they do. Totally bizarre.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

Anyone think the second tier will look like Club Wembley empty most of the time apart from the big games

Possibly. Might be that businesses buy those seats rather than individuals.

I think the £1600 plus seats you may be right. However, I also think any unsold will just become premium match day corporate. People would probably pay £80 plus for a one off game with parking, pint and access to bar etc. especially tourists.

I think the end ones with 3 free games thrown in and programme some people will just stay or some of the £1750 displaced lot may move along a bit as it's only about £200 more than they pay now.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST etc 2015/16 Season.

Take a bow.

Take two while you're there.

What a load of shit !!!

We have been at that stadium since 2003 and people have had that seat since Maine Road and the whole time at the new stadium. Now the club think they can shaft the fans it's disgusting. They have just had the biggest TV deal in history and still shaft us. They call us a community club well that's a load of bollocks !! They are wanting the champions league fans there for every game. Well it's not going to happen.

If you think it's acceptable then I feel sorry for you

If you pay the going rate for your precious little seat you can stay there. Otherwise, stop whingeing and move

And before anyone starts labelling me an "I'm alright jack" - I am moving myself as my season ticket no longer represents value for money, you just won't see my crying about it on an internet forum. Me and my mates have built up friendships with the guys around us over the years and it's a top laugh so it's a shame to move, but I'm sure the same will happen over the next few years in our new spot. Life moves on