Sneaky increase in ticket prices

[Tim of the Oak]

I’m all for cheaper tickets but here’s a few questions I’ve got to inform the business case to Danny, Roel and Soriano:

1. It’s Haaland whose captivating the younger audience and the teams success on the pitch. That needs to be paid for and our match day revenue lags behind other top teams.

2. Why select premium / semi corporate tickets to illustrate price hikes / comparisons. When did the working classes buy these tickets in the good old days. Only when there was nothing else available and on special occasions I guess. I recall as a teenager the only tickets available for a Boxing Day game was on the top tier of the Kippax. City charged £30 odd quid for these tickets a quarter of a century ago and the deal didn’t include a can of pop or sweet FA other than the seat. It was a nil nil bore draw btw.

3. I’ve managed to sort 3 tickets together online for the Everton game (this week) for a Dad and his 2 sons. The price was £90 odd quid in total. Too expensive but not terrible for the Everton game / nearest home match after Christmas.

4. Are these plastics / tourists mainly filling the 10k or so of seats that didn’t get sold out for Cup games. (I know the Vianogo tickets etc are a con). These plastics / tourists also break the tradition of leaving the game 10 minutes early, apparently.

5. Ticket sales across Prem matches and Cup games are as good as they’ve ever been.

6. Dynamic pricing has been introduced so there are cheaper tickets (bought early) in the family stand.Tickets are more expensive for last minute purchases.

7. This forum called for casual workers etc to be paid in full for what would have been match day work but for the pandemic. We listened to you and paid them in full. This money had to be found and paid.

8. You said the atmosphere would be much better when safe standing was introduced. Why are you now saying it’s all about the price of tickets.

Like I said I’m all for cheaper tickets and younger fans going. I’m just pointing out what might be the response from Club officials who don’t support City. They aren’t the Club. We are btw.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Also playing devils advocate, its all very well having cheap season tickets - but if none at all go on sale, as with this year they're not much help.

I do wonder if fans on those silver season tickets will get the first option of any full season cards that are available next year ... therefore setting a standard that in the future to get a full season ticket you'd have to serve your time on a silver one for a couple of seasons.

The whole pricing thing is very disappointing from City.

My seat is £22 per game up in SS3 and fair play I'd sold the Spurs game on the exchange which the club allowed me to 'get back' at no extra cost. I was expecting to be offered it at a higher price in which case it'd be a telly job.

I feel for distance fans where even if available and with the exchange system a season card isn't really an option. Local fans lose out too, any big blue should already have a season card but, with life it's not always possible and these fans seem to have missed the boat.

 

[ftg89]

I emailed the club about all this to see their response. They said…

I understand your frustration, I will pass your feedback on to the ticket pricing team.

Cheers

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Think we did, we are not entitled to win any game, pretty sure Mahrez doesn't miss penalties on purpose.

I can only recall one player missing a penalty on purpose - Di Stefano!

 

[Centurions]

And if you live overseas, and a seasoncard just isn't practical, irrespective of whether you can afford one or not? I can get to 3 or 4 games maximum in a season. Yes, you can put a limited number up for resale on the ticket exchange, but what are you supposed to do with the rest?

Don't take this personally Jim but if someone can afford to fly in (plus presumably hotel expenses) then I can't see how £35 (say) will make much difference overall for 3 or 4 matches a season. For clarity, I can't justify the petrol costs, let alone the ticket price to get down from Scotland for a match.

 

[Centurions]

Also playing devils advocate, its all very well having cheap season tickets - but if none at all go on sale, as with this year they're not much help.

I have no idea what that means unless you mean extra season tickets? If so then the reason for that is obvious is it not? Hint, there's an expansion thread on here.

 

[BlueMoonday]

Just had a look at outstanding PL home games and they are all £58 for an adult ticket which is ridiculous.

I completely understand the club needs to generate revenue but that's extortion especially when they can milk sponsorship and TV rights revenue. What impact would charging none - ST holding fans an extra £20 per game have on the overall balance sheet?

I understand that the club is a business but surely the club has social responsibility to safeguard and secure support from local fans. I will still be a fan and attend games if we are ever shit again but the match day tourists you see won't.

 

[Centurions]

Your second sentence sums it up. Basically if you can’t afford a season ticket you can’t go to premier league games and you should just accept that… so that’s basically huge swathes of greater Manchester priced out.

There’s a tiny number of affordable season tickets, which are near enough impossible to buy, if you aren’t already a season ticket holder. They’ve also increased prices everywhere else in the ground and match day prices…

No one’s saying run it as a charity either. Reasonable priced match day tickets isn’t a crazy ask. How can you justify £70 tickets?

There's huge numbers of Manchester residents (and everywhere else for that matter) that are priced out of keeping warm or feeding themselves (for some, both) so I'm sorry, but I'm failing to see your point.

The club sell them out so it's justified in their eyes.

I walk past a local food bank when I take the dog out, our high street is littered with beggars. Welcome to the 21st century.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Shameful. We used to take the piss out of Arsenal and United for stuff like this.

The club don’t give a fuck at all about every day fans.

We’re run brilliantly on the pitch but since Garry Cook was forced out there’s nobody at the club who gives a toss about the fans.

 

[BlueMoonday]

Playing devils advocate, surely the club are looking out for the fans with very reasonably priced season tickets, not to mention spending the money to expand so more season tickets can be bought?

Yes, it's unfortunate if you can't afford a season ticket in the first place but City aren't ran as a charity.

A lot of us can afford season tickets, I myself have held one for years (and travelled away a lot) in the past but had to give it up due to working away. Cityzens and matchday card holders are now in a bubble for the next few seasons where we are paying through our nose for matchday tickets as no STs are available.

I understand your last paragraph.