Don't Renew Until Lerner's Through (Conning You)

[rob_bridge]

It's not just football though is it?

I went to one day of the Ashes test at Edgbaston last year and the ticket cost £70 or £80.  I'm going to the Davis Cup tomorrow where there's a real chance I'll only see one match - £80.  I know people who've been to the British Grand Prix - £150.

As bizarre as it may seem, if you want a working class sport these days Rugby Union is the place to go - I've got tickets for my third European Cup match of the season at Wasps and I'm yet to pay more than £20 for a ticket!  (Although you do have to go to Coventry for it!)

You don't go to the Davis Cup or Ashes cricket and pay those prices every other week though.

Correct. Paying £80 for a good seat at Cheltenham but the point re Rugby Union stands.

Thing is though I have managed to get 6 tickets (in total) for Palace and Norwich for about £110 with the best view in the Trinity, after slight relocation in the latter. 

People who have had season tickets for the last 3 seasons should have 40% discount no strings attached if the renew next year and price all kids ones between £60 and £100 else we'll lose than to MAnure, Cit-eh, Arse forever. Not mention Spuds and bleedin Leicester at this rate.

[wittonwarrior]

I haven't had a ST for a couple of years now but still go to most of the home games, and will the do the same next year. I love Aston Villa more than I dislike Lerner, the players etc. As money is generally tight I manage to find ways to get in that don't cost too much. I've missed 3 or 4 home games, all in the league, and have only paid more than about £15 once, which was the sha game which was £20 iirc.

Exactly my point why bother with a season ticket when you can buy match tickets for buttons.

Oh for the £10 child season ticket of the middle to late 70's

[dave.woodhall]

It's not just football though is it?

I went to one day of the Ashes test at Edgbaston last year and the ticket cost £70 or £80.  I'm going to the Davis Cup tomorrow where there's a real chance I'll only see one match - £80.  I know people who've been to the British Grand Prix - £150.

As bizarre as it may seem, if you want a working class sport these days Rugby Union is the place to go - I've got tickets for my third European Cup match of the season at Wasps and I'm yet to pay more than £20 for a ticket!  (Although you do have to go to Coventry for it!)

You don't go to the Davis Cup or Ashes cricket and pay those prices every other week though.

Look at the astronomical price of top end concert tickets; you could see one of them a fortnight easily.

[dicedlam]

As bizarre as it may seem, if you want a working class sport these days Rugby Union is the place to go - I've got tickets for my third European Cup match of the season at Wasps and I'm yet to pay more than £20 for a ticket!  (Although you do have to go to Coventry for it!)

I bought a Wasps season ticket for £195 and my daughter's season ticket is free.

[Jimbo]

The reason why concert tickets are so high is because bands don't make as much on record sales as they used to. A tour used to promote an album, whereas now albums promote tours.

With football, clubs receive a massive amount of TV money just for being in the Premier League. They then tax fans by charging ridiculous prices for tickets. Then there's the insane price of cheaply made, rubbish merchandise such as replica shirts. Then there's the overpriced garbage that masquerades as food and drink in grounds. And on it goes.

Also, I've never seen a band perform as badly as Villa. Even the most annoying shite like Everything Everything will at least make an effort.

[shipscat]

I'll be renewing,and I suspect nearly all of my acquaintances are too.I think 80/85% will renew,if only on a one season clause,as I suspect there will be a severe drop off if we don't have a decent year in the Championship.

Personally,I'll just be happy for is to have a better win ratio than the past 5 years.My son is 14,we go with a couple of his mates,and all they have seen is the impending doom of the past 4 years.There's a few of them who have almost given up with all the Villa jazz in his year,whom used to attend.The club should be extremely active in giving the younger generation a reason to believe and making it financially viable for what could be a lost generation.In my experience the total I spend at Vp is absolutely magnified by his habits.He has the chips,the merchandise and programmes.I wouldn't spend a pound in there otherwise.

We'll definitely be doing more aways,and I think the clamour and demand for this will only increase next season.Do the club themselves sell via Seatwave?As if there's less season ticket holders there will be less active sellers with more demand.

[UK Redsox]

The factors I consider before renewing are health, money and time. The ownership of the club and the division the team plays in is irrelevant to me.

[TheTimVilla]

Dad and I will be back next season, just not with a ST. We'll miss all our great friends we sit next to but it makes sense financially.

[dave.woodhall]

The reason why concert tickets are so high is because bands don't make as much on record sales as they used to. A tour used to promote an album, whereas now albums promote tours.

With football, clubs receive a massive amount of TV money just for being in the Premier League. They then tax fans by charging ridiculous prices for tickets. Then there's the insane price of cheaply made, rubbish merchandise such as replica shirts. Then there's the overpriced garbage that masquerades as food and drink in grounds. And on it goes.

Also, I've never seen a band perform as badly as Villa. Even the most annoying shite like Everything Everything will at least make an effort.

That's the reason why old, lesser name acts tour more often. The reason for high-end prices is exactly the same as in the Premier League - it's what the market can stand. There's still overpriced merchandise, food and drink and as many bad performances as any football team,

[Jimbo]

I've never seen anything as pathetic as Villa's capitulation to Liverpool, not even that time Damon Albarn climbed onto a speaker stack and had to be helped down by a roadie.

With a ladder.

[PeterWithesShin]

On the flip side you could probably say you've never had a high at a concert like the QF and SF last season and so on.

[dave.woodhall]

On the flip side you could probably say you've never had a high at a concert like the QF and SF last season and so on.

Ironically, one of the closest times that's happened was at a gig when I happened to be standing next to two Villa directors.

[passport1]

I actually see far more live music than football now and not at extortionate prices.  There are a lot of promoters who put on small shows for very reasonable prices.

The thought if sitting at the back of the NIA for £130  a pop to see(or not see) some ageing rocker sing Auto Tuned vocals does not appeal.

[dave.woodhall]

I actually see far more live music than football now and not at extortionate prices.  There are a lot of promoters who put on small shows for very reasonable prices.

The thought if sitting at the back of the NIA for £130  a pop to see(or not see) some ageing rocker sing Auto Tuned vocals does not appeal.

Which is like the attraction of non-league. I've never seen a gig at the NEC and next season I won't watch a minute of the Premier League, but I'll see plenty of music and football.

[in exile]

Sorry to the OP but I'll be renewing.
Disabled season tickets are like gold dust. To get one someone is either very ill or has died.
We got ours due to the latter