Season ticket prices fall,But Cardiff City/Hull City increas

So Cardiff city increase their prices of season tickets by 30% and now Hull City are considering increasing theirs by 50%,yet the average prices of season tickets in the Premier League are falling. The Premier League are asking clubs to bring down their prices and even gave every club £200,000 each towards the cost of away tickets this season to keep attendances up.

Clubs can survive in the Premier League on SKY TV alone, plus their sales of merchandise/sponsorship/advertising/food/banqueting etc they dont need to charge high prices for tickets.

Cardiff's sales so far are very slow for next season.

Cardiff and Hull are poor areas and need to keep the prices low.

Your opinions please?

I know this is a threat by the Hull owner to put them up by 50%, but they are increasing them anyway.



Hull City season tickets could go up by 50 per cent if Tigers rebrand rejected.

By Hull Daily Mail | February 20, 2014

By Mark Fewings, sports editor



Hull City owners Assem and Ehab Allam are considering raising the price of a season ticket by around 50 per cent – if their bid to change the club’s name to Hull Tigers ends in failure.

The Mail understands the dropping of City in favour of the Tigers moniker is fundamental to at least two major sponsorship deals which have been lined up for the 2014-15 campaign, when the current contract with Cash Converters expires.

Talks have been ongoing for some time with a handful of global companies regarding the possibility of forging agreements on the back of the club’s proposed name change. All of the interested parties have the word Tiger or Tigers in the name.

Those deals are understood to be dependent on the name change and losing those finances could spark a dramatic increase in the cost of a season pass. Currently, City’s most expensive adult season ticket is £490 in the West Stand, but that could rise to £750. However, no details have emerged at this time as to how City would proceed should they be relegated at the end of this season.

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The Football Association is set to make a decision on the rebrand at the next meeting of its Full Council on April 9. If the proposal is rejected and City lose their planned sponsorship, the owners will face an additional burden on their purse strings.

The newly-promoted club are still nowhere near being self-sufficient, despite being set to receive a minimum of £60m in TV income this season.

Having seen the campaign group City Till We Die suggest ways of maximising match-day spend in their presentation to the FA, the Allams are now exploring these areas.

Among ideas for increasing incomes put forward in their 21-page submission to the FA, City Till We Die suggest maximising match-day spend through "ensuring access to properly priced food and drinks, merchandise and content", as well as finding an official digital partner and "setting ticket prices to ensure a full stadium".

Ehab Allam, who submitted his club’s name change presentation to the FA, has been carefully following the opposition to the Hull Tigers proposal. He would not be drawn on the outcome of the FA decision before it has been made, but he did admit alternative funding streams will need to be sourced if it is rejected.

He told the Mail: “In their campaign literature which was presented to the FA, campaigners from City Till We Die say they would like us to explore alternative revenue streams.

“Our stadium can only cater for 140 hospitality places and we already operate at full capacity on match-days. There is only a limited scope for improvement and almost not at all in terms of the numbers we can cater for."

Season ticket pricing is one area being looked at. The option being considered by City would see passes go up by around 50 per cent, if they miss out on securing a lucrative new shirt sponsorship deal, meaning fans would have to pay around £750 for the most expensive seat.

"It may be an avenue we are forced to explore and adopt," he said. “However, whilst it may provide a short-term revenue lift, we do not believe that constantly raising prices is a viable long-term option.”

The average price for the most expensive adult season ticket in the Premier League actually fell by 1.6 per cent this season – from £546.30 in 2012 to £537.60 in 2013. Arsenal have the most expensive season ticket in the Premier League at £1,995.

Just another long line of examples where the owners of certain clubs,pay no attention to the fans and do what they like,problem is if people carrying on buying the season tickets,they won't change the prices

i havent got the price freeze....so i am now paying a £110 more than those that do have it. not a happy bunny

its too much for championship football,and there is a chance thats what we will be watching.

its too much if the club hope to fill the stadium with its new higher capacity.

and the nightmare scenario...........next season...should we stay up for one more year but get relegated the following season..this time next year all those now on price freeze will have this huge increase all in one go.not sure how many have it.

So Cardiff city increase their prices of season tickets by 30% and now Hull City are considering increasing theirs by 50%,yet the average prices of season tickets in the Premier League are falling. The Premier League are asking clubs to bring down their prices and even gave every club £200,000 each towards the cost of away tickets this season to keep attendances up.

Clubs can survive in the Premier League on SKY TV alone, plus their sales of merchandise/sponsorship/advertising/food/banqueting etc they dont need to charge high prices for tickets.

Cardiff's sales so far are very slow for next season.

Cardiff and Hull are poor areas and need to keep the prices low.

Your opinions please?

I know this is a threat by the Hull owner to put them up by 50%, but they are increasing them anyway.



Hull City season tickets could go up by 50 per cent if Tigers rebrand rejected.

By Hull Daily Mail | February 20, 2014

By Mark Fewings, sports editor



Hull City owners Assem and Ehab Allam are considering raising the price of a season ticket by around 50 per cent – if their bid to change the club’s name to Hull Tigers ends in failure.

The Mail understands the dropping of City in favour of the Tigers moniker is fundamental to at least two major sponsorship deals which have been lined up for the 2014-15 campaign, when the current contract with Cash Converters expires.

Talks have been ongoing for some time with a handful of global companies regarding the possibility of forging agreements on the back of the club’s proposed name change. All of the interested parties have the word Tiger or Tigers in the name.

Those deals are understood to be dependent on the name change and losing those finances could spark a dramatic increase in the cost of a season pass. Currently, City’s most expensive adult season ticket is £490 in the West Stand, but that could rise to £750. However, no details have emerged at this time as to how City would proceed should they be relegated at the end of this season.

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The Football Association is set to make a decision on the rebrand at the next meeting of its Full Council on April 9. If the proposal is rejected and City lose their planned sponsorship, the owners will face an additional burden on their purse strings.

The newly-promoted club are still nowhere near being self-sufficient, despite being set to receive a minimum of £60m in TV income this season.

Having seen the campaign group City Till We Die suggest ways of maximising match-day spend in their presentation to the FA, the Allams are now exploring these areas.

Among ideas for increasing incomes put forward in their 21-page submission to the FA, City Till We Die suggest maximising match-day spend through "ensuring access to properly priced food and drinks, merchandise and content", as well as finding an official digital partner and "setting ticket prices to ensure a full stadium".

Ehab Allam, who submitted his club’s name change presentation to the FA, has been carefully following the opposition to the Hull Tigers proposal. He would not be drawn on the outcome of the FA decision before it has been made, but he did admit alternative funding streams will need to be sourced if it is rejected.

He told the Mail: “In their campaign literature which was presented to the FA, campaigners from City Till We Die say they would like us to explore alternative revenue streams.

“Our stadium can only cater for 140 hospitality places and we already operate at full capacity on match-days. There is only a limited scope for improvement and almost not at all in terms of the numbers we can cater for."

Season ticket pricing is one area being looked at. The option being considered by City would see passes go up by around 50 per cent, if they miss out on securing a lucrative new shirt sponsorship deal, meaning fans would have to pay around £750 for the most expensive seat.

"It may be an avenue we are forced to explore and adopt," he said. “However, whilst it may provide a short-term revenue lift, we do not believe that constantly raising prices is a viable long-term option.”

The average price for the most expensive adult season ticket in the Premier League actually fell by 1.6 per cent this season – from £546.30 in 2012 to £537.60 in 2013. Arsenal have the most expensive season ticket in the Premier League at £1,995.

From our side of the coin Annis'i think Tan maybe about to jump ship if we go down.Maybe he wants to fill his slimy pockets as full as possible before hand.

So Cardiff city increase their prices of season tickets by 30% and now Hull City are considering increasing theirs by 50%,yet the average prices of season tickets in the Premier League are falling. The Premier League are asking clubs to bring down their prices and even gave every club £200,000 each towards the cost of away tickets this season to keep attendances up.

Clubs can survive in the Premier League on SKY TV alone, plus their sales of merchandise/sponsorship/advertising/food/banqueting etc they dont need to charge high prices for tickets.

Cardiff's sales so far are very slow for next season.

Cardiff and Hull are poor areas and need to keep the prices low.

Your opinions please?

I know this is a threat by the Hull owner to put them up by 50%, but they are increasing them anyway.



Hull City season tickets could go up by 50 per cent if Tigers rebrand rejected.

By Hull Daily Mail | February 20, 2014

By Mark Fewings, sports editor



Hull City owners Assem and Ehab Allam are considering raising the price of a season ticket by around 50 per cent – if their bid to change the club’s name to Hull Tigers ends in failure.

The Mail understands the dropping of City in favour of the Tigers moniker is fundamental to at least two major sponsorship deals which have been lined up for the 2014-15 campaign, when the current contract with Cash Converters expires.

Talks have been ongoing for some time with a handful of global companies regarding the possibility of forging agreements on the back of the club’s proposed name change. All of the interested parties have the word Tiger or Tigers in the name.

Those deals are understood to be dependent on the name change and losing those finances could spark a dramatic increase in the cost of a season pass. Currently, City’s most expensive adult season ticket is £490 in the West Stand, but that could rise to £750. However, no details have emerged at this time as to how City would proceed should they be relegated at the end of this season.

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The Football Association is set to make a decision on the rebrand at the next meeting of its Full Council on April 9. If the proposal is rejected and City lose their planned sponsorship, the owners will face an additional burden on their purse strings.

The newly-promoted club are still nowhere near being self-sufficient, despite being set to receive a minimum of £60m in TV income this season.

Having seen the campaign group City Till We Die suggest ways of maximising match-day spend in their presentation to the FA, the Allams are now exploring these areas.

Among ideas for increasing incomes put forward in their 21-page submission to the FA, City Till We Die suggest maximising match-day spend through "ensuring access to properly priced food and drinks, merchandise and content", as well as finding an official digital partner and "setting ticket prices to ensure a full stadium".

Ehab Allam, who submitted his club’s name change presentation to the FA, has been carefully following the opposition to the Hull Tigers proposal. He would not be drawn on the outcome of the FA decision before it has been made, but he did admit alternative funding streams will need to be sourced if it is rejected.

He told the Mail: “In their campaign literature which was presented to the FA, campaigners from City Till We Die say they would like us to explore alternative revenue streams.

“Our stadium can only cater for 140 hospitality places and we already operate at full capacity on match-days. There is only a limited scope for improvement and almost not at all in terms of the numbers we can cater for."

Season ticket pricing is one area being looked at. The option being considered by City would see passes go up by around 50 per cent, if they miss out on securing a lucrative new shirt sponsorship deal, meaning fans would have to pay around £750 for the most expensive seat.

"It may be an avenue we are forced to explore and adopt," he said. “However, whilst it may provide a short-term revenue lift, we do not believe that constantly raising prices is a viable long-term option.”

The average price for the most expensive adult season ticket in the Premier League actually fell by 1.6 per cent this season – from £546.30 in 2012 to £537.60 in 2013. Arsenal have the most expensive season ticket in the Premier League at £1,995.

From our side of the coin Annis'i think Tan maybe about to jump ship if we go down.Maybe he wants to fill his slimy pockets as full as possible before hand.

the way to do that is keep prices down.....

They don't have a leg to stand on with this increase.

By next year we will have a 33k stadium and they are acting without thinking of the fans ONCE AGAIN.

Instead of offering incentives for the people that get behind the team during games, they give them more reason to be deflated. Morale is low and this lowers it even further.

They only have themselves to blame if we go down and we have empty stadium. As the Bayern Munich owner said, increasing ticket prices is not important as selling more tickets creates both a better atmosphere and more money.

Oles appointment was done to bring in more halfhearted fans imo. They've plastered his face all over the Season ticket promotions. They are trying to get more fans in without thinking of the ones who already go. They will lose more fans than gain over this season imo.

It makes zero sense to increase capacity and price. It won't work, I can guarantee it.

200K from prem to help towards away travel........

Norwich free transport if you use travel club........22 coaches tops... 30k?

£10 each off anfield tickets,3,000 of us...30k

40 coaches to liberty 20k

is there a free trip to the world cup on the horizon, or have they gone nowhere near spending it

200K from prem to help towards away travel........

Norwich free transport if you use travel club........22 coaches tops... 30k?

£10 each off anfield tickets,3,000 of us...30k

40 coaches to liberty 20k

is there a free trip to the world cup on the horizon, or have they gone nowhere near spending it

Its not how it works, there is also provisions to be made for away fans that come to Cardiff.

How slow are ST sales?

I've already paid and am not on the price freeze

I have seen my ticket go from £329 to £450 in two years

That's nearly 50% increase

Personally I think it's a bit of a cheek that we have to pay more for a colour we don't want and shit football but hey ho

200K from prem to help towards away travel........

Norwich free transport if you use travel club........22 coaches tops... 30k?

£10 each off anfield tickets,3,000 of us...30k

40 coaches to liberty 20k

is there a free trip to the world cup on the horizon, or have they gone nowhere near spending it

Its not how it works, there is also provisions to be made for away fans that come to Cardiff.

provisions?

You expect prices to go up in the prem compared to the championship but not by that much.
Given our position in the league and the politics at the club it's no suprise sales are slow