What’s a reasonable ticket price?

[e17]

Reading about the dystopian nightmare that is ticket pricing for the next World Cup, and wondered what, in an ideal world, would be seen by most as a reasonable price these days for a top flight game? £30? £25 each if there’s a bunch going?

This is horrendous stuff and in an ideal world, will lead to people just saying “**** off” and not attending, but people are mugs

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... nft-resale

[alf git]

The people's game

[Eastcote]

Just say no simple as make FIFA wet the bed with unsold tickets

[Kermit]

I suppose a reasonable price is how much a person is prepared to pay. What's reasonable for someone else might not be reasonable for me and vice versa.

As Eastcote said if we don't want to pay the price just don't pay it. Supply and demand will do the rest with the prices.

[DusseldorfHammer]

I suppose a reasonable price is how much a person is prepared to pay. What's reasonable for someone else might not be reasonable for me and vice versa.

As Eastcote said if we don't want to pay the price just don't pay it. Supply and demand will do the rest with the prices.

A purely neo liberal view at things and how a big group of a community will more and more get priced out of the people's game

[EvilC]

For what we are watching at the moment, I’d expect the club to cover my expenses to get me to turn up.

[blahblahblah]

In NYC Mamdani has proposed to institute a ban on dynamic prices which I - from afar - totally support. Here in KC [political rant redacted], so we definitely will get dynamic ticket prices and astronomical "convenience fees" which doesn't include the $50+ parking fee.

When I was young, scalpers (touts) were thought to be low-life, seedy scum. Now, it's an industry where seatgeek or ticketmaster get their cut. Of course, there's no observability into the "lottery" process. I didn't get in the first round of the "lottery" for World Cup tickets, and I'm not confident of getting in the next round. It wouldn't surprise me that most tickets will be first bought by orgs who only seek to profit by reselling.

[hammerheadjim]

A purely neo liberal view at things and how a big group of a community will more and more get priced out of the people's game

I thought I was quite intelligent. Could you edit that for the common man please.

[cant hide]

To quote Andy Payne, the Co-chair of our FAB:

From working class to corporate farce. They took our game, now they’re selling it back.

[Igor_E7]

20 quid or something. 28 at orient, that's still alright. I still can't believe that I used to pay 60 and more for plastic erzac of the football experience next to stratford Westfield.

#NoMoreBS
#AgainstModernFootball

[Kermit]

A purely neo liberal view at things and how a big group of a community will more and more get priced out of the people's game

Simple economics. I suspect you would like to see some form of price control imposed which is an argument that could be legitimately applied to life's essentials such as food, clothing, shelter and such like.

Football attendance is optional. And if you can't see that, whilst people are prepared to pay the prices asked there is no reason for costs to come down , I guess you will continue to pay what is asked. And so the cycle continues.

[Brendan]

Maybe ticket prices could be the equivalent of 1 hours wages.

Someone earning say £35,000 would earn £18 per hour

Realise some people earn more than that and some earn less, just plucked a figure out of the sky.

[DublinDave]

In 1992 I watched The Cult, supported by Pearl Jam for under £20.
The same gig now would cost 100's.
Everything is more expensive & real fans are being overtaken by Social Media wannabes going to gigs/matches for likes & clicks who are happy to pay over the odds for the privilege.
As long as people are willing to pay, the prices will continue to go up until a saturation level is reached.

[Crouchend_Hammer]

Cost about 25 to go the cinema the other day! £25!!!

You don't get much change from £100 for a family dinner at Wagamamas! Wagamamas!!??

A day ticket at Ryder Cup was $1000. A grand!!

NFL tickets in Europe cost ridiculous money now. About £200 I think!!

Day at the Test match about £120!!

I could go on. Pretty much everything has got stupidly expensive not just football

£28 to watch 3rd division football at brisbane Road is also bonkers IMHO, given the disparity in quality of the players and wages at that level vs Premier League

[Harry1968]

Cost about 25 to go the cinema the other day! £25!!!

You don't get much change from £100 for a family dinner at Wagamamas! Wagamamas!!??

A day ticket at Ryder Cup was $1000. A grand!!

NFL tickets in Europe cost ridiculous money now. About £200 I think!!

Day at the Test match about £120!!

I could go on. Pretty much everything has got stupidly expensive not just football

£28 to watch 3rd division football at brisbane Road is also bonkers IMHO, given the disparity in quality of the players and wages at that level vs Premier League

Crouch’s, i think a ticket to the Test Match is now in excess of £150 a day. My mate now refuses watching England at Twickenham & the Test Match, as its just getting too expensive

[Igor_E7]

£28 to watch 3rd division football at brisbane Road is also bonkers IMHO, given the disparity in quality of the players and wages at that level vs Premier League

Take your mighty PL quality mate while I'm taking bloody whole match day quality every time I'm there. BTW, yesterday against Doncaster, I really wouldn't complain about quality.

[Crouchend_Hammer]

Take your mighty PL quality mate while I'm taking bloody whole match day quality every time I'm there. BTW, yesterday against Doncaster, I really wouldn't complain about quality.

I am not talking about the quality of the experience but the quality ofbthe players on the pitch and the cost to the clubs of having those players

Personally I think sport at all levels is way too expensive, but if you think abut the cost of the players on the pitch then Premier league should cost a lot more than 3rd division.

In the same way a performance at a west end theatre would be a lot more than in a local theatre, and a fancy restaurant with a top chef more than a local restaurant

[Igor_E7]

Quite a lot of factors play significant role here others than footballers skills quality, like percentage of annual club profits from TV deals, stadium capacities, etc.

Abstracting from this issue, here's an interesting set of data from the mecca of people's football, a.k.a. Bundesliga:

https://www.dw.com/en/bundesliga-price- ... a-66547548

[Doc H Ball]

Simple economics. I suspect you would like to see some form of price control imposed which is an argument that could be legitimately applied to life's essentials such as food, clothing, shelter and such like.

Football attendance is optional. And if you can't see that, whilst people are prepared to pay the prices asked there is no reason for costs to come down , I guess you will continue to pay what is asked. And so the cycle continues.

Your complete laissez faire world doesn’t actually exist. There are price caps and a regulatory framework for most of ‘life’s essentials’ otherwise we would all be beholden to profiteering. Gas, electric, water, rail, legal services, dental fees, bank loans, supermarkets etc. all have forms of price control.

With sport, a non essential, there is little outside regulation. However, it’s acknowledged to be both physically and culturally important. Even the two faced owners of clubs talk about them being custodians and that it is the fans who are the true ‘owners.’ None of them would own anything if it had not been for generations of fans.

You could say that the free market will dictate prices and that there should be no protection for fans who might be forced out of going. But then that ignores the longer term health of the industry, damages its cultural standing and is brain dead economic thinking.

[DusseldorfHammer]

Simple economics. I suspect you would like to see some form of price control imposed which is an argument that could be legitimately applied to life's essentials such as food, clothing, shelter and such like.

Football attendance is optional. And if you can't see that, whilst people are prepared to pay the prices asked there is no reason for costs to come down , I guess you will continue to pay what is asked. And so the cycle continues.

Karen Brady appreciates your support.