Season ticket prices 2016/17

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

When I had a season ticket at Maine Road, my mates & I were strewn around all four stands & used to lift our kids over the turnstiles and sit them on our knees. When we moved, we bought 12 season tickets over two rows in 329 - nearly enough for all plus offspring.

The point I am making is that I have been lucky enough to watch City since the early 80's with these same mates. We have witnessed some shit (and a couple of hidings) over those years and tbh it was probably the camaraderie rather the football that has kept us all going...........so for some it isn't quite as simple as upping sticks to a cheaper seat because this couldn't happen en masse.

My Platinum season card cost £630 in 13/14, went up by 7.1% in 14/15 to £675 and went up a further 11.1% to £750 last season. That is 19% in a couple of years!! My wages are unchanged during this same period & it is getting progressively harder to justify the expense.

I would never have thought I could consider not having a season ticket but it is ironic that as the football has got better and the silverware started arriving, I now am having to do so.......and that is all about money.

You are pretty unlucky there for 2 reasons sir:

i) You sit in the front section of your block and it happens to be 1 of only 42 sections of the total 178 sections in the ground that were subject to significant increases (excluding premium seats) in 2015/2016. £75 is steep and was actually one of the 14 sections that were subject to the highest increases in the entire ground.
ii) Relcoation is a problem for you because there are 12 of you in your group.

The shame is that if you could have moved to the block to your left and went in the middle section rather than the front section you would pay £150 less than you are now. Drop Platinum and the saving increases to £200 and still have IMO a bloody good view.

 

[sktooblue]

Unlucky or not, why did the club feel the need to increase these season ticket prices so dramatically?

I could almost understand it had they implemented this policy for match day tickets only, because the buyer is making a one-off commitment or can decide to buy elsewhere. What has changed this year that hadn't in the previous 10? I seem to recall that when we moved to this stadium, one of the intentions was to have a simple pricing policy of one price for seats behind the goals and another for the sides. Now it's more convoluted then ever.

You are pretty unlucky there for 2 reasons sir:

i) You sit in the front section of your block and it happens to be 1 of only 42 sections of the total 178 sections in the ground that were subject to significant increases (excluding premium seats) in 2015/2016. £75 is steep and was actually one of the 14 sections that were subject to the highest increases in the entire ground.
ii) Relcoation is a problem for you because there are 12 of you in your group.

The shame is that if you could have moved to the block to your left and went in the middle section rather than the front section you would pay £150 less than you are now. Drop Platinum and the saving increases to £200 and still have IMO a bloody good view.

 

[SWP's back]

If someone became seriously ill then you couldn't justify banning them for missing three months of the season. I appreciate it was in jest but a good and effective resale system for all would help fill those empty seats. I missed two over the festive period for family commitments and neither time did I manage to sell my ticket.

Match dat ticket revenue makes up very little and will make up even less next year of our total revenue.

Tickets should be a lot cheaper but there's need to be a good incentive system to reduce non attendance (to stop the cheap tickets meaning that people could pick and choose even worse than they currently do).

 

[Peter Doherty]

Not sure how true but if City are subsidising a later train back to London it's not for the working class supporter that's for sure. They know where the money is and for me that shows
their true colours. How many supporters have to stay or drive at midweek London games and not a peep from the club. Anyway saying that I think there's more chance of Utd winning the league than SC prices being reduced, regardless of a " Late train back to London"

This gimmick confirms prices are being increased.

 

[dadnlad]

them that get pissed wet through should get reduced ticket price but how do you police it or slow increase in price on lower tier towards back fills empty seats

 

[peoffrey]

This gimmick confirms prices are being increased.

IIRC, it's £60 for a basic return fare. I'd rather book something for myself and Airbnb somewhere in Manchester to get my head down for the night. I'd miss the last tube by the time it gets back in to Euston.

I understand this Kiev gimmick isn't selling.

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

Unlucky or not, why did the club feel the need to increase these season ticket prices so dramatically?

I could almost understand it had they implemented this policy for match day tickets only, because the buyer is making a one-off commitment or can decide to buy elsewhere. What has changed this year that hadn't in the previous 10? I seem to recall that when we moved to this stadium, one of the intentions was to have a simple pricing policy of one price for seats behind the goals and another for the sides. Now it's more convoluted then ever.

I agree it is more convoluted than ever but it's not rocket science.

You aren't a fan of highly diffential pricing. I am because it is fairer. When it is extened to such a wide extent as it was last year there will inevitably be winners and losers. For this season the overwhelming majority didn't lose out and there were thousands of winners. The "differential" was most extreme in Level 3 - simply, seats at the front are far more popular than the seats at the back. Front section seats in your block increased by £75. The seats at the back fell by £75.

You had the opportunity to relocate. I did and thousand others did as well. I have sympathy for you because that would have been harder because there are 12 in your group.

 

[peoffrey]

Why should he have to relocate? All we want is fair pricing for desirable areas in the ground. People defending the constant obscene increases clearly don't live on a budget.

The TV money means City could reduce Seasoncards yet not really notice the difference.

 

[City_Sean]

Starring to worry I'll be priced out, staggered if City up the prices, especially after the new TV deal.

 

[peoffrey]

Do you honestly believe the majority of seats won't go up in price? Think I've gone from £500 to £600 in three seasons. I relocated to 117 to avoid a further increase this season.