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Season Ticket pricing for League 1
- Thread starter Ian Bairds Fist
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Cheap stupid comments from a sad ex fan
The Merry Prankster
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You're funny.
Ian Bairds Fist
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Well it was just a slight overreaction!!!
The Merry Prankster
Pactum serva
In last night's programme Cardiff were offering family season tickets for next season (2 adults & 2 kids) for £699 and stated that season ticket holders would save £100 next season in the hope that attendances would increase and create a better atmosphere for the team. I will renew whatever the price but the club need to consider what they charge as a lot of fans will not renew.
Return of the Rev
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But thats the bottom line is it not?
nwgull
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He seems to have got the pricing right. We average 25.4K paying punters per game - the third highest in the league - which is 85% of capacity. If we were to have reduced all tickets by 15% for this season, would it have resulted in 30K gates every week - i.e the same ticketing income? I very much doubt it.
Do the maths.
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
What does that mean? Just because I am setting a limit of what I will or will not accept to part with my hard earned. Its MY choice. We all have a choice.
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
I can assure you he isnt!
He's getting paid a salary, not making a profit from the fans/customers. The suggestion was that we're overpaying so that someone can make a nice profit at our expense, which is clearly not happening.
Surely that's a target for the players and manager, I'm not sure there's a lot that Barber can do about it now.
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
Fair comment but as he is the CEO the buck stops with him.
Why would it be called that? If you go back through NSC you'll see that a lot thought Amex ('Falmer') crowds would be about 12,000 once the novelty had worn off, moving up to the 20,000s for big games. There were even threads discussing which areas should be tarped off!
If we'd never got close to selling out the Amex, or if we expect to always be a poor L1 side never to challenge again then your comment might have some merit.
Return of the Rev
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If we can average 47,000 next season we could break even without having to raise ticket prices!
Correct. Our wage costs would be much lower as obviously there will be relegation clauses or similar written into the players contracts.
Charlies Shinpad
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So when is the last direct debit taken out for this season ?
Return of the Rev
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Are you sure?
I think you might be giving the good ship amex a bit too much credit. Lets hope you are right
You don't want to commit to a season ticket unless you're going to see Championship or better quality football, which is fair enough. If we're going to debate whether that's down to Barber or others, I wonder if we've both got work or chores that we're trying to avoid
It's been said before that if the club are happy to fleece fans by increasing ST prices if promoted (does any other club do this?) then the club should reduce ST prices if relegated.
I expect ST and match day prices to be frozen for next season. Although some fans will pay whatever is asked of them, ticket prices are already at or close to the maximum that a lot of people will be prepared to pay in particular as most of the football has been pretty uninspiring.
I expect ST and match day prices to be frozen for next season. Although some fans will pay whatever is asked of them, ticket prices are already at or close to the maximum that a lot of people will be prepared to pay in particular as most of the football has been pretty uninspiring.