Season Ticket guess the price thread.

[villajk]

I don't get that question try again.

What I meant was that if I am correct those seats were £295? this season, compared to around £485 in the next block along and the same £485 in the seats directly opposite you in the Trinity and mine in C3.  So do you expect your seats to be the same 60% cost of those other comparable seats again next season or will the club end the special offer they had on your seats this season?

I sincerely hope not.

They'd be daft if they did.  They couldn't fill those seats, and the others in the ground they offered the same discount, before they reduced the price and as attendances are falling by the game they surely wouldn't want to potentially p**s off current season ticket holders.

[villajk]

We sit in the front row of P8 (there are four of us in our group) and the 3 or 4 seats next to us have only been occupied on 3 or 4 occasions.  I didn't think we were that rowdy.

Pauline are you saying those seats next to you are not held by season ticket holders then or is it just that the holders have not bothered to turn up all season, if so what a waste for those of us who didn't manage to secure one of these seats this season.

We tried to buy them for one game and were told they were not available.


May be they just move nearer the half way line as the upper Witton never appears to be sold out.

[villajk]

We sit in the front row of P8 (there are four of us in our group) and the 3 or 4 seats next to us have only been occupied on 3 or 4 occasions.  I didn't think we were that rowdy.

Those people saw that Legion was nearby and never returned

Haha, I think you may be right.  A real liability is our Legion.  Look at the results this season.

[mr-villa]

I don't get that question try again.

What I meant was that if I am correct those seats were £295? this season, compared to around £485 in the next block along and the same £485 in the seats directly opposite you in the Trinity and mine in C3.  So do you expect your seats to be the same 60% cost of those other comparable seats again next season or will the club end the special offer they had on your seats this season?

I sincerely hope not.

They'd be daft if they did.  They couldn't fill those seats, and the others in the ground they offered the same discount, before they reduced the price and as attendances are falling by the game they surely wouldn't want to potentially p**s off current season ticket holders.

But you could make that same argument for the empty seats in my block or any other block surely.  By definition any empty seat is one that "they couldn't fill".  If we are then going to be allowed to walk around the ground sitting in any empty seat we fancy having not paid the price for that seat then we would all like a piece of that action.  I shall point this out to those in the ticket office when the renewal detail comes out.

[PeterWithesShin]

But you can't walk round the ground. Just the tier of the stand you are in.

[bertlambshank]

I don't get that question try again.

What I meant was that if I am correct those seats were £295? this season, compared to around £485 in the next block along and the same £485 in the seats directly opposite you in the Trinity and mine in C3.  So do you expect your seats to be the same 60% cost of those other comparable seats again next season or will the club end the special offer they had on your seats this season?

I sincerely hope not.

They'd be daft if they did.  They couldn't fill those seats, and the others in the ground they offered the same discount, before they reduced the price and as attendances are falling by the game they surely wouldn't want to potentially p**s off current season ticket holders.

But you could make that same argument for the empty seats in my block or any other block surely.  By definition any empty seat is one that "they couldn't fill".  If we are then going to be allowed to walk around the ground sitting in any empty seat we fancy having not paid the price for that seat then we would all like a piece of that action.  I shall point this out to those in the ticket office when the renewal detail comes out.

so just because you missed out you are going to have it out with the ticket office.Dont forget to take the toys out of the pram before you go.

[cheltenhamlion]

Getting bored of this being the P8 thread. I think a price freeze if we drop and a minor increase if we stop up.

[robbo1874]

I'm no mathematician but I reckon a 20% cut in ticket prices would pay for itself in the way of increased sales, match day spend and merch sales. Probably.

[dave.woodhall]

I'm no mathematician but I reckon a 20% cut in ticket prices would pay for itself in the way of increased sales, match day spend and merch sales. Probably.

It doesn't work like that. Price cuts never lead to a corresponding rise in crowds.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I'm no mathematician but I reckon a 20% cut in ticket prices would pay for itself in the way of increased sales, match day spend and merch sales. Probably.

It doesn't work like that. Price cuts never lead to a corresponding rise in crowds.

I'm afraid he's right.
That Morecambe offer for free entry to one of their games has had virtually no effect on their average attendance.

[Dave Clark Five]

Just to get back off topic, the leg room in our seats in P8 is far better than it was in our old seats in B3.

[Dave Clark Five]

I'm no mathematician but I reckon a 20% cut in ticket prices would pay for itself in the way of increased sales, match day spend and merch sales. Probably.

It doesn't work like that. Price cuts never lead to a corresponding rise in crowds.

Just as relegation doesn't result in price cuts, not that that will happen to us.

[mr-villa]

I don't get that question try again.

What I meant was that if I am correct those seats were £295? this season, compared to around £485 in the next block along and the same £485 in the seats directly opposite you in the Trinity and mine in C3.  So do you expect your seats to be the same 60% cost of those other comparable seats again next season or will the club end the special offer they had on your seats this season?

I sincerely hope not.

They'd be daft if they did.  They couldn't fill those seats, and the others in the ground they offered the same discount, before they reduced the price and as attendances are falling by the game they surely wouldn't want to potentially p**s off current season ticket holders.

But you could make that same argument for the empty seats in my block or any other block surely.  By definition any empty seat is one that "they couldn't fill".  If we are then going to be allowed to walk around the ground sitting in any empty seat we fancy having not paid the price for that seat then we would all like a piece of that action.  I shall point this out to those in the ticket office when the renewal detail comes out.

so just because you missed out you are going to have it out with the ticket office.Dont forget to take the toys out of the pram before you go.

Well do you think it is fair and the correct behaviour for a £295 P8 holder to sit in the centre of the Doug Ellis upper all season just because there are empty spaces and they can?  Just asking like because if they came and sat next to you and you had paid top dollar to sit there I think you would be entitled to feel a bit pissed off mate.  Grow up and be a bit adult about this, no toys required to be thrown by anybody, you sound a bit worried that your behaviour may be found out?  I am merely on here asking questions and wanting to clarify why there are empty seats in P8, that's all and now I know why!!

Don't worry sir your secret is safe with me.

[mr-villa]

But you can't walk round the ground. Just the tier of the stand you are in.

So that makes it ok then?

[mr-villa]

Just out of interest why should the prices go up when our operating costs will go down considerably next year due to a much lower wage bill and our income will go up significantly next year due to the new TV deal.  I appreciate this assumes we stay in the PL.  Given this set of circumstances there is no commercial reason why the prices should go up.  Keep the season ticket prices as they are, if you have to increase prices then do it on the individual match day tickets, it won't matter anyway because they always do ticket deals for every game.