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Sparky

a few championship teams-ticket prices

By Sparky, in Leicester City Forum

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Sparky

Sparky

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all prices are the clubs cheapest seat(adult) for the equivalent of an A game price

crewe £18

palace £30 :o

plymouth £21

southampton £26

sheff utd £21

luton town £14.50 (obstucted view)

sheff wed £17

wolves £23

derby £30

stoke £19

few clubs ripping fans off but a few good deals there

lcfcking

lcfcking

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Something must be done. It's a complete joke. You thought they'd be willing to give tickets away cheaper to fill the stadium, obviously not. The club's gone down the road as everyone else. They've seen the club as a big money-making scheme and are conning people out of money by over charging us for games. £34 in the west stand centre to see a boring 0-0 draw against Ipswich in the pouring rain. Sort it out City. I will follow City away as its cheap but will find it hard to go to home games. Its cost me £25 including coach fee to go to Hull, it cost me £22 to watch Ipswich. What is better value? Not hard is it?

Anish

Anish

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POLL

Has everyone voted in this poll about the Walkers stadium ticket prices?!?!

Poor Ticket Sales

There has been a very poor attendance at the first two home games of the season. Are match tickets at the Walkers Stadium too expensive?

Poll online here:

This is Leicestershire - Walker Stadium Ticket Prices Poll

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Thanks for the link.

The result currently is 93.2% voting yes, the prices are too expensive.

Matt

Matt

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Thanks for the link.

The result currently is 93.2% voting yes, the prices are too expensive.

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Voted yes - 93.4% now

Steven

Steven

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all prices are the clubs cheapest seat(adult) for the equivalent of an A game price

crewe £18

palace £30 :o

plymouth £21

southampton £26

sheff utd £21

luton town £14.50 (obstucted view)

sheff wed £17

wolves £23

derby £30

stoke £19

few clubs ripping fans off but a few good deals there

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It cannot be too expensive as the Fizzy was the fourth most well attended League in Europe last year. :unsure::o:huh::ph34r::unsure:;):thumbup:

davieG

davieG

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It cannot be too expensive as the Fizzy was the fourth most well attended League in Europe last year.  :unsure:  :o  :huh:  :ph34r:  :unsure:  ;):thumbup:

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It's also one of the biggest, number of teams that is which would have degree of influence on that statistic,

Anish

Anish

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It cannot be too expensive as the Fizzy was the fourth most well attended League in Europe last year.  :unsure:  :o  :huh:  :ph34r:  :unsure:  ;):thumbup:

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The league as a whole may not be too expensive, as some of those prices show, but certain clubs (LCFC, Derby, Crystal Palace to name but a few) are blatently ripping fans off.

riggyswfc

riggyswfc

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Someone calculated this on our board - re Leeds ticket prices, and only getting 20,000 for their first game of the season.

Yes, ticket prices have soared and it's bad for the fan (but let's be honest, if you support a club you'll go watch them whatever so long as its not ridiculously high), but Bates doesnt really care how many people attend the match - they would still recieve a lot more gat money than say, 26,000 attending and paying less...

Simon

Simon

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I voted no. I think prices aren't too bad, considering we have no money and need to raise funds, I think the prices are fair.

BAFox

BAFox

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would not very fair on season ticket holders to reduce prices now would it, admittedly we got a good deal this year with the early bird discounts etc. Buying a season ticket should be the only way to guarantee the cheapest tickets.

lookwhaticando

lookwhaticando

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I voted no. I think prices aren't too bad, considering we have no money and need to raise funds, I think the prices are fair.

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It's all about elasticity of demand - I have a feeling that if they shaved a few quid off the price, demand could probably rise to meet the shortfall caused by the lower prices.

It's a trade-off between quantity and price, the board has clearly decided that the best way to bring in revenue is to set the price higher to earn more per fan, than to lower the price a little and make up for it in quantities.

Unfortunately, going for a higher ticket price setup means our stadium often has rows and rows of totally empty seats, which doesn't help the atmosphere, which doesn't help the team's performance (not much support coming from a half filled stadium is the logic there :P) and so on....

Anyone understand my twisted interconnecting logic?

I know, it doesn't make much sense - but hey best thing I've ever come up with at 2:45am :Plol

Guest

Guest

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Putting things into perspective, City aren't the only club to charge what is seen as high prices. Ticket pricing should be looked at as a whole, not just from one club's perspective. The inflated prices are there for a reason; players wages being the biggest. The highest prices in Sparky's list are charged by clubs that have played Premiership football in recent years, and harbour ambitions of a return. This isn't coincidental.

I've posted on other topics about this, but I believe that the finances of clubs need addressing. I honestly believe that there should be a cap on the amount of money clubs can spend on wages, similar to rugby union. Clubs should also have limits on the income they receive, with the amount increasing depending on the division they are playing in. Bringing some parity into the game will make football more exciting, instead of two or three clubs vying for the title, more clubs will be in with a shout. I know people say turning football into a business has brought a lot of money into the game, but more clubs are now struggling to stay afloat because of it. The heart and soul has been eaten out of the game by money-grabbing parasites.

As for the poll on the Mercury website, of course 90+% of people want cheaper ticket prices. Most people do, and would still vote 'Yes' if ticket prices were a fiver.

Ric Flair

Ric Flair

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No surprises to see that it's the teams who have recently been relegated who have the highest ticket prices. Mainly because if they didn't charge that much the clubs would be in the shit with wages they have to pay.

You look, any team who's been in this league for years and years or have only just been promoted to it have lower ticket prices as their expenditure is alot lower. The parachute payments are good for clubs that have come down, but they have to keep reducing the wage bill and if they lowered ticket prices dramatically they'd have to get rid of the whole squad and start again. Which i'm sure the fans would be over the moon about.

Having said that, ticket prices are disgusting and something needs to be done but I can see why teams can't reduce them vastly without a business plan to balance the books.

Thracian

Thracian

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Putting things into perspective, City aren't the only club to charge what is seen as high prices.  Ticket pricing should be looked at as a whole, not just from one club's perspective.  The inflated prices are there for a reason; players wages being the biggest.  The highest prices in Sparky's list are charged by clubs that have played Premiership football in recent years, and harbour ambitions of a return.  This isn't coincidental.

I've posted on other topics about this, but I believe that the finances of clubs need addressing.  I honestly believe that there should be a cap on the amount of money clubs can spend on wages, similar to rugby union.  Clubs should also have limits on the income they receive, with the amount increasing depending on the division they are playing in.  Bringing some parity into the game will make football more exciting, instead of two or three clubs vying for the title, more clubs will be in with a shout.  I know people say turning football into a business has brought a lot of money into the game, but more clubs are now struggling to stay afloat because of it.  The heart and soul has been eaten out of the game by money-grabbing parasites.

As for the poll on the Mercury website, of course 90+% of people want cheaper ticket prices.  Most people do, and would still vote 'Yes' if ticket prices were a fiver.

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I thoroughly agree with the theory and sentiment of this. It's just that every time I've chewed it round in my mind I've drawn the conclusion that it wouldn't ever happen.

Part of the reason is because English football is now so full of foreign players who will play where they can get the best deal. Neither the clubs nor the fans would willingly accept their departure, at least I don't think so.

Nor am I sure it has worked for rugby which certainly moves in mysterious ways.

The cap has hardly helped Leicester Tigers to develop and challenge the French sides as the best in Europe which must be very frustrating.

Guest

Guest

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I thoroughly agree with the theory and sentiment of this. It's just that every time I've chewed it round in my mind I've drawn the conclusion that it wouldn't ever happen.

Part of the reason is because English football is now so full of foreign players who will play where they can get the best deal. Neither the clubs nor the fans would willingly accept their departure, at least I don't think so.

Nor am I sure it has worked for rugby which certainly moves in mysterious ways.

The cap has hardly helped Leicester Tigers to develop and challenge the French sides as the best in Europe which must be very frustrating.

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Bugger. Someone always has to spot the fatal flaw in my reasoning!

Seriously though, my idea would only work if FIFA sanctioned it. Unfortunately there is already too much money involved in football, and I know that greed will win the day.

Benji

Benji

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people will always say prices are too high.

Sheff wed are the most surprising, great stadium, fans have supported two relegations and look at the attendance they took to stoke! filled a whole stand. THAT's support for you, that is why they can afford the reduced prices, however when we struggle to drag in 20,000 for the opening home fixture, i'm not surprised how high they are.

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Foxes_Trust

Foxes_Trust

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The league as a whole may not be too expensive, as some of those prices show, but certain clubs (LCFC, Derby, Crystal Palace to name but a few) are blatently ripping fans off.

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All recent ex-Premiership clubs, its far more unusual for clubs to drop prices following relegation, justifying the holding of prices with the 4 extra games to watch

Foxes_Trust

Foxes_Trust

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would not very fair on season ticket holders to reduce prices now would it, admittedly we got a good deal this year with the early bird discounts etc. Buying a season ticket should be the only way to guarantee the cheapest tickets.

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We have previously fed back to the club that season ticket savings are too high in comparison to match tickets, they didn't used to be the level of savings offered 10 years ago (in % terms).

To confirm, we were meaning bring match tickets down, not ST's increased and stated this. The club feels the best way to do this is via the membership scheme.

Foxes_Trust

Foxes_Trust

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Putting things into perspective, City aren't the only club to charge what is seen as high prices.  Ticket pricing should be looked at as a whole, not just from one club's perspective.  The inflated prices are there for a reason; players wages being the biggest.  The highest prices in Sparky's list are charged by clubs that have played Premiership football in recent years, and harbour ambitions of a return.  This isn't coincidental.

I've posted on other topics about this, but I believe that the finances of clubs need addressing.  I honestly believe that there should be a cap on the amount of money clubs can spend on wages, similar to rugby union.  Clubs should also have limits on the income they receive, with the amount increasing depending on the division they are playing in.  Bringing some parity into the game will make football more exciting, instead of two or three clubs vying for the title, more clubs will be in with a shout.  I know people say turning football into a business has brought a lot of money into the game, but more clubs are now struggling to stay afloat because of it.  The heart and soul has been eaten out of the game by money-grabbing parasites.

As for the poll on the Mercury website, of course 90+% of people want cheaper ticket prices.  Most people do, and would still vote 'Yes' if ticket prices were a fiver.

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Couldn't agree more Lisa with all that you have said

Anish

Anish

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All recent ex-Premiership clubs, its far more unusual for clubs to drop prices following relegation, justifying the holding of prices with the 4 extra games to watch

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That only applies to season tickets though.

They can't justify holding matchday ticket prices at the same level when you are watching inferior teams and inferior football.

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