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Get Into Em said:
Even if there's 1,000 of those seats that sell per match (there isn't - there probably isn't even a tenth of that) that's only £2,900,000. That's relatively fuck all and nothing to do with signing top level players. It's greed and pricing fans out of the match.

Normalising this sort of shite is exactly why ticket prices are increasing at a ridiculous rate across the country.
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It’s about increasing revenue streams. Simple as that.
 

None of us like it but it’s the way Pl business is and if we become more successful in the coming seasons as everyone hopes that will come with significant price rises across the board for tickets, especially given waiting lists.
 
I wish we would stop normalising £149 tickets making a blind bit of difference to revenue.

Unless we are selling 20,000 seats at that price then it is not the difference between competing and not competing at this level. I couldn't care less if Chelsea or Spurs charge 150 quid for a ticket.

There is absolutely no excuse for ramping prices up above 100 quid when the ONLY perk is that your seat isnt plastic. To use "access to the west stand concourse" as a selling point is an insult tbh.
 
Was hoping we would be more like Dortmund with ticket pricing than them up the road.
As a family of eight, its unlikely we will go to a game until the kids have grown up and I'm 6 foot under.
 
KGC83 said:
If you want to keep on signing these very good players the club are going to have to increase their match day revenue.

That’s what it all boils down to at the top level.
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Selling 50 tickets at 149 quid is not the reason we signed Granit Xhaka mate.
 
safcrob said:
Anyone going to the match Sunday with piles?
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Aye. Piles of money in the £150 padded seats! 😳
Mowgli said:
Need to be a balance though. They've probably lost revenue overall by not enabling the ticket resale than what they've gained on these seats
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Agreed. Idiotic marketing, this.
Doberman said:
There is absolutely no excuse for ramping prices up above 100 quid when the ONLY perk is that your seat isnt plastic.
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Leather-covered? 🤔
 
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Are they really holding off resale for these? There have been other games this season resale was available while these seats were selling.

My mate was BCB last season and we'd join him now and then. Think we'd both checked the price to be up there for the Spurs game when he text me laughing about how much the club are charging.

I suppose they wouldn't charge as much if it wasn't selling though.
 
KGC83 said:
So what should we do let everyone in for £10?

The club are trying to improve revenue streams for PSR/SCR purposes.
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Stay up, and be wise in the transfer market. That's the biggest revenue source for clubs. Not charging (in your example) an extra £20 for matchday tickets.

Even if the club did decide that matchday tickets would be £10 instead of £30, it wouldn't have any impact on our financial power in the transfer window given we probably only sell 5,000 matchday tickets (because of ST's) That £20 difference would only lose the club £100,000 per match, or £1.9m a season. Fuck all. The only issue is supply and demand, which is why £25-30 is seen as a decent rate, where-as a tenner would be a nightmare for people to try get tickets.

No matter which way you try and pose your argument of "clubs should sell tickets for £100+ if they want to sign top players" it doesn't work, because ultimately the revenue it creates is relatively fuck all in comparison to sponsorships, transfers, TV rights, merchandising.

It's greed.
 
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