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Post by Nik on Jul 4, 2024 18:17:31 GMT
Seems about right for League one football these days. Perhaps I mean good value instead of reasonable. In line with League One is fine, but that doesn't mean it's good value. £66 (£72 Cat A) to take a family of 4 out for a couple of hours of entertainment isn't great value for money. It's in line with League One prices and Mark Stott is investing lots in the club so we feel like we should accept paying a little more, but that's prohibitively expensive for many families and not good value compared to other things you could take your family to do. That's fair. I think for me I saw it as reasonable as they tried charging £28 for League Two football last season before being forced to u-turn. I expected that price point to pop up again here, so the fact they've willingly come in at a lower price is testiment to them actually listening last year.
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Post by gibbo on Jul 5, 2024 7:23:12 GMT
Very reasonable pricing; fair play to the club. Also notice the Blackburn game has been confirmed as Tuesday 13th - Tickets £10 / £5, again very reasonable from the club, a certain sell out I would have thought. (not seen it mentioned elsewhere)
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Post by timberwolf on Jul 5, 2024 8:09:19 GMT
Seems about right for League one football these days. Perhaps I mean good value instead of reasonable. In line with League One is fine, but that doesn't mean it's good value. £66 (£72 Cat A) to take a family of 4 out for a couple of hours of entertainment isn't great value for money. It's in line with League One prices and Mark Stott is investing lots in the club so we feel like we should accept paying a little more, but that's prohibitively expensive for many families and not good value compared to other things you could take your family to do. Lot depends on the individual. £66 is a fortune for some but small change for others. Suppose when compared to prices charged at seaside attractions and theme parks its not that bad, but the problem with football is you have no idea at the outset what you are going to get unlike the other attractions available.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Jul 5, 2024 19:04:09 GMT
Very reasonable pricing; fair play to the club. Also notice the Blackburn game has been confirmed as Tuesday 13th - Tickets £10 / £5, again very reasonable from the club, a certain sell out I would have thought. (not seen it mentioned elsewhere) Tenner/Fiver is very reasonable. Will probably get a ticket at that price even not knowing for certain if I’ll be able to go until nearer the time.
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Post by timberwolf on Jul 6, 2024 8:03:12 GMT
Also notice the Blackburn game has been confirmed as Tuesday 13th - Tickets £10 / £5, again very reasonable from the club, a certain sell out I would have thought. (not seen it mentioned elsewhere) Tenner/Fiver is very reasonable. Will probably get a ticket at that price even not knowing for certain if I’ll be able to go until nearer the time. Its good the club have done this for the fans but feel the early rounds of the league cup now are dropping closer to paint windscreen trophy where fans are being bribed to attend where a few seasons back would have been happy to pay full whack. A good reason to scrap both and introduce a competition for all league clubs below the premier. Save the rich boys bleating about too much football.
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Post by bristolhatter on Jul 11, 2024 21:18:30 GMT
Not sure if it's been mentioned or if there is a better thread but Cambridge have released ticket details for Opening Day.
Adults are £24, imagine match day price will be same for home end?
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Post by mat1scfc on Jul 11, 2024 22:17:01 GMT
Not sure if it's been mentioned or if there is a better thread but Cambridge have released ticket details for Opening Day. Adults are £24, imagine match day price will be same for home end? yes. Cambridge wont be a 'cat A' Until we start having different prices for different stands then whatever is the away price will be the home price
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Post by Nik on Jul 12, 2024 5:56:36 GMT
Not sure if it's been mentioned or if there is a better thread but Cambridge have released ticket details for Opening Day. Adults are £24, imagine match day price will be same for home end? yes. Cambridge wont be a 'cat A' Until we start having different prices for different stands then whatever is the away price will be the home price I do hope we never do that.
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Post by Philcounty on Jul 12, 2024 6:09:22 GMT
yes. Cambridge wont be a 'cat A' Until we start having different prices for different stands then whatever is the away price will be the home price I do hope we never do that. Wasn't that a McKnight decision? I agree that it's best to have universal pricing, but for me, a roofless Railway End is so inferior to what is offered elsewhere that a lower price could certainly be justified.
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Post by Nik on Jul 12, 2024 6:13:09 GMT
I do hope we never do that. Wasn't that a McKnight decision? I agree that it's best to have universal pricing, but for me, a roofless Railway End is so inferior to what is offered elsewhere that a lower price could certainly be justified. Yeah I suppose that's the one you could go lower on, particularly in winter!
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Post by timberwolf on Jul 12, 2024 7:31:02 GMT
I do hope we never do that. Wasn't that a McKnight decision? I agree that it's best to have universal pricing, but for me, a roofless Railway End is so inferior to what is offered elsewhere that a lower price could certainly be justified. Not really for universal pricing for a ground like EP. Always found the seated pop side the worst view of the 3 covered sides and sat in the open in a boiling day and later freezing rain is worth even less. Back in the days of standing at every ground you knew the seated main stands would cost you more. Seats in cinemas and theatres vary also for watching the same performance so why should football be any different.
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Post by Mozzer on Jul 12, 2024 7:39:03 GMT
Wasn't that a McKnight decision? I agree that it's best to have universal pricing, but for me, a roofless Railway End is so inferior to what is offered elsewhere that a lower price could certainly be justified. Not really for universal pricing for a ground like EP. Always found the seated pop side the worst view of the 3 covered sides and sat in the open in a boiling day and later freezing rain is worth even less. Back in the days of standing at every ground you knew the seated main stands would cost you more. Seats in cinemas and theatres vary also for watching the same performance so why should football be any different. Horses for courses though. I agree about the RE because of the lack of a roof, but I can't be doing with the Cheadle End view. I acknowledge others don't like the view from where we are on the Pop Side. That's all fine, but how do you price that difference in?
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Post by timberwolf on Jul 12, 2024 7:51:31 GMT
Not really for universal pricing for a ground like EP. Always found the seated pop side the worst view of the 3 covered sides and sat in the open in a boiling day and later freezing rain is worth even less. Back in the days of standing at every ground you knew the seated main stands would cost you more. Seats in cinemas and theatres vary also for watching the same performance so why should football be any different. Horses for courses though. I agree about the RE because of the lack of a roof, but I can't be doing with the Cheadle End view. I acknowledge others don't like the view from where we are on the Pop Side. That's all fine, but how do you price that difference in? You cannot put individual likings into the argument of our own preferred view. All i,ll say is when we had lower crowds the Pop side did look more sparse than the other two sides available.Could easily have been called the Un pop stand then. Hate a behind the goal view anywhere and feel as well comments about games themselves do vary depending on your sitting position in the ground. Some CE viewers seem more convinced about off side decisions than main or pop side fans for a start.
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Post by Mozzer on Jul 12, 2024 8:00:10 GMT
Horses for courses though. I agree about the RE because of the lack of a roof, but I can't be doing with the Cheadle End view. I acknowledge others don't like the view from where we are on the Pop Side. That's all fine, but how do you price that difference in? You cannot put individual likings into the argument of our own preferred view. All i,ll say is when we had lower crowds the Pop side did look more sparse than the other two sides available.Could easily have been called the Un pop stand then. Hate a behind the goal view anywhere and feel as well comments about games themselves do vary depending on your sitting position in the ground. Some CE viewers seem more convinced about off side decisions than main or pop side fans for a start. Luckily some of us persevered over there or they'd probably have shut the side down (or just given it over to 27 Brackley fans). But I suppose my point is that if you're making it about popularity, that is about personal choice. And if somewhere is more popular, do you make it more or less expensive than the other stands...? I think if you've got a choice of terracing or seating, that's a reasonable basis for different pricing, and I think we all agree a stand without a roof should be cheaper, but once you start pricing seated, covered stands differently, that starts to get much trickier, I think.
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Post by timberwolf on Jul 12, 2024 11:09:10 GMT
You cannot put individual likings into the argument of our own preferred view. All i,ll say is when we had lower crowds the Pop side did look more sparse than the other two sides available.Could easily have been called the Un pop stand then. Hate a behind the goal view anywhere and feel as well comments about games themselves do vary depending on your sitting position in the ground. Some CE viewers seem more convinced about off side decisions than main or pop side fans for a start. Luckily some of us persevered over there or they'd probably have shut the side down (or just given it over to 27 Brackley fans). But I suppose my point is that if you're making it about popularity, that is about personal choice. And if somewhere is more popular, do you make it more or less expensive than the other stands...? I think if you've got a choice of terracing or seating, that's a reasonable basis for different pricing, and I think we all agree a stand without a roof should be cheaper, but once you start pricing seated, covered stands differently, that starts to get much trickier, I think. Might be a bit trickier but popularity of a seating area apart from in sport is the reason you get charged a different rate for it as you get the better view apart from a theatre box where its more about being seen than seeing.
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