Arsenal is in London, and so have to pay for luxuries not available in Manchester like running water and electricity.
Welcome to Capital City
a beer in manchester is probably tuppence....and you can probably get a bag of chips for a shilling.
We are THE BEST club in London whatever the chuvs say
How else do you keep up with clubs that can afford to lose 100mil a year. Anyway if no one bought the season tickets, the price would come down. People are buying them.
Do you think if City were self-sufficient you'd be paying under £300?
Ignore City, they can afford it.
To be honest, I think our ticket prices are in line with everyone elses.
While Arsenal's prices are extortionate the BBC survey was not reflective.
A season ticket at a lot of clubs will only include league games and not (domestic) cup games.
With FFP bearing it’s teeth over the next few years expect all clubs to increase ticket prices.
WWSPD?
I agree, my season ticket includes CL and cup games, my mates chelsea ST is just 19 PL games....
that hardly ever gets noted in these discussions..
We get Cup games. If you divide the cost of the ticket by number of games, it's cheaper than others, including Spurs.
City aren't anything to do with the realities of football.
IMO the BBC survey does highlight how ridiculously over priced the PL is.
The PL defends ticket prices by comparing them to a night out to the theatre or a show. IMO this is wrong as these are more often than not ‘one offs’ and do fans of ‘Cat’s’ follow the show each week, home and away!
Football clubs IMO are relying on the fans passion and commitment to their team however if you look at the likes of Bayern Munich they understand that revenue’s via commercial deals etc dwarf that of ticket sales and have chosen not adopt an aggressive policy like most of their PL counterparts.
The irritating thing for clubs like Arsenal is the amount they are making from TV deals and sponsorships mean they could lower the amount of the ticket prices without it really having an impact on finances.
How many of those £255 season tickets are there, over 100?
After many years of this I see that people still struggle to grasp the fairly basic economic concept of demand and supply.
TheSkins
While i take your point the debate on ticket prices is more complex than "people are buying them". Real fans are being priced out and replaced by tourists attracted by Sky.. as witnessed at the library, and increasingly, at the Lane
German ticket prices are kept low with the addition of standing areas, you can watch Bayern and Dortmund for less than the price of a cinema ticket...
www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/german-bundesliga-football-remains-true-1851197
We're doing it wrong
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posted on 12/9/13
Wow city
posted on 12/9/13
Arsenal is in London, and so have to pay for luxuries not available in Manchester like running water and electricity.
posted on 12/9/13
Welcome to Capital City
a beer in manchester is probably tuppence....and you can probably get a bag of chips for a shilling.
posted on 12/9/13
We are THE BEST club in London whatever the chuvs say
posted on 12/9/13
How else do you keep up with clubs that can afford to lose 100mil a year. Anyway if no one bought the season tickets, the price would come down. People are buying them.
posted on 12/9/13
Do you think if City were self-sufficient you'd be paying under £300?
posted on 12/9/13
Ignore City, they can afford it.
To be honest, I think our ticket prices are in line with everyone elses.
posted on 12/9/13
While Arsenal's prices are extortionate the BBC survey was not reflective.
A season ticket at a lot of clubs will only include league games and not (domestic) cup games.
With FFP bearing it’s teeth over the next few years expect all clubs to increase ticket prices.
posted on 12/9/13
WWSPD?
I agree, my season ticket includes CL and cup games, my mates chelsea ST is just 19 PL games....
that hardly ever gets noted in these discussions..
posted on 12/9/13
We get Cup games. If you divide the cost of the ticket by number of games, it's cheaper than others, including Spurs.
posted on 12/9/13
City aren't anything to do with the realities of football.
posted on 12/9/13
IMO the BBC survey does highlight how ridiculously over priced the PL is.
The PL defends ticket prices by comparing them to a night out to the theatre or a show. IMO this is wrong as these are more often than not ‘one offs’ and do fans of ‘Cat’s’ follow the show each week, home and away!
Football clubs IMO are relying on the fans passion and commitment to their team however if you look at the likes of Bayern Munich they understand that revenue’s via commercial deals etc dwarf that of ticket sales and have chosen not adopt an aggressive policy like most of their PL counterparts.
posted on 12/9/13
The irritating thing for clubs like Arsenal is the amount they are making from TV deals and sponsorships mean they could lower the amount of the ticket prices without it really having an impact on finances.
posted on 12/9/13
How many of those £255 season tickets are there, over 100?
posted on 12/9/13
After many years of this I see that people still struggle to grasp the fairly basic economic concept of demand and supply.
posted on 12/9/13
TheSkins
While i take your point the debate on ticket prices is more complex than "people are buying them". Real fans are being priced out and replaced by tourists attracted by Sky.. as witnessed at the library, and increasingly, at the Lane
German ticket prices are kept low with the addition of standing areas, you can watch Bayern and Dortmund for less than the price of a cinema ticket...
www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/german-bundesliga-football-remains-true-1851197
We're doing it wrong
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