My brother has just been telling that he was thinking of going to see Hartlepool vs Carlisle.....till he saw the ticket price £25. Sunderland vs Liverpool is £27. £2 difference between a Premier League game and League one game doesn't quite add up. I know its a bit of a derby but are they jeopardising ticket sales with abit of silly pricing or are they doing the right thing bumping prices. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
I'm feeling the pinch myself. Me and my girl were season ticket holders but are lucky to get to 2 or 3 games a season now. With the sky money flooding the clubs now, you'd expect the clubs to want full stadia; so they should, hopefully, reduce admission prices. Take a tenner off the entrance fee, fill the grounds...... Why not take £15 off and expand the grounds? x
I can't understand clubs thinking. Surely filling the stadium with cheaper prices is better than not filling it for higher prices.
We all know the atmosphere in a full ground. we all know it's fantastic. I may be naive but I'm sure I read or heard somewhere that the SOL could be developed up to 65k attendances. So. Put adults at £12, OAP's and kids £6... 65k mackems screaming at Spurs? Fulham? Baggies? Must be a goal head start. The money about to be swilling around the trough should, never mind could, make this happen. Is this too much of a rant? x
Good point Bob. Germany have some of the cheapest tickets in western Europe & the Bundesliga sells out at almost every ground, every week. So it can be done.
the money they get from tickets can't contribute that much against merchandising, tv money and sponsorship. the club could afford to take a hit with ticket prices to fill the stadium. there was talk when the sol opened that they could develop it to a higher capacity, so make it bigger and reduce the prices to reflect what they would make from a full stadium at today prices
So 65,000, say. How many more programmes/ pies/ pints? How many more shirts? How much more taken on the buses? Taxi's? I feel a justified movement coming on. Gentlemen, lets start a movement! x
Again, both good points. We would however need to drop prices at present capacity & see how it go's. The stadium has the potential & planning permission to be developed to 63,000. Ultimately though it would depend on performances on the pitch.
