season ticket prices?

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

I wouldn't mind paying an extra fifty quid, but a 300 quid hike anyone would be pissed off, I've had a season ticket for 25yrs, and to be told to stump up 300 quid extra is not on, I've been watching this club through the barren times, so I think I've earned the past few seasons success!! Along with thousands of others.

I'm not sure if the people that have only had a £50 increase are naive enough to think further down the line this won't happened to them? Genuine question, I'm not trying start an argument.

This my 5th £50 increase in a row. I'm having a think about this one.

[DoomMerchant]

You won't want to hear this from Jonny Foreigner but its still a bargain compared to NFL season tix.

FACT.

Cheers

[Feed The Goat]

I wouldn't mind paying an extra fifty quid, but a 300 quid hike anyone would be pissed off, I've had a season ticket for 25yrs, and to be told to stump up 300 quid extra is not on, I've been watching this club through the barren times, so I think I've earned the past few seasons success!! Along with thousands of others.

I'm not sure if the people that have only had a £50 increase are naive enough to think further down the line this won't happened to them? Genuine question, I'm not trying start an argument.

This my 5th £50 increase in a row. I'm having a think about this one.

My ticket behind the goal barely goes up. From my mates that sit in the middle tier I understand that the club have been quite open about putting the prices up and turning the middle tier to corporate. I'm not saying it's right but it isn't a suprise

[Blue Since 76]

You won't want to hear this from Jonny Foreigner but its still a bargain compared to NFL season tix.

FACT.

Cheers

Not least cos you don't have to spend 4 hours watching 60 minutes of American football.

Cheers

[Blue Since 76]

Just had a play with the 3D viewer thing and half the seats in the last few rows of block 138 and all the seats in the same rows in 139 have gone. There's just a big black block over them. Anyone know what's happening there? If it's for an England style band, I'm paying £1300 just to get away from them.

[Ted Hughes]

I wouldn't mind paying an extra fifty quid, but a 300 quid hike anyone would be pissed off, I've had a season ticket for 25yrs, and to be told to stump up 300 quid extra is not on, I've been watching this club through the barren times, so I think I've earned the past few seasons success!! Along with thousands of others.

I'm not sure if the people that have only had a £50 increase are naive enough to think further down the line this won't happened to them? Genuine question, I'm not trying start an argument.

This my 5th £50 increase in a row. I'm having a think about this one.

My ticket behind the goal barely goes up. From my mates that sit in the middle tier I understand that the club have been quite open about putting the prices up and turning the middle tier to corporate. I'm not saying it's right but it isn't a suprise

Well I don't even sit there & I knew it was coming.

It's sad but inevitable, as is the constant price increase for the 'side on' seats. The problem with everything is the changeover from Maine Rd to this triple tier ground & the timing of it etc. It's coincided with football becoming more expensive, but also the fact that the old Kippax stand was a side on thing rather than an 'end'. Usually it is more expensive to sit side on but at City, it had changed from a standing terrace. Then a load of people have been rehoused from various seats at Maine Rd, into areas they never should have been in the first place, effectively moved from normal priced seats to very expensive premium seats, but not paying very expensive premium prices.

The middle tier should be very expensive by today's standards, it is now being priced correctly, but they should never have housed loads of people in there at cheaper prices, who now have been sat together for years & will have to split up. The changeover was a mess.

Where I am, in East lower, I can't put up with much more of an increase. It's apparently been 50 quid a year for five years now.

I don't even particularly like going. I have few complaints about the football, even this season, but the atmosphere is shite. It's more like a duty.

I will go next season but then I have a decision to make. If the new stand improves the atmosphere, I will probably keep going, & if necessary relocate in the future. But if it's still like a morgue in there, then next season might be my last.

The main reason I want to be there, is to see some of the academy kids playing in the first team. I'd like to be there when it all kicks off, & see if that brings a bit of life back into the place.

As it stands though, all City have done by putting up my ticket price, is guarantee I don't buy any Champions League tickets. If they don't use the kids next season, I may spew the domestic cups too, so they will be earning a fair bit less out of me & I suspect there are many doing the same.

[nottsblue]

It would appear to me that this latest round of increases is a result of that, out of the top four or five clubs, us rags dippers chavs arse, despite having the second best turnover, we have the lowest match day revenue. I reckon the club has identified this income stream as one which can be improved. As per usual, it is the regular, long standing, long suffering fans who bear the brunt of this. £50 is a lot of money to a lot of folks, especially if it's a dad with a son or daughter or two. This could be the tipping point for a lot of fans.

What is really poor is that with the new TV deal there should be no reason why ticket prices aren't falling by £50. An extra £100 even for say 35000 season tickets is only £3.5m. The fee for Scott Sinclair. Or selling a couple of academy graduates who don't quite make it. In the big scheme of things the increases will amount to bugger all, yet it will cost the club untold bad publicity and not to mention loss of fans. I honestly feel we could let everyone in the first and third levels in for a tenner and it wouldn't make that much difference to the income. Let the corporate chaps in level 2 pay the going rate, as these punters will have no qualms about paying the £75/100 a game or whatever it is.

The club up to now has shown great business acumen in their dealings up to now, not least the huge rise in commercial income. This smacks of short term gain mentality which more often than not ends badly. We have the chance to really set our stall out and be different to the rest of the Premier league in showing we actually care about the most important people. The fans. The guys who give their time and energy and hard earned, week in week out. Without them the rest is fairly academic.

[Ted Hughes]

It would appear to me that this latest round of increases is a result of that, out of the top four or five clubs, us rags dippers chavs arse, despite having the second best turnover, we have the lowest match day revenue. I reckon the club has identified this income stream as one which can be improved. As per usual, it is the regular, long standing, long suffering fans who bear the brunt of this. £50 is a lot of money to a lot of folks, especially if it's a dad with a son or daughter or two. This could be the tipping point for a lot of fans.

What is really poor is that with the new TV deal there should be no reason why ticket prices aren't falling by £50. An extra £100 even for say 35000 season tickets is only £3.5m. The fee for Scott Sinclair. Or selling a couple of academy graduates who don't quite make it. In the big scheme of things the increases will amount to bugger all, yet it will cost the club untold bad publicity and not to mention loss of fans. I honestly feel we could let everyone in the first and third levels in for a tenner and it wouldn't make that much difference to the income. Let the corporate chaps in level 2 pay the going rate, as these punters will have no qualms about paying the £75/100 a game or whatever it is.

The club up to now has shown great business acumen in their dealings up to now, not least the huge rise in commercial income. This smacks of short term gain mentality which more often than not ends badly. We have the chance to really set our stall out and be different to the rest of the Premier league in showing we actually care about the most important people. The fans. The guys who give their time and energy and hard earned, week in week out. Without them the rest is fairly academic.

City have a chance, with the ground expansion, to do something radical. It's too early to do it right now, with ffp & only one new stand, but once the other end is built, they should be looking at further expansion & cheap prices as the next step.

If they don't, there may be a very different crowd of 'customers' in there in the future.

[ruralblue]

It's a sad sad day when sone of the names on here might have to reconsider season tickets due to being priced out.

When Bob mentioned the other week about City wanting to do something to honour life long Blues they can scrap any ideas they may have and allow these fans who have watched us through the shot we had to put up with by ensuring they can still afford to follow the club.

[Beefymcfc]

Just think though, once the club price-out all the genuine loyal supporters they can bring in all the long standing middle class glory hunters who will spend more money in the shop and those who can't afford it get the luxury of listening to RatBoy and Owen on their match day feeds.

[nottsblue]

It would appear to me that this latest round of increases is a result of that, out of the top four or five clubs, us rags dippers chavs arse, despite having the second best turnover, we have the lowest match day revenue. I reckon the club has identified this income stream as one which can be improved. As per usual, it is the regular, long standing, long suffering fans who bear the brunt of this. £50 is a lot of money to a lot of folks, especially if it's a dad with a son or daughter or two. This could be the tipping point for a lot of fans.

What is really poor is that with the new TV deal there should be no reason why ticket prices aren't falling by £50. An extra £100 even for say 35000 season tickets is only £3.5m. The fee for Scott Sinclair. Or selling a couple of academy graduates who don't quite make it. In the big scheme of things the increases will amount to bugger all, yet it will cost the club untold bad publicity and not to mention loss of fans. I honestly feel we could let everyone in the first and third levels in for a tenner and it wouldn't make that much difference to the income. Let the corporate chaps in level 2 pay the going rate, as these punters will have no qualms about paying the £75/100 a game or whatever it is.

The club up to now has shown great business acumen in their dealings up to now, not least the huge rise in commercial income. This smacks of short term gain mentality which more often than not ends badly. We have the chance to really set our stall out and be different to the rest of the Premier league in showing we actually care about the most important people. The fans. The guys who give their time and energy and hard earned, week in week out. Without them the rest is fairly academic.

City have a chance, with the ground expansion, to do something radical. It's too early to do it right now, with ffp & only one new stand, but once the other end is built, they should be looking at further expansion & cheap prices as the next step.

If they don't, there may be a very different crowd of 'customers' in there in the future.

But there is nothing to stop that from happening now. FFP is a smokescreen. As mentioned, an extra £100 even for 35000 people is only £3.5m. Chump change really in this day and age. But it means a lot of long time season ticket holders will give it up, if not this year then next. Or, as some on here have said, they won't go to cup games. Either way, the club will then lose future revenue as once people make a conscious decision to not go I reckon most will then stay away even if prices are reduced in the future. Most of the match day revenue is probably corporate. Just carry on and turn level 2 into full corporate and the extra revenue from there will more than compensate prices being cheaper in level 1 and 3. We then have the cheapest place to watch football in England, if not Europe. We then get more fans as people will be prepared to go more often and when level 3 is done behind the other goal we will have a queue of folks trying to get in.

This CAN be done now. Absolutely. The next couple of years are very important from our growth point of view, let's not piss off of core support now

[Piccsnumberoneblue]

I wouldn't mind paying an extra fifty quid, but a 300 quid hike anyone would be pissed off, I've had a season ticket for 25yrs, and to be told to stump up 300 quid extra is not on, I've been watching this club through the barren times, so I think I've earned the past few seasons success!! Along with thousands of others.

I'm not sure if the people that have only had a £50 increase are naive enough to think further down the line this won't happened to them? Genuine question, I'm not trying start an argument.

This my 5th £50 increase in a row. I'm having a think about this one.

My ticket behind the goal barely goes up. From my mates that sit in the middle tier I understand that the club have been quite open about putting the prices up and turning the middle tier to corporate. I'm not saying it's right but it isn't a suprise

Well I don't even sit there & I knew it was coming.

It's sad but inevitable, as is the constant price increase for the 'side on' seats. The problem with everything is the changeover from Maine Rd to this triple tier ground & the timing of it etc. It's coincided with football becoming more expensive, but also the fact that the old Kippax stand was a side on thing rather than an 'end'. Usually it is more expensive to sit side on but at City, it had changed from a standing terrace. Then a load of people have been rehoused from various seats at Maine Rd, into areas they never should have been in the first place, effectively moved from normal priced seats to very expensive premium seats, but not paying very expensive premium prices.

The middle tier should be very expensive by today's standards, it is now being priced correctly, but they should never have housed loads of people in there at cheaper prices, who now have been sat together for years & will have to split up. The changeover was a mess.

Where I am, in East lower, I can't put up with much more of an increase. It's apparently been 50 quid a year for five years now.

I don't even particularly like going. I have few complaints about the football, even this season, but the atmosphere is shite. It's more like a duty.

I will go next season but then I have a decision to make. If the new stand improves the atmosphere, I will probably keep going, & if necessary relocate in the future. But if it's still like a morgue in there, then next season might be my last.

The main reason I want to be there, is to see some of the academy kids playing in the first team. I'd like to be there when it all kicks off, & see if that brings a bit of life back into the place.

As it stands though, all City have done by putting up my ticket price, is guarantee I don't buy any Champions League tickets. If they don't use the kids next season, I may spew the domestic cups too, so they will be earning a fair bit less out of me & I suspect there are many doing the same.

Move now. The South Stand usually feels reasonably lively. When we are moved for cup games I hate it. The Colin Bell is so quiet. I often think that if that was match day experience every week I would call it a day.

[Beefymcfc]

Does anybody know how much a single ticket is for CB 2, or corporate?

[South Stand Balti]

Does anybody know how much a single ticket is for CB 2, or corporate?

The prices for "normal" seats is £800 or £850 or £900 depending how Central you are. The corporate seats on level 2 are £1750 or £ 1600 in Joes or £1300 or £1225 or £1150 in the 93:20 section again depending where u sit. I got the brochure this morning btw

[Beefymcfc]

Does anybody know how much a single ticket is for CB 2, or corporate?

The prices for "normal" seats is £800 or £850 or £900 depending how Central you are. The corporate seats on level 2 are £1750 or £ 1600 in Joes or £1300 or £1225 or £1150 in the 93:20 section again depending where u sit. I got the brochure this morning btw

Looks expensive but when you see that a corporate ticket is less than £100.00 a game then it does bring it into perspective. You pay £65 just to attend the library as an away fan and on average £100 per ticket for the home fans.

[South Stand Balti]

Does anybody know how much a single ticket is for CB 2, or corporate?

The prices for "normal" seats is £800 or £850 or £900 depending how Central you are. The corporate seats on level 2 are £1750 or £ 1600 in Joes or £1300 or £1225 or £1150 in the 93:20 section again depending where u sit. I got the brochure this morning btw

Looks expensive but when you see that a corporate ticket is less than £100.00 a game then it does bring it into perspective. You pay £65 just to attend the library as an away fan and on average £100 per ticket for the home fans.

The corporate seats in the Joe Mercer and 93:20 give you padded seats, a program, free parking and a free drink but it does not include food and you only get one beer. There are a couple of sections that are labelled hospitality in the CB central bit. These will offer the full monty on match days but there are no prices. I assume these are in boxes which companies hire for the season. The prices at either end of the ground look good tho. Mine has gone up a tenner and the seats in the new section of the South stand are £380 or £299

[Beefymcfc]

Does anybody know how much a single ticket is for CB 2, or corporate?

The prices for "normal" seats is £800 or £850 or £900 depending how Central you are. The corporate seats on level 2 are £1750 or £ 1600 in Joes or £1300 or £1225 or £1150 in the 93:20 section again depending where u sit. I got the brochure this morning btw

Looks expensive but when you see that a corporate ticket is less than £100.00 a game then it does bring it into perspective. You pay £65 just to attend the library as an away fan and on average £100 per ticket for the home fans.

The corporate seats in the Joe Mercer and 93:20 give you padded seats, a program, free parking and a free drink but it does not include food and you only get one beer. There are a couple of sections that are labelled hospitality in the CB central bit. These will offer the full monty on match days but there are no prices. I assume these are in boxes which companies hire for the season. The prices at either end of the ground look good tho. Mine has gone up a tenner and the seats in the new section of the South stand are £380 or £299

Looking at all aspects then I think our prices are relatively decent. It was only a matter of time before they'd change the pricing, especially for the 2nd tiers and I think the bone of contention is for those who are being priced out of those seats. However, the club did say a few years back that this would happen and give those who need to relocate priority on choosing new seats. I think that's very fair.

My bone of contention is the price of an individual ticket when they start asking the best part of £60, even for kids.

[Blue Since 76]

In fairness to the club, the family stand is still reasonable, on the lower tier anyway - £500 did have me saying "how much" but it's only £26 a game which is cheap for Leicester on a Wednesday let alone the big clubs on a weekend. And £125 for kids is great.

The back of the new 3rd tier is also cheap, so they're not necessarily pricing us out, but you may have to get used to a new view. Compared to the cost of a show or a concert, it's still cheap, it just feels a lot compared to what we have been paying.

I just hope they do something for the fans who can only afford the occasional game - £20 max for a midweek game against the smaller teams say

[dick dastardley]

So I'm in cb lvl2 with a mate if we get different dates to move will we get two together?

[South Stand Balti]

So I'm in cb lvl2 with a mate if we get different dates to move will we get two together?

All ST holders can reserve a new seat from 9 am April 18th to April 23rd at 5pm. The dates are not staggered and there is no need to pay at that point. You could reserve seats sat together and probably best to do this at the same time to make sure you sit together. You can move assmy times as u want during this window. On May 21st you get one final chance to relocate if u phone in. If you do move then you should get the seat you move to but the brochure does say it is not guaranteed 100%