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Post by goodshot (FGS) on May 20, 2015 15:00:46 GMT 1
I was walking past the Grace Gates yesterday and, as the weather forecast is good for Friday, popped in and impulse bought 6 tickets for the 1st Test v New Zealand - £450. ECB are not under pricing their products! PS I think you are right for widgets and a lot of goods/services - but not sure for football fans. I'd go for free tickets or very low price tickets for kids for example to build up some customer loyalty. £25 at Yorkshire! Too true - wish I was going. Just got Friday off this week and happened to be passing Lords - so pushed the boat out. I'm going to Lords and Oval v Australia and to Scarborough week so the cricket bill this summer will be about the same as a couple of Premiership season tickets! |
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Post by gledholt terrier on May 20, 2015 15:07:09 GMT 1
Too true - wish I was going. Just got Friday off this week and happened to be passing Lords - so pushed the boat out. I'm going to Lords and Oval v Australia and to Scarborough week so the cricket bill this summer will be about the same as a couple of Premiership season tickets! I've got ticket for the Friday of the Oval Test Richard - could meet up if you are there that day? Looking forward to fixtures and hoping for a town away game in the smoke on the Saturday. |
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Post by goodshot (FGS) on May 20, 2015 15:24:01 GMT 1
Too true - wish I was going. Just got Friday off this week and happened to be passing Lords - so pushed the boat out. I'm going to Lords and Oval v Australia and to Scarborough week so the cricket bill this summer will be about the same as a couple of Premiership season tickets! I've got ticket for the Friday of the Oval Test Richard - could meet up if you are there that day? Looking forward to fixtures and hoping for a town away game in the smoke on the Saturday. Sounds like better planning than mine. I'd forgotten the football season would be back and there was the potential for a double header on the Friday/Saturday. My ticket is on the Thursday - but maybe see you in Shepherd's Bush on the Saturday - at least it won't be Cold Blow Lane! |
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Post by Essex Terrier on May 20, 2015 17:12:05 GMT 1
I wonder how much of a commitment that £100.00 offer is now? I recall it was "only" for those people who bought at the time and kept every year until we reach the promised land. Presumably there will have been several back-sliders who have not retained their ST ( Frankiesleftpeg for one!), but still, I would think many of we loyal fans have kept going since the offer? Not retained but still managed sixteen games this season despite it being a thousand mile round trip. Given that you're in the concession category now, will you be expecting a discount on your £100 ticket? I won't be losing sleep about getting into the Premiership, that's for sure!!!  |
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Post by reluctantnicko69 on May 23, 2015 7:31:55 GMT 1
The first thing Burnley's avaricious board did after winning promotion was to price season tickets at an extortionate rate, so I am not surprised by Bournemouth's prices.
Burnley's "pigs with their noses in the trough" even charged a £100 retainer last seaspn so fans will not desert them after PL relegation.
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Post by York Terrier on May 23, 2015 8:36:27 GMT 1
Take the Executive seating out of the equation(£950) which is a bit like our White Rose club and it's not as alarming as people think. Season tickets range from £550 to £760 in the stands at a average of £32.64/game compared to last season pay on the day price of £28.34(average) Iwan Please do not come on here and post actual facts,it's to much for most posters to be told the truth as they are much happier in there fantasy worlds |
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Post by willsmeaton on May 24, 2015 0:31:47 GMT 1
I was walking past the Grace Gates yesterday and, as the weather forecast is good for Friday, popped in and impulse bought 6 tickets for the 1st Test v New Zealand - £450. ECB are not under pricing their products! PS I think you are right for widgets and a lot of goods/services - but not sure for football fans. I'd go for free tickets or very low price tickets for kids for example to build up some customer loyalty. £75 a ticket for 8/9 hours entertainment works out at £8.50 an hour roughly. In comparison to football which is 90 mins for say £32 at Bournemouth you are paying basically £21 per hour. The football world has lost the plot. |
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Post by goodshot (FGS) on May 24, 2015 10:33:24 GMT 1
I was walking past the Grace Gates yesterday and, as the weather forecast is good for Friday, popped in and impulse bought 6 tickets for the 1st Test v New Zealand - £450. ECB are not under pricing their products! PS I think you are right for widgets and a lot of goods/services - but not sure for football fans. I'd go for free tickets or very low price tickets for kids for example to build up some customer loyalty. £75 a ticket for 8/9 hours entertainment works out at £8.50 an hour roughly. In comparison to football which is 90 mins for say £32 at Bournemouth you are paying basically £21 per hour. The football world has lost the plot. That's a fair point on a per hour basis. I can still remember when I could get the 18a from Heckmondwike and back, ground admission at Leeds Road, a programme, and fish chips from Market Fisheries on the way home - and still have change from half a crown. |
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Post by andrewt on May 24, 2015 13:23:26 GMT 1
With a very small capacity you would have expected the prices to rocket but it's still a lot of money to pay to watch your team get beat every week.
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Post by willsmeaton on May 27, 2015 3:54:11 GMT 1
£75 a ticket for 8/9 hours entertainment works out at £8.50 an hour roughly. In comparison to football which is 90 mins for say £32 at Bournemouth you are paying basically £21 per hour. The football world has lost the plot. That's a fair point on a per hour basis. I can still remember when I could get the 18a from Heckmondwike and back, ground admission at Leeds Road, a programme, and fish chips from Market Fisheries on the way home - and still have change from half a crown. Market fisheries. I have nipped in there many a time during my school days for a scollop butty (my mates dad owns the chippy) It's a different world we leave in today, £3.60 for one beer at the John Smith's!!!! Ludicrous. |
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