The Year Of The Fox Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 The second half season ticket prices make little sense to me and I agree that it needs putting on the agenda. If I was to get one, it'd be £36 cheaper than my full one that I bought this summer. I think a lot of season ticket prices are reasonable, but prices for the second half ones make so little sense that I think they're pretty much a waste of time. If they're 'half' season tickets I'd price them at 60% of the full ones. I'd like to know why DMU students can get tickets for cheaper than anyone else in the ground. I'm not against encouraging students to go to Leicester games, but it's ridiculously unfair on fans who've been going for years - and it's a bit of an insult to Leicester fan students at Uni in another city who not only have to pay more to get there, but don't get any pricing priority over locals who may not even be Leicester fans? All a bit bizarre to me. I'm all for cheaper tickets and want to see them in general - but our crowds get worse every year and if you look at our last 6 seasons (including this one), we've finished higher than the previous season in all but one of them. Does that not speak volumes that the pricing is a bit off? N Block - I appreciate that this'll probably get shot down, but as of 2014/15 (or even earlier), make it seperate from the family stand and actually encourage people to go in there and create some noise. It's an absolute myth that kids are put off from football by the idea of an atmosphere at games - that's what got me into it aged 5. Encourage atmosphere rather than dilute it, because if the team is playing poorly (not beyond the realms of possibility), what's going to keep people, especially youngsters, interested? Dan its not just at DMU either. At stephos in coalville you can get them. Now admittedly they werent available for forest not sure if they were from dmu though. My point is and maybe Chloe can use thie as another example- I'm an adult STH who paid over 400 quid for my ST. at the same time I'm unfortunate enough to have to go to Stephenson College every friday. I have my student card etc so would be within my rights to buy a 5quid ticket each week. It's hardly fair.
Dan Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 Dan its not just at DMU either. At stephos in coalville you can get them. Now admittedly they werent available for forest not sure if they were from dmu though. My point is and maybe Chloe can use thie as another example- I'm an adult STH who paid over 400 quid for my ST. at the same time I'm unfortunate enough to have to go to Stephenson College every friday. I have my student card etc so would be within my rights to buy a 5quid ticket each week. It's hardly fair. Happens at South Leicestershire but only for 7 selected games. My sister's been getting my driving instructor fiver tickets whenever she can I can understand that as it's only 7 games, but if you're at DMU you can effectively have a season ticket for £110. To be fair here - I didn't realise it was only in one little block of the West Stand. I thought you could go anywhere.
hackneyfox Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 I don't have a problem with students for a fiver. I do have a problem with the fact that it cost a tenner to take my 8 year old lad in the Kop. Yes I know he'd get in for free in The Family End but I want to sit with mates. The minimum price for a 12 year old is £15 outside the Family Stand, why should anyone under 16 pay 3 times more than a student?
The Year Of The Fox Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 I think there's been more than 7 games from my college. The only reason i wouldn't get one is because id rather pay more and be part of the l block massif . Not everyone would think like me though
broughtonblue Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 Are you gonna moan to Arriva that they give bus passes out to the elderly too?No, that doesn't bother me as I don't use buses
jammie82uk Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 While searching on here for something I actually found a post from 2006 saying about DMU students getting tickets for £5 so it seems it's been going on for a Long while
jammie82uk Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 Are you gonna moan to Arriva that they give bus passes out to the elderly too? Why would someone moan to arriva when that is a government scheme?
Bettsj2 Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 The food available in and around the ground is worse than dogshit. No idea on the vendor arrangemets but can there not be a King Power van selling Pad Thai noodles or some chicken satay, or basically anything that isnt a leather burger?
Unabomber Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 Why do beer prices seem to go up every season yet they keep the same shitty carlsberg?
The Year Of The Fox Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 Couldn't they start selling cans? Much easier and quicker to serve. Cheaper as well, plus customers know what theyre drinking. If you get served quicker and the beers actually half decent fans might start even having 2 at HT.
suffolk fox Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 Good shout that. I went to Germany for a game this weekend and the rules on beer are frighteningly different from over here. I appreciate it's not something Leicester City as a club really have a say on, but I'd like to see beer in the stands. It's a good moneymaker. You will never see this it is an arrestable offence to drink alcohol in view of the pitch.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 You will never see this it is an arrestable offence to drink alcohol in view of the pitch. It is, but its also a retarded rule. Fans are being punished for something that happened 20 odd years ago, yet rugby and music fans are allowed. We need to get with the times.
Guest MattP Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 You will never see this it is an arrestable offence to drink alcohol in view of the pitch. Amazing isn't it? And we actually put up with this. Try that rule on at the Cricket or Rugby and see what would happen.
Unabomber Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 Couldn't they start selling cans? Much easier and quicker to serve. Cheaper as well, plus customers know what theyre drinking. If you get served quicker and the beers actually half decent fans might start even having 2 at HT. I don't mind as long as the beer can at least go some way in justifying the price, Carlsberg is the pits.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 I don't mind as long as the beer can at least go some way in justifying the price, Carlsberg is the pits. My point was that ut doesnt even taste like Carlsberg.
Unabomber Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 My point was that ut doesnt even taste like Carlsberg. Well if Carlsberg is the pits and the stuff they sell doesn't even taste like Carlsberg then the problems are worse than I thought!
sylofox Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 Amazing isn't it? And we actually put up with this. Try that rule on at the Cricket or Rugby and see what would happen. Simple answer to this one. Get nicked for it then take it to the european court's. Infact you could praps take it to the european court as you are being victimised as a football fan. Using the arguement that cricket and rugby fans are allowed to drink. May cost you a bit more than the price of a pint to do though. lol
Bert Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 Many of the moans about food and drink would cause a contractual implication.
sylofox Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 Many of the moans about food and drink would cause a contractual implication. Correct. But if we don't like carlsberg or pukka pies then they could bear it in mind when the contract is up. Or we say nothing and they sign up for another season or whatever when they renew it.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 Well if Carlsberg is the pits and the stuff they sell doesn't even taste like Carlsberg then the problems are worse than I thought! I think they are.
Out Foxed Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 would just like to see good ideas get implemented for once. not the soul destroying shite that gets fed to us.
Leicester Lass Posted 27 November 2013 Author Posted 27 November 2013 Also the online ticketing, it needs sorting. People who don't even have season tickets are getting tickets for QPR away for example online This has been brought up a few times before, I will mention it again though. It definitely needs sorting out, although I'm not sure the club have a way of sorting it out - hence not selling Forest/Watford tickets online at the back end of last season. I'd like to know why DMU students can get tickets for cheaper than anyone else in the ground. I'm not against encouraging students to go to Leicester games, but it's ridiculously unfair on fans who've been going for years - and it's a bit of an insult to Leicester fan students at Uni in another city who not only have to pay more to get there, but don't get any pricing priority over locals who may not even be Leicester fans? All a bit bizarre to me. DMU tickets are part of our business partnership with them, from which we receive a substantial amount of money, so it isn't the club who are subsidising the tickets. I did bring it up at the last sub-committee meeting and I got the impression then that the £5 deal for every game would not continue in future seasons. Its about time we had beer only queues at half time at the kiosks. I thought there was anyway? Pretty sure there is in L1 anyway. Online needs sorting - I was trying to buy a membership and it kept erroring out. Which leads me to my next question - what are the upcoming membership changes? I meant membership changes of the FCC. They are changing the members every year from now on, so the applications will open up soon for people to apply. The high volume level of the pre match music discourages fans from building pre match atmosphere. Turn it down by about 30% and pre match atmos building will improve by a directly related percentage (source: my little book of common sense) Again, this was brought up at the sub-committee meeting and the music was noticeably turned down for the last home game. Did they give a reason why? Seems a fairly stupid thing to do but I know other clubs are taking a similar stance. There are other clubs who are the opposite - Cardiff are basically promoting standing at one end (with apparent backing from their local council) so I can't imagine it's anything to do with a fear that signalling your support would trigger an investigation into standing at the KP? It all just smacks of apathy from the Club to be honest and that is sad and ultimately negligent because it is having an impact on people's safety and enjoyment of football matches. I'm not sure of the reason why they will not vocally back Safe Standing. In the past they have quoted that to convert L and K blocks to safe standing the cost would be c. £2m, which says to me they have looked into it a bit.
ealingfox Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 Now surely the food and drink is something where we can realistically vote with our feet. We are stuck with the ticket prices, no matter how overpriced some people might think they are, because we all love watching the team and don't want to/can't stop. Personally I don't go to the match itself for a meal and a piss-up; a few pints in the pub and a couple of cobs beforehand does me just fine, and I reckon it would barely register with me if they got rid of the kiosks altogether. But it seems to be that if the beer and the food is so bad, why does anyone get it? A match is only 90 minutes long, it's not like you are watching a Test match where food and drink is necessary. If it was as bad as people are making out, if everyone stopped using the kiosks and they were selling fvck all they would be forced to change their strategy and up their game.
Harry - LCFC Posted 27 November 2013 Posted 27 November 2013 You will never see this it is an arrestable offence to drink alcohol in view of the pitch. How the fvcking hell can it be illegal to have a drink while looking at a bit of grass?! Is it genuinely against the law? I thought it was a silly stadium rule.
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