Ticket Prices

[bluesmith]

Yeah as a one off game? I bet they couldn't afford it on a regular basis. It's a joke.

If that's the case why are the cat A sold out season in season out? It's the lower category games we struggle with.

 

[bluesmith]

It's just a pity all the youngsters and Families that went to the Fulham game can't aford to go to this one or Liverpool or Chelsea or the rags
Wonder how many that paid £63 for tomorow went to Fulham game !!!

Probably 95% of them.

 

[kippax123]

If that's the case why are the cat A sold out season in season out? It's the lower category games we struggle with.

I think it's because people that can only afford a few games are obviously going to pick the so called better games? I'm just talking from experience's that I have seen with friends that are struggling to get to the matches because of cost? And yes they went to the Fulham game.

 

[pardoeofftomexico]

That's fine if you go on your own but cost prohibitive for families
Maybe one day the club will wake up & smell the roses and make the majority of games a reasonable price for everyone not just the ones they think fans can't be arsed going to
Even on here so many different views about ticket pricing and policies so I wonder what is In store for the future
Let's hope for 3 points tomorow

Are you sure that many families used to go in the old days. Coming from Wythenshawe where people did not have a lot of money everyone in my class would support City or United but I can rarely remember any of them actually going to a game. Certainly apart from the odd one off game my Dad (who when single had been a regular supporter) only started to go again with me when I started work.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

If that's the case why are the cat A sold out season in season out? It's the lower category games we struggle with.

obviously the demand is higher for the bigger games, but a lot of the time it’s not city fans buying the tickets. It’s often sports fans out for day out. Block 107 id regularly sit next to people who just wanted a day out. The club also sell tickets to ticket agencies for the bigger games, which are then sold on for huge prices

A lot of the lower cat game lots of season ticket holders can’t be bothered with either.

fa cup games are the perfect example of why tickets should be reduced. Think long term. We shouldn’t force local fans into either only going to cheap games or going to one or two big games a season

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

obviously the demand is higher for the bigger games, but a lot of the time it’s not city fans buying the tickets. It’s often sports fans out for day out. Block 107 id regularly sit next to people who just wanted a day out. The club also sell tickets to ticket agencies for the bigger games, which are then sold on for huge prices

A lot of the lower cat game lots of season ticket holders can’t be bothered with either.

fa cup games are the perfect example of why tickets should be reduced. Think long term. We shouldn’t force local fans into either only going to cheap games or going to one or two big games a season

The sales for half and half scarves for category A games are stupendous :)

 

[cyberblue]

Are you sure that many families used to go in the old days. Coming from Wythenshawe where people did not have a lot of money everyone in my class would support City or United but I can rarely remember any of them actually going to a game. Certainly apart from the odd one off game my Dad (who when single had been a regular supporter) only started to go again with me when I started

 

[bluesmith]

I think it's because people that can only afford a few games are obviously going to pick the so called better games? I'm just talking from experience's that I have seen with friends that are struggling to get to the matches because of cost? And yes they went to the Fulham game.

Exactly so price the lower cat games cheaper. The focus is wrong the cat a games are priced correctly if they weren't they wouldn't sell out.

 

[Corky]

Prices are very cheap for kids season tickets, people buy them and they aren't always used.

Prices were cheap for Fulham in NS, £1 a kid, people bough them and did not take their seats due to the weather or did not turn up.

Prices are cheap in SSL3 and it is the stand most likely to list on the ticket exchange.

People won't go tomorrow due to the weather and danger on the roads, and trains possibly not running too. If the weather gets worse there will be lots of gaps and people who no intention of going will complain they were prevented by the bourgeoisie buying season tickets and not using them.

Back in the 70s & 89s it was mainly older lads & young men that went
Things changed with new seating in Platt lane & the Kippax and designated family stand & it carried on to the Etihad

Yeah it wasn't safe for women and children, or grown men. Too many illiterate dickheads went then and ruined it for everyone else.

 

[bluesmith]

obviously the demand is higher for the bigger games, but a lot of the time it’s not city fans buying the tickets. It’s often sports fans out for day out. Block 107 id regularly sit next to people who just wanted a day out. The club also sell tickets to ticket agencies for the bigger games, which are then sold on for huge prices

You need to be a member up until most sell out so I'm unsure why this would be true for the top cat a games you can't buy without previous history. so they .must be getting them on the secondary market and paying even more

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Maybe they should do ST for so many games.
Think I’d be interested in that to be honest as night games are really not appealing to me currently and I’m sure don’t appeal to others who work/live miles away.

I currently pay £630 I think in SS3 so £33 a game. I think I would be happy to pay £45 a game but only for say 12 games or whichever fall on the weekend. They could then sell the other 7 games for say £20 a game which might appeal to more local people who can’t afford the full ST price but may still want to go to some games at a relatively low price.

Might not appeal to everyone though, I get that.

 

[Beaker]

I think anybody defending charging £63 and £40 for kids have lost touch with reality. Have people ever stopped to wonder why so many season ticket holders don’t turn up to matches? It’s because people who probably wouldn’t ordinarily want a season ticket are keeping them because of the scandalous price of match day tickets. Look around the stadium tomorrow and there will be empties all over the place.

 

[cyberblue]

Maybe they should do ST for so many games.
Think I’d be interested in that to be honest as night games are really not appealing to me currently and I’m sure don’t appeal to others who work/live miles away.

I currently pay £630 I think in SS3 so £33 a game. I think I would be happy to pay £45 a game but only for say 12 games or whichever fall on the weekend. They could then sell the other 7 games for say £20 a game which might appeal to more local people who can’t afford the full ST price but may still want to go to some games at a relatively low price.

Might not appeal to everyone though, I get that.

Excellent idea
Times have moved on
It shouldnt be one size fits all
There is also a case to be made for season tickets holders opting in for games so if there are games they deffiently not going to they can be put on sale straight away
Also 3 game bundles
kid for quid tickets
Pensioners £10
Scrap citizen card
Loads of things the club can do but they just can't be arsed

 

[cyberblue]

I think anybody defending charging £63 and £40 for kids have lost touch with reality. Have people ever stopped to wonder why so many season ticket holders don’t turn up to matches? It’s because people who probably wouldn’t ordinarily want a season ticket are keeping them because of the scandalous price of match day tickets. Look around the stadium tomorrow and there will be empties all over the place.

You summed it up in one
Who in there right mind would advocate absurd high prices for match tickets Absolutley hundreds of tickets on sale for tomorow
( if any are returns from season ticket holders why flog them at £63)
Loads of corporate hospitality places left as well.
People will vote with there feet
Back in the day it was a treat to go corperate now it is a treat just to go to a game
Loads of pubs will be rammed with City fans tomorow so at least the pub landlords will be happy

 

[fitzy blue]

Although Gary Cook had his faults and made mistakes when he was CO, he WAS in touch with the fans. I feel as though he would have had a big say in keeping prices down as he had a good idea of the fans working class roots. Soriano ( or the invisible man) is doing a certain job for the club to make money, and no doubt in their eyes is doing well. But his match going fan connection is zero.

 

[Corky]

Although Gary Cook had his faults and made mistakes when he was CO, he WAS in touch with the fans. I feel as though he would have had a big say in keeping prices down as he had a good idea of the fans working class roots. Soriano ( or the invisible man) is doing a certain job for the club to make money, and no doubt in their eyes is doing well. But his match going fan connection is zero.

He presided over the biggest price rises, cat A went from £28 to £48 in 4 years under him, and a £10 jump in his first year.

He was all about the product and clueless about football. He may have given away free tickets now and again, but the rest of us paid for it in spades and then some.

 

[Ric]

Whichever way you look at it, £63 for adults and £40 for kids tomorrow is ridiculous pricing, even more so in the current climate. The club were rightly lauded for the Fulham pricing, and equally deserve criticism for this. Will never happen, but that £30 cap on away tickets should be extended to home tickets too. For all clubs.

 

[jrb]

Yet we've sold 99.9% tickets for tomorrow.

If true, which I doubt?

We haven't sold 99.9% of tickets for 99.9% of home games so far this season.

There's 2 more very important things you have to factor in for the current tickets sales.

1. Pep Guardiola
2. A trophy winning team.

Take both of them away in the future + £60+ tickets and crowds will plummet.

 

[fitzy blue]

He presided over the biggest price rises, cat A went from £28 to £48 in 4 years under him, and a £10 jump in his first year.

He was all about the product and clueless about football. He may have given away free tickets now and again, but the rest of us paid for it in spades and then some.

Cook was there 3 years and Soriano nearly 10. Cook was still learning and listening to the match going fans, prices may have increased initially, but I believe he would have controlled it better than what it is now, we'll never know, but that's my gut feeling.

 

[bluesmith]

You summed it up in one
Who in there right mind would advocate absurd high prices for match tickets Absolutley hundreds of tickets on sale for tomorow
( if any are returns from season ticket holders why flog them at £63)
Loads of corporate hospitality places left as well.
People will vote with there feet
Back in the day it was a treat to go corperate now it is a treat just to go to a game
Loads of pubs will be rammed with City fans tomorow so at least the pub landlords will be happy

Who's advocating high prices? There's a massive difference between advocating the price and understanding why that's the price.

IF any are returns? You clearly have no clue how our ticket system works. Why do you think there are more tickets for sale now than 12 hours ago?