Season Ticket Renewals - small increases (again)

[cyberblue]

I didn't say that, I actually said local city fans (didn't state what ethnicities) are being priced out and replaced by middle class and rich (didn't state what ethnicities).
I see lots of non locals at Champions League games, unless everyone has started speaking Spanish and Scandinavian languages in Manchester theses days?

Local fans are being priced out the proof is the amount of fans who watch the game in the pubs now compared to years ago .Regards the Scandanavians they have a massive supporters club (around 3.000)and have been coming over in there droves since the 70s .overe 100 attend every game and they all meet at Mothers Macs so i wouldnt pop in there mate and call them JCLs

 

[Stoned Rose]

There are a disproportionate number of Chinese / middle eastern origin fans at CL games

Source? Or is that just what you perceive yourself mate?

 

[Stoned Rose]

You dont go to CL home games because or parential duties .so do you not go to PL night games cos of those same duties .How come you dont have them same duties for away CL games .dont blame anyone who cant attend a game and noone should have to make an excuse

I’m a single parent who shares care so it depends what ‘week’ the games fall in.

Some I’m available, some not.

I do miss the odd prem home game due to this as well.

I’m not ‘blaming’ anyone for not going. The opposite in fact. I’m saying circumstances that are not financially based play a part in why some people don’t go to games.

 

[tedmak]

They are on Level 2, sat in their padded seats. The City fans that used to be on level 2 sat on plastic seats have been priced out, and have been forced to move to other cheaper plastic seats around the ground.

A similar situation for those pesky City fans who were sat in the way of the Tunnel Club, before they got turfed out as well by the club. Not to mention City fans who were sat in the seats now occupied by 93:20, Joes, or whatever it’s named, etc.

But I shouldn’t complain. After all City have just done the quadruple. And it’s only another £20 increase on my season ticket. The 11th increase in 12 season’s. I’m already resigned to another £20 increase the season after next. Pep best bloody win the CL by then. ;-)

I take issue with this. The fans who used to sit where the JCLs (not my term) 'are', in the padded seats, have not been priced out. They have raised the price of those seats.
There are other seats in the ground.
My concern is if the cheaper seats are unaffordable. THAT is pricing out and needs to be prevented. Being realistic, the best seats in the stadium (bar hospitality), I would expect to be at a premium price. Is the same for any entertainment venue of any field.
I don't think we should conflate the two things.

 

[cyberblue]

I’m a single parent who shares care so it depends what ‘week’ the games fall in.

Some I’m available, some not.

I do miss the odd prem home game due to this as well.

I’m not ‘blaming’ anyone for not going. The opposite in fact. I’m saying circumstances that are not financially based play a part in why some people don’t go to games.

My hat goes of to you must be extremely hard being a single parent ,it hard enough two people bringing a child up .

 

[jrb]

I take issue with this. The fans who used to sit where the JCLs (not my term) 'are', in the padded seats, have not been priced out. They have raised the price of those seats.
There are other seats in the ground.
My concern is if the cheaper seats are unaffordable. THAT is pricing out and needs to be prevented. Being realistic, the best seats in the stadium (bar hospitality), I would expect to be at a premium price. Is the same for any entertainment venue of any field.
I don't think we should conflate the two things.

I clearly remember many City fans on here complaining about being priced out of L2, and having to move as they could no longer afford those seats. Especially along the East Stand.

I used to sit in block 215, SSL2. I moved there from Maine Road with my mates. We used to sit together in R Block, in the NS.

I eventually moved from 215 as I wanted to be in the singing section, block 111.

But I would have had to move eventually, as block 215 (or is it 216?) is now reserved for fans who use the restaurant above. Is it 93:20?

My partner and Daughter sit in 212, L2. They are constantly concerned that they will end up being priced out of that block. They love it in there, and have made loads of friends, who sit next to them.

I pay £705 for my seat. It’s in block 115. I know there are cheaper seats with better views in other parts of the stadium.

The pricing of seats and blocks is all over the place. How can the club justify 3 different price bands for seats in the same block? Madness! Greed!

Why should people have to pay less or more for a seat if they are 1 row apart? It’s the same view. It’s just another way of getting more money out of the fans. Before that was brought in by the club all seats in each block were the same price, no matter where you sat in that block.

It will be interesting to see what price safe standing seats will be. I can tell you now, they probably won’t be any cheaper than what people are paying now in L1. So people will disappointed. And if the seats are cheaper, people will move into those seats because they are cheap, and not because they want to improve the atmosphere at the Etihad. Which is not the point of the safe standing seats.

I know it will never happen, but if all seats were the same price, take an average of all seat prices at the Etihad, people wouldn’t need to move and relocate every season trying to find cheaper seats. It’s like f***ing pass the seat parcel every June. Sorry for swearing.

 

[birchvillablue]

Most of our CL games last year were similar price to the other cups, people are not attending CL games for other reasons, ie most don't really care that greatly for the competition.

Local fans are being priced out the proof is the amount of fans who watch the game in the pubs now compared to years ago .Regards the Scandanavians they have a massive supporters club (around 3.000)and have been coming over in there droves since the 70s .overe 100 attend every game and they all meet at Mothers Macs so i wouldnt pop in there mate and call them JCLs

Maybe Scandinavian was a bad choice, but the is a lot of tourists at CL games.

 

[tedmak]

I clearly remember many City fans on here complaining about being priced out of L2, and having to move as they could no longer afford those seats. Especially along the East Stand.

I used to sit in block 215, SSL2. I moved there from Maine Road with my mates. We used to sit together in R Block, in the NS.

I eventually moved from 215 as I wanted to be in the singing section, block 111.

But I would have had to move eventually, as block 215 (or is it 216?) is now reserved for fans who use the restaurant above. Is it 93:20?

My partner and Daughter sit in 212, L2. They are constantly concerned that they will end up being priced out of that block.

They love it in there, and have made loads of friends, who sit next to them.

I pay £705 for my seat. It’s in 115. I know there are cheaper seats with better views in other parts of the stadium.

The pricing of seats and blocks is all over the place. How can the club justify 3 different price bands for seats in the same block? Madness! Greed!

Why should people have to pay less or more for a seat if they are 1 row apart? It’s the same view. It’s just another way of getting more money out of the fans. Before that was brought in by the club all seats in each block were the same price, no matter where you sat in that block.

It will be interesting to see what price safe standing seats will be. I can tell you now, they probably won’t be any cheaper than what people are paying now in L1. So people will disappointed. And if the seats are cheaper, people will move into those seats because they are cheap, and not because they want to improve the atmosphere at the Etihad. Which is not the point of the safe standing seats.

I know it will never happen, but if all seats were the same price, take an average of all seat prices at the Etihad, people wouldn’t need to move and relocate every season, trying to find cheaper seats. It’s like f***ing pass the seat parcel every June. Sorry for swearing.

I get what you are saying. I sense, without any specific knowledge, that the club are pricing seats with the intention of people moving away from them. That would vacate the seats for the off-site hospitality they do for some matches (there is loads for the derby for example) and other offers. Those packages are always offered with seats with great views. To me it is a policy and has been for the last 5 to 10 years.
If you look at seating chart now, it looks like the seating chart if you try and buy a baseball ticket in the US and that can only be deliberate.

 

[Sleeping_Easy]

Current inflation rate 2.1%
Current average income rise = 3.2%
City ticket price rise on average = 3%

Well for the first time in a long time City's average ticket price rise is below the average average wage rise, so thats something I suppose, but for many people the ticket price rise is only just affordable and for some it isn't. It would be nice for it to just rise by inflation for a few years. Afterall, City could make more money from punters by improving the food/drink concessions performance which has always been dreadful.

Very good point with the food/drink concessions. A few times I've nipped for a quick piss at half time and come out to find stupidly long queues and only one or two people serving when there's 4 or 5 tills. It's got to the point where I don't bother.

 

[mancityvstoke]

I'm starting a new Tunnel Club.

It's free to join and free entry to every game. Just no seat.

You also have to help dig the tunnel.