FAB - Specifically Ticket Prices - Feedback for meeting March 27
- Thread starter The Fear
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VillaTomB38
Vital Football Hero
And there you can see a pattern in that they’re all similar which is a bit concerning, benchmarking against one another means they just keep going up. If they do it then we should do it too type thinking.
Old Trinity Villan
Vital 1st Team Regular
Even say 4% on that for this year will make it an average of 10% a year. That really is on the boundaries of what's acceptable IMO.
VillaTomB38
Vital Football Hero
According to the Bank of England inflation calculator my £322 season ticket in 2019 should cost £395 today. Even if you take the price we got in 2021 (£370) with no early bird window the price today should be £439 (Have rounded both up to the nearest pound).
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VillaTomB38
Vital Football Hero
Great. Given that the season tickets/prices were released towards the end of April last year (If I remember rightly) they’re really cutting it fine with this ‘consultation’. They’ve already got a price imo and the ‘consultation’ is basically a heads up to those attending it, there’s no way there’ll be any major change between now and end of April if they release them around the same time.
VillaTomB38
Vital Football Hero
Brentford are whacking theirs up 10% too, there’s no way Villa won’t be copying those around them given their recent ‘benchmarking’.
Old Trinity Villan
Vital 1st Team Regular
The cynic in me thinks they are waiting as long as possible to see how likely CL football is. If its very close expect another reaming on the way.
Old Trinity Villan
Vital 1st Team Regular
That will be the "benchmarking" that put the OAP price back 12 months and up 15% Thanks for the years of support here is your reward.
sirdennis
Alert Team
CL tickets will be seperate of course , but we will be paying top dollar for that .
VillaTomB38
Vital Football Hero
UCL is separate and will include an extra game next season so 4 home games. I don’t doubt the club will use potential qualification to bump the prices up but with 4 extra home games at top dollar and all the riches that come with that competition they really shouldn’t be.
sirdennis
Alert Team
Commercially it would be madness if we didn't capitalise on playing Real Madrid at home for example.
There would be no problem selling out at say £60 per ticket.
VillaTomB38
Vital Football Hero
Absolutely. Just don’t think this should have any bearing on season ticket price given they are additional and very profitable at that.
garygaryshaw
Vital Football Hero
It will probably be more than £60 for any of the big boys. Category A games in the PL cost just above that this season
The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
Not sure - like before to be fair - they do want to consult - they just want to say they 'have' consulted but it will all be too late.
Hope to be wrong, but I can't see anything other than prices already agreed their end and I doubt they will go down well, same as other clubs are doing.
Hope to be wrong, but I can't see anything other than prices already agreed their end and I doubt they will go down well, same as other clubs are doing.
Old Trinity Villan
Vital 1st Team Regular
Yes obviously. However its easier to justify a big hike if you dine at the top table. Arsenal prices anyone?
Xchurch Villa
Vital 1st Team Regular
VillaTomB38
Vital Football Hero
No way that we’re at the end of March and a meeting with a handful of fan reps is going to change their mind on whatever it is they’ve decided. With the meeting cancelled/postponed we’ll be into April before it happens, nothing will change from that meeting if tickets are announced at the same time as last year.
sirdennis
Alert Team
Last years were announced on April 24th.
