by RoyalBlue »
21 May 2008 20:03
Huntley & Palmer working class hero A rise from 300 to 445 for a North Stand seat is also significantly more than inflation.
I guess that the crunch point [as shown by Platypuss] comes when a family attends. Chatting to a mate today he said he was well happy with the prices - until his wife said she wanted an ST too...
In our family I have to find cash for 2 kids, an under 21 and 2 adults. It bites harder when there are more to buy. Some clubs offer special family prices. Possibly something to be considered?
Part of the problem with kids is that bedtimes may stop them attending midweek. That may mean an adult having to miss the game - or babysitting money on top of the kid ticket. And if you don't have an ST you cannot be sure of sitting together....
I'm sorry but if you can't afford it, then don't get them a ST. It's priviledge not a right
The Thatcher legacy lives on! 'I'm alright Jack'
Dirk Gently Wycombe Royal working class hero A rise from 300 to 445 for a North Stand seat is also significantly more than inflation.
The rise in gas, electric, petrol and many food prices are also way above that of inflation, and the rise in prices from our last time in the Championship is probably not out of line with many other clubs, and is probably a lower increase than some.
But hey, we would be Reading fans if we could find something to moan about.
Agreed - and over the past 16 years football tickets have risen in price significantly faster than the rate of inflation. It's not right, but it's the way it is.
Also, it could be argued that a team expected to compete for promotion, with ex-PL players, is more attractive to watch than a team expected to finish mid-table, so a comparison with ticket prices which were set at the start of our last CCC season isn't quite fair.
Not read Howe's pearls of wisdom yet then?!
Got to sell our stars, cut costs and Steve Coppell may be allowed to reinvest a little bit of the proceeds if he's a good little man!
Wycombe Royal working class hero A rise from 300 to 445 for a North Stand seat is also significantly more than inflation.
The rise in gas, electric, petrol and many food prices are also way above that of inflation
Bloody hell! I don't think even Gordon 'is a moron' Brown would have the bare-faced cheek to try to use that as a justification!
'Right dear, turn the heating and lighting off and starve the kids - that way we will still be able to buy our perfectly reasonably priced Reading season tickets and thank our lucky stars for the privilege!'
As I mentioned earlier in this thread, although any reduction has to be welcomed, I think the club may well have underestimated just how hard the increases in the price of the essentials you mention will be hitting some of their supporters. Still, I guess that's perfectly understandable when you yourself are only down to your last several hundred million! I doubt there is yet an economic necessity to leave one's Bentley at home and walk!
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