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Post by brighousebandbred on Apr 28, 2024 12:57:36 GMT 1
He might be disappointed; I recall many on here saying that when we were about to be relegated from PL! To be fair even this year we did . We won 9 this year 3 in prem last year.
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Post by wazzahtfc on Apr 28, 2024 16:51:06 GMT 1
Heard £375 max , for the best seats . Expecting a rise of £100 for where I am in Kilner Bank. Hard sell when we have just been relegated . If we sell 10k we will have done well.
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Post by Polish Hippy on Apr 28, 2024 20:33:13 GMT 1
Heard £375 max , for the best seats . Expecting a rise of £100 for where I am in Kilner Bank. Hard sell when we have just been relegated . If we sell 10k we will have done well. If they hike prices by such a ridiculous amount they better be prepared for the backlash.
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Post by Sio on Apr 28, 2024 20:35:23 GMT 1
Heard £375 max , for the best seats . Expecting a rise of £100 for where I am in Kilner Bank. Hard sell when we have just been relegated . If we sell 10k we will have done well. If they hike prices by such a ridiculous amount they better be prepared for the backlash. There won't be any backlash - too much apathy. It'll just be a significant reduction in attendance.
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Post by Polish Hippy on Apr 28, 2024 20:49:44 GMT 1
If they hike prices by such a ridiculous amount they better be prepared for the backlash. There won't be any backlash - too much apathy. It'll just be a significant reduction in attendance. That’s the backlash I’m referring to.
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Post by gowna on Apr 29, 2024 8:17:22 GMT 1
Apolgies if this has been asked before but 40 pages is a few to many to scroll through to check. I got my first season ticket with the Centenary offer, and have renewed each year since then. We reaped the DH promise of the cheap rate on gaining promotion to the PL, and the subsequent post covid prices. But does anyone recall what the adult season ticket rates in the decade between the Centenary and the PL were?
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Post by irverino on Apr 29, 2024 8:36:20 GMT 1
Apolgies if this has been asked before but 40 pages is a few to many to scroll through to check. I got my first season ticket with the Centenary offer, and have renewed each year since then. We reaped the DH promise of the cheap rate on gaining promotion to the PL, and the subsequent post covid prices. But does anyone recall what the adult season ticket rates in the decade between the Centenary and the PL were? Dean wanted the stadium full, the onus was then on selling all advertising space & not having a half empty stadium with gaps around the pitch where sponsors names should be.......Need something similar again next season & with the meagre away followings expected then the south stand needs to be full in the Town side.
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Post by ben1987 on Apr 29, 2024 9:19:59 GMT 1
They should freeze prices, I still think even if they do that our attendances will bomb. This is from this time last year… www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/football/news/huddersfield-town-reduce-202324-season-26683359.ampIn a statement released to the club's website, Marketing and Communications Director David Threlfall-Sykes said: "We are always at our best as a club when we have our supporters behind us in numbers, and that is our primary motivation for pricing our 2023/24 Season Cards so affordably. "Also at a time where the cost of living is at the forefront of our minds, doing what we can to ensure that being a Town fan isn’t a financial burden and available to as many Terriers as possible is only the right thing to do. "As a club, we find ourselves in the unique position of being able to celebrate our rich heritage whilst looking forward to a new beginning. We want as many supporters as possible to join us in marking the first year of that unprecedented Thrice Championship next season. "These last few weeks have shown just how special the John Smith’s Stadium is when there is a strong sense of togetherness between what’s happening in the stands and on the pitch.” Now we factor in relegation, absolutely no sign of progress, a 5 year plan that changes every year, if they decide to increase then it’ll be a long way back.
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Apr 29, 2024 12:51:32 GMT 1
I know someone will have done the maths somewhere on this thread (or should that be math 😉), but as an example, an increase of £100 on 10k ST’s will bring in an extra £1m, but that’s obviously before deductions, margin etc.
Then you offset that with the potential of 3-5,000 people not renewing and you’ll end up with less revenue overall I’d have thought.
I’ve never understood the argument that ST’s massively influence our transfer budget. Maybe it would at somewhere like OT, where an increase of £100 would bring in £7m, but even that would only pay for a pair of boots for their useless fecking goalkeeper…
I really do hope they’re not waiting for some sort of outlier performance and trying to justify a price increase on the back of that.
At the moment it feels like my lease deal is up for renewal on my Mercedes, but they’ve only got Smart cars available at twice the price…
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Post by boooothy on Apr 29, 2024 13:18:03 GMT 1
What was the price for a season ticket this season?
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Post by andyboothscat on Apr 29, 2024 13:25:57 GMT 1
What was the price for a season ticket this season? £249
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Post by boooothy on Apr 29, 2024 13:31:26 GMT 1
What was the price for a season ticket this season? £249 Really? In every stand for an adult? Bloody Nora that’s mental, about 10 quid a game. How’s that sustainable? I honestly couldn’t remember that. £249 gets you into one game in the posh seats when i get invited to Arsenal. Different world and not really relevant but flippin eck!
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Post by boooothy on Apr 29, 2024 13:33:41 GMT 1
I’m still stunned. Was this just a carry over from that Covid pledge thing? What about the season before?
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Post by andyboothscat on Apr 29, 2024 13:40:37 GMT 1
I’m still stunned. Was this just a carry over from that Covid pledge thing? What about the season before? It was the last year of the covid promise. But that price applied to all adults regardless this season. There was a suggestion from some that the club had lost the list of names that the promise applied to!! I think the year before was defo more expensive for everyone else. Poss £300 but im not totally sure as had the price promise.
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Post by boooothy on Apr 29, 2024 13:45:54 GMT 1
£249! No wonder folk buy em and don’t turn up.
I get trying to pack the stadium but doesn’t make business sense. Those who bought them and turned up to 10 games would probably still up for those 10 games and pay 25 quid a time so zero loss of revenue from the floating fans.
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Post by boooothy on Apr 29, 2024 13:48:21 GMT 1
I’m still stunned. Was this just a carry over from that Covid pledge thing? What about the season before? It was the last year of the covid promise. But that price applied to all adults regardless this season. There was a suggestion from some that the club had lost the list of names that the promise applied to!! I think the year before was defo more expensive for everyone else. Poss £300 but im not totally sure as had the price promise. Cheers. Surely folk can see £249 was an “offer” not the norm in that case. Sell it as prices frozen to the 2022 price 😂
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Post by castlehillterrier on Apr 29, 2024 13:52:13 GMT 1
£249.00 was extra special for the one season, its not something that was ever expected to be repeated. Circa £300 - £350 is predicted and still very very fair by L1 standards.
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Post by Orinoco on Apr 29, 2024 13:54:26 GMT 1
I’m still stunned. Was this just a carry over from that Covid pledge thing? What about the season before? They did a 3 year price promise for supporters who renewed during covid and the season we weren't sure if fans were able to attend again, so it was a blind purchase. Prices were raised to £299 for those who didn't take up the offer, this was the last season for the 3 year price promise and they lowered it to £249 for all stands again. The club should increase prices steadily especially on the back of a relegation, prices have been very cheap for years and to watch in the prem league for 100 quid was quite amazing, I got the 2 shirt voucher as had already renewed, still have the badge n the season card wallet!!. I honestly cannot see them wacking the price up by much especially on the back of relegation (although not mathematically certain)!!.
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Post by Tango on Apr 29, 2024 14:08:09 GMT 1
These were the season ticket prices in 2015/16: www.htafc.com/news/2015/june/201516-season-cards-on-sale/Adult prices ranged from £295 (Fantastic Media/North Stand Lower) to £560 (Revell Ward/Riverside Upper). Adjusted for inflation, that's £392 and £745 in today's money. Show's how good we've had it (or how bad it was), depending on your perspective!
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Post by Junior & Onuora on Apr 29, 2024 14:12:02 GMT 1
These were the season ticket prices in 2015/16: www.htafc.com/news/2015/june/201516-season-cards-on-sale/Adult prices ranged from £295 (Fantastic Media/North Stand Lower) to £560 (Revell Ward/Riverside Upper). Adjusted for inflation, that's £392 and £745 in today's money. Show's how good we've had it (or how bad it was), depending on your perspective! Absolutely ridiculous that price discrepancy. That year it was £423 in the Kilner Bank and £560 in the Riverside upper. Is it really 33% 'better' in there? Hardly the prawn sandwich tier.
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Post by mallyb on Apr 29, 2024 14:14:59 GMT 1
Prices have to go up. This season the attendance vs people in the stadium was a joke. £10 a game is ridiculous and not sustainable if we want to go up. We can’t expect the owner to stand all the costs without us contributing. If you can’t afford a season ticket pick and chose your games. The argument that cheap tickets fills the stadium is nonsense. If we are winning the place will fill up, if we are loosing but it’s cheap the place will be empty.
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Post by ambryboy on Apr 29, 2024 14:25:04 GMT 1
I’m still stunned. Was this just a carry over from that Covid pledge thing? What about the season before? I think they priced in how shite we were going to be this season.
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Post by Mastercracker on Apr 29, 2024 14:31:50 GMT 1
These were the season ticket prices in 2015/16: www.htafc.com/news/2015/june/201516-season-cards-on-sale/Adult prices ranged from £295 (Fantastic Media/North Stand Lower) to £560 (Revell Ward/Riverside Upper). Adjusted for inflation, that's £392 and £745 in today's money. Show's how good we've had it (or how bad it was), depending on your perspective! Absolutely ridiculous that price discrepancy. That year it was £423 in the Kilner Bank and £560 in the Riverside upper. Is it really 33% 'better' in there? Hardly the prawn sandwich tier. I sit up there and I like my seat, but it's no better view than sitting towards the back of the Kilner, nor does it have better facilities. Castlehill terrier will feed you some crap about it being warmer If they start with stupid pricing again up there purely because thats what we did in the past I'll just move and I suspect loads of others will do the same. Not like we are going to be pushed for choice elsewhere is it.
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Post by castlehillterrier on Apr 29, 2024 14:35:58 GMT 1
Absolutely ridiculous that price discrepancy. That year it was £423 in the Kilner Bank and £560 in the Riverside upper. Is it really 33% 'better' in there? Hardly the prawn sandwich tier. I sit up there and I like my seat, but it's no better view than sitting towards the back of the Kilner, nor does it have better facilities. Castlehill terrier will feed you some crap about it being warmer If they start with stupid pricing again up there purely because thats what we did in the past I'll just move and I suspect loads of others will do the same. Not like we are going to be pushed for choice elsewhere is it. it should be more up there I believe but not to this extent I would have somehting like £320 cheapest > £370.00 most expensive, a better view is worth paying more for, about the warmth it is warmer in the concorse in uppertier than other areas mainly as there are no exists or wind blowing though.
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Post by Mastercracker on Apr 29, 2024 14:38:31 GMT 1
I sit up there and I like my seat, but it's no better view than sitting towards the back of the Kilner, nor does it have better facilities. Castlehill terrier will feed you some crap about it being warmer If they start with stupid pricing again up there purely because thats what we did in the past I'll just move and I suspect loads of others will do the same. Not like we are going to be pushed for choice elsewhere is it. it should be more up there I believe but not to this extent I would have somehting like £320 cheapest > £370.00 most expensive, a better view is worth paying more for, about the warmth it is warmer in the concorse in uppertier than other areas mainly as there are no exists or wind blowing though. The view isn't better though. Like I said it's literally the same as the Kilner at the same height. People sit in the stand, not the concourse.
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Post by Junior & Onuora on Apr 29, 2024 14:44:22 GMT 1
I sit up there and I like my seat, but it's no better view than sitting towards the back of the Kilner, nor does it have better facilities. Castlehill terrier will feed you some crap about it being warmer If they start with stupid pricing again up there purely because thats what we did in the past I'll just move and I suspect loads of others will do the same. Not like we are going to be pushed for choice elsewhere is it. it should be more up there I believe but not to this extent I would have somehting like £320 cheapest > £370.00 most expensive, a better view is worth paying more for, about the warmth it is warmer in the concorse in uppertier than other areas mainly as there are no exists or wind blowing though. So the warmer concourse is at no cost to the club. It's not like you should pay more because they stick the heating on for the 'posh' seats. Any upper tier stand in the land will have the same 'benefit'.
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Post by Moooooy on Apr 29, 2024 14:48:56 GMT 1
£249.00 was extra special for the one season, its not something that was ever expected to be repeated. Circa £300 - £350 is predicted and still very very fair by L1 standards. You’d still be asking people to pay more money on the back of 2 awful seasons AND we’ll be playing at a lower level next year. Also, we’ve got worse since Nagle took over, nearly every decision that has been made since he came in has been a bad one. I think he’s got good intentions but he completely underestimated what he was taking on, and it’s gonna cost him a lot more money now to sort it out. He can do what he likes, he owns the club, but he needs to realise that we’ll lose a big chunk of fans if prices go up, and they’re very difficult to get back.
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Post by boooothy on Apr 29, 2024 14:49:20 GMT 1
These were the season ticket prices in 2015/16: www.htafc.com/news/2015/june/201516-season-cards-on-sale/Adult prices ranged from £295 (Fantastic Media/North Stand Lower) to £560 (Revell Ward/Riverside Upper). Adjusted for inflation, that's £392 and £745 in today's money. Show's how good we've had it (or how bad it was), depending on your perspective! Very interesting
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Post by boooothy on Apr 29, 2024 14:51:52 GMT 1
These were the season ticket prices in 2015/16: www.htafc.com/news/2015/june/201516-season-cards-on-sale/Adult prices ranged from £295 (Fantastic Media/North Stand Lower) to £560 (Revell Ward/Riverside Upper). Adjusted for inflation, that's £392 and £745 in today's money. Show's how good we've had it (or how bad it was), depending on your perspective! Absolutely ridiculous that price discrepancy. That year it was £423 in the Kilner Bank and £560 in the Riverside upper. Is it really 33% 'better' in there? Hardly the prawn sandwich tier. Sounds bonkers but i think some folk liked that. It was something to brag about that you were in the upper tier. They should give it a face lift and charge double so the well off can look down on the peasants.
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Post by Tim Nice But Dim on Apr 29, 2024 14:53:13 GMT 1
We have been so lucky at Town with season ticket prices over the last 7/8 years and will people pay an extra £100 to watch in the main poor opposition.
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