owls24 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Does anyone else agree that it would make much more sense to charge £10 for tickets. At the reading game there was around 8-10000 more than there usually is and I for one thought the atmosphere was incredible. Also, the club would sell more tickets that way and probably make more money. So why don't they do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Bach Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Because season ticket holders have already outlayed their money six months ago and still wouldn't get it as cheap as £10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls24 Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 (edited) Then season ticket prices should be brought down as well. I'm blessed that I'm under 17 and got mine for £100, but adult tickets should be brought down a bit too and they'd probably shift a few more of them Edited September 28, 2014 by owls24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalowlisback Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Does anyone else agree that it would make much more sense to charge £10 for tickets. At the reading game there was around 8-10000 more than there usually is and I for one thought the atmosphere was incredible. Also, the club would sell more tickets that way and probably make more money. So why don't they do it? 10,000 extra people there, at £20 per ticket less. We'd be bankrupt by Christmas if we kept that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Bach Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Then season ticket prices should be brought down as well. I'm blessed that I'm under 17 and got mine for £100, but adult tickets should be brought down a bit too and they'd probably shift a few more of them I personally think season ticket prices are too low. I would happily pay more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalowlisback Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 I personally think season ticket prices are too low. I would happily pay more. I will let you pay half of my mine next season then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls24 Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 Honestly though, wouldn't it be great if the atmosphere was like that every game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Dinho Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Amazing how little people understand about the economics of football. If making tickets £10 and selling out was more economically advantageous, every club would be doing it. Thankfully, we employ professional accountants to run football clubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladeshater Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 He is only a young lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest james.taylor1982 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 As of next season you will be able to get an adult season ticket at Man City for £299 yet ours are touching 500, takes the wee wee really, no shock it's empty every week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
till_i_die Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 The tickets for Reading were less than half the normal price. To make the same money from ticket sales (ignoring the other match day income), we would need more than double the attendance you would expect otherwise (say 22,000). You would also expect a higher attendance for a one-off like Reading than you would if they did it every week (obviously from people who can only afford it occasionally, or people going for the bumper attendance). So this clearly more than cancels out the extra you'd get from extra match day income. So, clearly, for clubs to be run as a competitive business (I'm not saying they should be, but they clearly need to these days), then the club needs a balance between attendances and prices. There is the argument that higher attendances will lead to better performances, higher league positions and more revenue, but that is very unreliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Owl Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 As of next season you will be able to get an adult season ticket at Man City for £299 yet ours are touching 500, takes the wee wee really, no shock it's empty every week In the PL ticket sales don't matter as much to a football club trying to keep afloat, the money comes in from TV revenues and massive sponsorship deals, not ticket sales. City can afford to do that sort of discount, clubs in the championship are much more reliant on their ticket sales. As much as I'd like to see a slight reduction, I don't think our prices are that bad compared to others (*cough Leeds *cough) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan140177 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 In the PL ticket sales don't matter as much to a football club trying to keep afloat, the money comes in from TV revenues and MASSIVE sponsorship deals, not ticket sales. City can afford to do that sort of discount, clubs in the championship are much more reliant on their ticket sales. As much as I'd like to see a slight reduction, I don't think our prices are that bad compared to others (*cough Leeds *cough)they're doing a Bayern Munich, it's dirt cheap to watch them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtswfc Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 would be great aye, but we would never drop to that.. great atmosphere at reading though UTO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTO1867 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I personally think season ticket prices are too low. I would happily pay more. Ive 2 to pay for so its over £700 on the Kop with early bird prices so i'd rather not pay more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 My Mum went to the Reading game because it was £10. If it was £10 every game I doubt she would go to every game, still probably only go to one or 2 games a season. If ticket prices were a lot lower attendances would be higher but nowhere near enough to make up for lost revenue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTO1867 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I think £20 on the Kop would be more reasonable at the minute. The club seems to have forgot that millions and millions of people have not had any pay increase for 4 years and that must include many Wednesday fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshTheOwl Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 How do you expect us to compete if we are giving away tickets?? And what would be the point in having season ticket holders if every game was £10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklord Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The PIgs are constantly giving tickets away and they dont fill up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The PIgs are constantly giving tickets away and they dont fill up They've been up to something lately, them 18,000+ attendances look very artificial.. My guess is that they've been giving a couple of thousand tickets away to new students that have arrived in town over past month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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