The Tigers are delighted to confirm the matchday ticket prices for our return to the Premier League in the 2016/17 season. In line with Season Memberships, seating has been divided into zoned areas, with tickets for all ages starting from just £9 per game – the cheapest ticket available to an adult in the Premier League. We’re also pleased to announce that Zone 1 & 2 will only be available for concessions - 65 & over’s, Under-18’s, as well as families. There will also be special offers in these zones up to two weeks before general sale for those who sign up to the One Stripe Membership, with further details to be released soon. The Club will once again operate a three-tier (Category A, Category B & Category C) pricing structure, as has been the case in recent years. There are huge reductions to be had on our previous season in the Premier League with Category B prices falling by £5 and Category A tickets available for £17 cheaper. With ten of our 19 league games being ranked at Category B, Premier League football can be seen at the KCOM Stadium for as little as £18 most weeks. Tickets for our opening game of the season with champions Leicester City, which is a Category A fixture, will go on sale from 9am on Thursday 28th July. Zone 1 & 2 tickets can be purchased for this game over the phone until Thursday 4th August. All other zones on general sale can be purchased online, over the phone and from Tiger Leisure at the KCOM Stadium from Thursday. The below prices are applicable to all home Premier League matches for the 2016/17 campaign. Match by Match 16/17 Category A Category B Category C Zone 1 £24 £18 £9 Zone 2 £27 £21 £15 Zone 3 £30 £27 £21 Zone 4 £33 £30 £27 * Please note there is a £2 charge on tickets bought from Tiger Leisure and over the phone, rising to £5 on a matchday. However, there is no charge on transactions online or from the kiosks. http://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/...es-confirmed-3210631.aspx#wAhkCwCpVIcX8cqt.99
Bad - the restriction on where concessions can sit; the £5 charge for paying on the day face to face. Good - the ticket prices themselves. Cautiously positive.
"We’re also pleased to announce that Zone 1 & 2 will only be available for concessions" So that's how they're planning to get round the concession rules.
It also says "...and families" if I'm not mistaken. I'm not sure how they're going to classify a family. A parent and child? Two cousins? Family of four?
What if zone 3 and 4 sell out would they then not allow a single adult to purchase a ticket in zones 1 & 2 potentially leaving empty seats instead?
Credit where it's due - if there is a £17 reduction on category A games and Category C can be bought for £9, then no matter how limited you've got to say it's a good thing.
Well To my mind they have changed their mind haven't they? They'd previously said there would be no concessions, now there saying that there are concessions (even though they've effectively just said that the 'family zone' prices are the ones that are the concessions. Certainly they're using the word 'concessions'! Or have I misunderstood ?
It's probably a legal minefield, but surely they should be offering concessions to membership scheme holders in these zones as well now that matchday prices have been announced with concessions?
Well they've used the word 'concession' but if zones 1 & 2 are nearly full with memberships (I assume they'd be the first areas to sell) and a Dad & 2 kids wanted to buy tickets for a Cat 3 game in the next cheapest zone 3 it's still £21 per ticket for each of them.
Considering the big thing about the membership scam was to simplify things and stop cheating its not easy to get your head around.
I'm sure this kind of arrangement was in one of the original proposals of the scheme wasn't it? They make everything so complicated it's hard to remember what's what.
After wading my way through the appalling English of that press release (seriously, who wrote that?!) then the face message of cheaper match-day tickets is a good one. It will be interesting to see the balance of Category A/B/C matches, as I suspect that as usual the financial benefits of a season pass/membership are marginal if you miss more than a couple of matches. The "concessions" is just a fudge to get round the rules - is it really a concession if you can't actually buy a ticket as the zone is already full? But it wouldn't surprise me if this is just enough to keep the Premier League quiet on this one. As I read a while back - if we're relying on the PL to come in and be the good guys on something, we know we're in trouble.
