tickets still available for tomorrow

[Danielmanc]

Does anyone know if I have still have to pay the ridiculous £25 membership fee to get a ticket this making the £40 ticket £65

A few of us wanting to go tomorrow but not paying £65

Im not paying it on principle. Waited til on general sale and got a paper ticket. Thats how its going to be from now on. The price hykes are disgusting. £48 quid v Stoke. Fss!!!! I'm only going to be able to afford to go once a month this season which is gutting. When your paying 30 quid petrol on top of 50 quid ticket it gets rediculous. My kids will only be going to home cup games and not renewing their junior cards - another 20 quid each. Bleeding us dry. Thanks for the loyalty city - although I do believe its mainly due to fuckin FFP which forces us to make money we didn't used to need. Fuckin hate UEFA and couldn't give a shit about champs league this season when we're 'seeded' below Arsenal. Piss take all round!!!!!

Why is it the clubs fault that you pay £30 for petrol ?

 

[blueparrot]

Does anyone know if I have still have to pay the ridiculous £25 membership fee to get a ticket this making the £40 ticket £65

A few of us wanting to go tomorrow but not paying £65

Stoke tickets are available to the open market, games like LIverpool, Chelsea etc you as good as need the new Cityzens card (Old blue member) to secure a ticket for these games, cost is £35 for the season.

Not sure if it is 100% true but the guy sitting next to me at Liverpool game said that his seasoncard for next season was going up to over £1000, he sits on East Stand Level 2, bit steep if true.

I sit in CBL2 and received a letter from the Club last year announcing the extension of the stadium. It said that level 2 would become hospitality and, from memory, talked of prices in the region of £1,500.

When I renewed this year the fella in the ticket office said that a section of the East Stand L2 seating would be turned into hospitality first but he speculated that mine in CB would cost about £1,200 next year.

If the rumours are true, then once the L2 season card holders have relocated to avoid the price hike I doubt whether there will be very many, if any, of the £299 priced seats left in the extension for those on the waiting list who expect to get them.

If you are being relocated from CBL2 wouldn't you go for the best you can afford, I wouldn't have thought somebody paying some of the highest prices in the ground would go for the cheapest seats at the top of an expanded south stand.

 

[Shaelumstash]

Are you sure that is happening? We were losing fans at a rate of knots in the past, mainly due to the demographics of out fan base

I'd be happy to be proved wrong if you've got any data to suggest the opposite?

Going off purely anecdotal evidence on here, and people that I know, the season ticket holders have all renewed, and will probably continue to do so for the next few years if prices continue to rise at the current rate.

The traditional match going fan who perhaps can't afford a season ticket, but goes to say 10 games a season is increasingly being priced out, however. £50 for a home ticket to watch Stoke is not affordable for many that I know, and they are increasingly choosing to stay away. Those tickets are still being bought though, and I'm sure you'd agree there are a higher proportion of "day trippers" / "tourists" at home games nowadays than in years gone by?

I appreciate that is a symptom of success, and is almost inevitable with the profile of the club now. The point I am making is that some people on here don't have any issue with the rampant commercialism and de-humanising of the club because we are winning trophies, and "winning 6-0". Personally I think there needs to be a balance.

Speaking as a traditional match going fan, If you are going to 10 games a season then I would get a s/c as even at £400 your saving money, I go to about 6 / season. The reason is I don't live in Manchester anymore and I guess that would be the main reason for many match day goers. So in the big scheme of things even if tickets were £35, that £15 saving would make little difference to my match day spend, after transport and hotel.
That's not to say a price reduction wouldn't be appreciated but it won't make any difference to my attendance.

Having said that I did the city voice pricing survey and said why I thought the prices should be reduced, and got a reply saying that that was the majority view and they would put that to the club, now nothing may come of it but I'm pretty sure no other club has bothered consulting fans whether they agree with us is another question.

Fair play to you mate for travelling up for games and getting hotels etc. I appreciate the difference of say £15 won't make a difference to your trip, so raising the price from £35 to £50 for a match ticket won't have a huge impact on whether you make the trip or not.

I wouldn't say this is likely the norm for the match going fan without a season ticket though. There are tens of thousands in the GM area who go to as many games as they can, but simply cannot afford a season ticket. They might go to 3-10 games a season and have done for years, but if it's £50 for a ticket to Stoke at home, many of them will simply stop going, as the extra £15 from what they were paying 2 years ago will have a very real impact on their ability to go.

 

[xgorton]

Does anyone know if I have still have to pay the ridiculous £25 membership fee to get a ticket this making the £40 ticket £65

A few of us wanting to go tomorrow but not paying £65

Stoke tickets are available to the open market, games like LIverpool, Chelsea etc you as good as need the new Cityzens card (Old blue member) to secure a ticket for these games, cost is £35 for the season.

Not sure if it is 100% true but the guy sitting next to me at Liverpool game said that his seasoncard for next season was going up to over £1000, he sits on East Stand Level 2, bit steep if true.

When tkts go on open sale you only need your old membership number (purchase history),you don't need a new Citizen card.

 

[squirtyflower]

Does anyone know if I have still have to pay the ridiculous £25 membership fee to get a ticket this making the £40 ticket £65

A few of us wanting to go tomorrow but not paying £65

Stoke tickets are available to the open market, games like LIverpool, Chelsea etc you as good as need the new Cityzens card (Old blue member) to secure a ticket for these games, cost is £35 for the season.

Not sure if it is 100% true but the guy sitting next to me at Liverpool game said that his seasoncard for next season was going up to over £1000, he sits on East Stand Level 2, bit steep if true.

When tkts go on open sale you only need your old membership number (purchase history),you don't need a new Citizen card.

does that mean people just pay the price of the ticket and no membership?

 

[Danielmanc]

Stoke tickets are available to the open market, games like LIverpool, Chelsea etc you as good as need the new Cityzens card (Old blue member) to secure a ticket for these games, cost is £35 for the season.

Not sure if it is 100% true but the guy sitting next to me at Liverpool game said that his seasoncard for next season was going up to over £1000, he sits on East Stand Level 2, bit steep if true.

When tkts go on open sale you only need your old membership number (purchase history),you don't need a new Citizen card.

does that mean people just pay the price of the ticket and no membership?

I think so

 

[John69]

Stoke tickets are available to the open market, games like LIverpool, Chelsea etc you as good as need the new Cityzens card (Old blue member) to secure a ticket for these games, cost is £35 for the season.

Not sure if it is 100% true but the guy sitting next to me at Liverpool game said that his seasoncard for next season was going up to over £1000, he sits on East Stand Level 2, bit steep if true.

I sit in CBL2 and received a letter from the Club last year announcing the extension of the stadium. It said that level 2 would become hospitality and, from memory, talked of prices in the region of £1,500.

When I renewed this year the fella in the ticket office said that a section of the East Stand L2 seating would be turned into hospitality first but he speculated that mine in CB would cost about £1,200 next year.

If the rumours are true, then once the L2 season card holders have relocated to avoid the price hike I doubt whether there will be very many, if any, of the £299 priced seats left in the extension for those on the waiting list who expect to get them.

If you are being relocated from CBL2 wouldn't you go for the best you can afford, I wouldn't have thought somebody paying some of the highest prices in the ground would go for the cheapest seats at the top of an expanded south stand.

I agree but, unless other season ticket holders move or don't renew, they might be the only seats available.

I tried to relocate in this window to avoid the rush next year but was I only offered the front few rows of L1 or back of L3 so there wasn't much choice. I'd prefer the south stand for the atmosphere but there weren't any seats going.

 

[Marvin]

Not sure if it's been said but the tickets on sale are returns from Stoke.

They received an allocation of 1,608 and returned 500.

 

[Blue Mist]

Should I get my red pen out ?

 

[Newtoncc]

Strange that tickets appeared for family stand upper and lower and the upper tickets, normally more expensive, are £38 where lower is £44 and South stand upper £46, if you have left to last minute tou will get cheapest seat available now if you want to!