Ticket Prices

[Groke]

The club seems to be detached from reality this season with the ticket pricing. Best part of £30 for a kid's ticket in the family stand v Burnley ffs. Would be over £100 for someone to take a couple of kids - if the club is worried about empty seats, they should really take a hard long look at the cost of tickets; plenty of supporters ready to fill them but can't fucking afford it.

 

[blue44]

The club seems to be detached from reality this season with the ticket pricing. Best part of £30 for a kid's ticket in the family stand v Burnley ffs. Would be over £100 for someone to take a couple of kids - if the club is worried about empty seats, they should really take a hard long look at the cost of tickets; plenty of supporters ready to fill them but can't fucking afford it.

i was going to buy 2 tickets this week for burnley,for a Filipino woman and husband i work with.
Cheapest i could find was where i sit in SS3, near to where i sit actualy,i told her it would be £40 per ticket,£80 all together,she asked "is the seat near the middle?" ,i said no,top of the 3 rd level behind the goal right at the very back,a long way from the pitch,she declined,and i dont blame her. with food and travel add another £30 to £50 minimum.

 

[unicorn]

My lads, 20 and 22 in good jobs, skipped yesterday and spent it doing the pubs. Younger will come to Bruges when it's a bargain £15. They'll probably come to half a dozen league games with me a year.

Plenty of spare seats in CB3 next to me they could have too. Really tough once you move out of child/student prices.

 

[didsburyblu]

Friend of mine wanted 2 tickets but on Friday cheapest tickets on website were £53 each she had a budget of £35 per person so didn't go.
Cue the game yesterday and loads of empty seats that could have been occupied if prices were set realistically.
£106 for 2 people to watch us v Burnley is not going to entice new support and that's before you then go through the rigmarole of how to purchase said ticket

 

[give it to gordon]

We have looked at attending a few times against Burnley but have always thought the price was to high to watch Burnley. Yes the prices are to high and it's not Citys fault that Burnley are an anti footballing team so not a big draw. Perhaps City need to look at these anti football games and charge less.

I personally would never travel up, pay 60quid or more for a ticket to watch Burnley. He says after watching the Southampton game lol
I hope to see a good game of football and value for money but teams like Burnley not offer anything to football or the premier league. Now the Brentford could be good so might come to that game.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Our match day ticket prices are scandalous.

the demand is there, it’s just most people who aren’t season ticket holders can’t afford it. Seems like the club would rather have empty seats.

something needs to be done about this. Maybe the official supporters club or the 1894 group can start to push the club on it. I feel like because it doesn’t affect season ticket holders people are less bothered

 

[blue44]

Our match day ticket prices are scandalous. Awful pricing.

the demand is there, it’s just most people who aren’t season ticket holders can’t afford it. Seems like the club would rather have empty seats.

something needs to be done about this. Maybe the official supporters club or the 1894 group can start to push the club on it. I feel like because it doesn’t affect season ticket holders people are less bothered

another big reason is the internet too
someone skint cant afford £35 to £55 for a ticket
get a load of cheap beer in for a £10 and stream it free

 

[East Level 2]

Official attendance was 52,711 (BBC) which is tickets sold.
Capacity is about 54,500 allowing for segregation so we failed to sell fewer than 2,000 tickets even though the prices are ridiculous. If the ticket prices were more reasonable then the total revenue generated by non S/T sales would probably be less than we achieved yesterday, that is why the prices are kept high.
Extra fans may generate more income from bars and food, but if these services are concessions then the club won't see any extra income.
Football is ludicrously expensive and the cost increases over the past thirty years is probably four or five times inflation, but 52,711 against Burnley when the visitors returned around 1,000 tickets and in the aftermath of Covid is far more than I'd have anticipated at the start of the season.
The club could do a few cheap deals in the final days before games but that would piss off those who buy early, and would create chaos due to the current e-ticket situation.
We've had a thirty quid maximum for away fans in the PL for about ten seasons. We need similar consideration for home fans; but there's no chance we will get it.

 

[give it to gordon]

Wasnt there a scheme some time back that if your kids were junior blues they could get two games a season for a quid each ? Or is my memory playing tricks.

I am reducing the amount of games I attend now due to cost of tickets and travel etc. Sadly other things have to come first like Bill's and food etc

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Official attendance was 52,711 (BBC) which is tickets sold.

I know the club keep back rows of tickets for corporate/ ticketing companies. Are those included in tickets sold? Even if they are empty.

for instance when I was in 107 there was about 3/4 rows of 6 seats that were never full, apart from bigger games. I’m only going off what I saw, but It didn’t look like 52,000, there was lots of empty seats around the ground.

im not bothered, but I’m wondering why so many people are buying tickets for games (tickets sold) and not turning up. It’s their choice, but we seem to affected by it more.

the club should prioritise filling the ground with cheaper seats, rather then focusing on revenue all the time.