Ticket Prices

Citizen of Legoland said:
I agree it's an expensive hobby but everyone puts a different value on these things. For me it's the only costly hobby I have and I get time to spend it with a good mate and my grown up kids so I deem it worthwhile. Even though I'm quite comfortable financially now - and that wasn't always the case - I still get surprised at what people will pay for cars, houses, clothes and supposedly better 'experiences' at a football game so am clearly still putting a value on things. I don't judge them though, that's their decisions. I just don't think there is an average fan any more.
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Correct, it is what it is. I play golf and it basically takes my disposable income. My gripe is the massive increase in the relative cost of a ticket compared to the average salary. Lots of fans literally have to save up to see a match where it wasn't like that 30 years ago pre premiership.
 
tweety said:
Correct, it is what it is. I play golf and it basically takes my disposable income. My gripe is the massive increase in the relative cost of a ticket compared to the average salary. Lots of fans literally have to save up to see a match where it wasn't like that 30 years ago pre premiership.
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It's changed so much because clubs are having to devise new ways to generate money to stay competitive and coupled with the broadcasting rights the amount of money being spent has spiralled for every team. The game has clearly modernised and become much better though, there's little point in bemoaning how it's changed, unless you really want the shit pitches, rare televised games, magic sponges and good old-fashioned centre-half tackling back.
 
blueparrot said:
All true, but none of this is new, and has been the case for years. Thing is though these £60 games will sell out except for some exchange tickets. The games that don't are the cheaper £40 games, so while I agree with you would reducing the price to £30 sell many more tickets for the £40 games?
A season ticket will always be cheaper if you are going to more than half the games, which is the cause of the majority of empty seats, because s/c holders can afford to miss a few games and still save money on matchday, so I'd make s/c a bit dearer,which will cause an outcry, and make matchday tickets cheaper, or my preference introduce a scheme where you get discount the more matchday tickets you buy.
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I was charged £58 and £38 for me and my 14-year-old for both Palace and Burnley games. The matches you would expect to be far cheaper. It's not just the 'big games' the club takes the piss with.

The simplest solution is to have particular stands a fixed low price, regardless of the opponent, to the exclusion of season ticket holders who will amass their own saving over the course of the season.

I'd wager that stand would be the fullest and loudest in the entire stadium.

We're dropping the ball every year which passes. We have failed to encourage a new generation of kids in a period when the football and success has never been higher.
 
jrb said:
It's not only football pricing people and fans out. Liam Gallagher and Ed Sheeran at the Etihad this year.

It seems the leisure industry, be it sporting, concerts, and events of any kind are determined to squeeze as much money out of people as they can.

Gone are the days when artists and the leisure and entertainment industry in general gave a shit about people and fans. No wonder it's a multi-billion pound industry, where people will pay what they have to buy a ticket and watch their idols. It's a business after all, so the bottom line is making as much money as possible out of people and fans. Especially as people are desperate to escape the soul destroying COVID pandemic for a couple of hours of (supposed) normality and joy.

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But for most people they are 'one off' type events.
Not 19 league games and umpteen additional cup games.
 
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