Travel Subsidy - dead man walking?

[AZ Gull]

They added a £50 levy to season tickets after the 1st season at the Amex

It was £30 (£15 for concessions).

 

[sparkie]

So what you're saying is the club pay 1 million to the transport operators? How much does the club recoup in levies from tickets?

No, the club pay 1 million + the levy they receive as part of the ticket price.

 

[Brovion]

Yes, I've thought that too. If, say, 12,000 use public transport and we hand £1m (which people seem to think is the correct figure) to the bus and train companies at, say, £6 a time (the bus fare is £4.70 in Brighton alone, trains are more expensive). That's £72,000 a game, about £1.66m - so the transport companies are losing out.

It's interesting that there's a general belief that the train companies wouldn't be able to collect tickets on the day but I'm sure that cup matches don't include the free travel. And the World Cup matches this autumn (maximum attendances) certainly didn't include them - yet the train companies seemed to cope adequately

Two things: Firstly the trains are not necessarily more expensive. It's about £3.40 (from memory) from Brighton or London Road to Falmer and back, and £4.70 by bus. Secondly (and you perhaps didn't mean to include me but I'll answer as if you did) I didn't say that the travel companies "wouldn't be able" to check tickets, they obviously could. My point is that it would make the 'travel experience' a lot worse and for the less-committed and the flakey part-timers (like me) when you're weighing up if you want to spend a Saturday afternoon at a football match it's another cross in the debit column. Certainly I wouldn't pay the extortionate Brighton bus fare,

 

[reigate]

It was £30 (£15 for concessions).

Im pretty sure it was £30 in the 1st year when we had the option of buying vouchers, but went up to £50 when they included it as part of the season ticket for the 2nd season.

 

[AZ Gull]

Im pretty sure it was £30 in the 1st year when we had the option of buying vouchers, but went up to £50 when they included it as part of the season ticket for the 2nd season.

Saturday March 10 2012 - Season ticket prices frozen unless Albion go up

However, all season ticket holders will have to pay an extra £30 per adult per season by way of a transport levy which is being reintroduced.

The levy covers 23 league games, with the extra charge for concessions being £15 for under-18s and over-65s.

 

[Bozza]

Im pretty sure it was £30 in the 1st year when we had the option of buying vouchers, but went up to £50 when they included it as part of the season ticket for the 2nd season.

Saturday March 10 2012 - Season ticket prices frozen unless Albion go up

Saturday February 23 2013 - Albion season ticket prices going up

The travel subsidy for using public transport is also going up by £20 to £50 for adults and from £15 to £25 for concessions.

 

[Birdie Boy]

I believe it is part of the planning permission so I don't see how it can be stored. However, the price for us can go up year on year but at some point they would have to stop otherwise it would be cheaper to buy your own ticket!

The other option is, if you live outside BN1, you pay a transport fee inside you don't. Problem with that is they could end up with 20000 STHs all suddenly living at the same address in Moulscombe! Lol

 

[ewe2]

....But the travel sub at 1Ml losses per season cannot include any extra tickets sold or maintained because of it.If the attendances were not affected if it was scraped then ,at some stage the club will try and rid themselves of it.

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

The club could apply to remove the requirement, and if this was refused they would have a right of appeal.

They are choosing not to do this.

 

[DumLum]

Always been part of it.

Well as a season ticket holder I was a complete mug for buying a book of travel vouchers in the first season then.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

They added a £50 levy to season tickets after the 1st season at the Amex

Saturday February 23 2013 -

The travel subsidy for using public transport is also going up by £20 to £50 for adults and from £15 to £25 for concessions.

I'm confused. A levy is the opposite of a subsidy. What are we talking about?

 

[sparkie]

I'm confused. A levy is the opposite of a subsidy. What are we talking about?

The levy is what the fans pay within the ticket price.

The subsidy is the gift from Tony.