Walk-Up Prices Confirmed

Humpty said:
If you can get a ticket. Priority points doesn't make that easy.
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Forget away games. Cannot get tickets. And will be even worse this season if we are doing well.

Also taking an 8 yr old into an environment full of coke rats and d*ckheads (a minority I know) nah, I couldn't do it.......but that's for another thread.

Not an easy situation for Gibson with ticket pricing and running the club/making money etc so find it a bit hard to be really critical. It is what it is, just going to have to plan it well 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️
 
Gibson funds all the football aspects of the club, transfers, wages etc. Ticket sales, merchandise etc. covers the operating costs of the club. Inflation means costs incurred are increasing which the club need to cover. There's also a train of thought that the club exists for the people of Teesside, yet the people of Teesside are being priced out. It's a bit chicken and egg. The answer is to either reduce the operating costs of the club or increase commercial revenue. Bleeding the fans dry through ticketing is not the answer.
 
h_m_boro said:
Forget away games. Cannot get tickets. And will be even worse this season if we are doing well.

Also taking an 8 yr old into an environment full of coke rats and d*ckheads (a minority I know) nah, I couldn't do it.......but that's for another thread.

Not an easy situation for Gibson with ticket pricing and running the club/making money etc so find it a bit hard to be really critical. It is what it is, just going to have to plan it well 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️
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Our attendances have always bounced about, you'll get plenty of chance to take him in three or four years time and in the meantime there are ways and means to get tickets for away games. My lad, born and brought up in Oxfordshire, is now 20 and despite the temptations of the EPL and difficulty getting to home games is as keen as me now.
 
To see a bog standard tribute band at my local theatre is £23 plus £2 booking fee, no concessions. I think that price would be the same on Teesside.

To me that is the equivalent of a Championship match.

MFC is £30, £22 retired, £18 youths/kids, £42 adult/child - no booking fees if collected. (weekend games). if the adult fee was reduced to £25 it would be acceptable to me.

I know some tickets are provided free to schools and through the Foundation. Maybe more could be done to provide more free tickets for people who have done voluntary work for the Foundation/Club, so people who are money poor with with some time to provide could get to games.
 
I understand that at £31 cheapest ticket for adults the poorest are priced out, particularly on Teesside, but this is not unique to Boro and while there are enough people prepared to pay those prices (and there are particularly if the team is doing well), that will continue. The club will also point to our relatively low season ticket prices. Ever since we moved to the Riverside we have operated a season ticket model and that's not going to change.
 
Otto42 said:
I understand that at £31 cheapest ticket for adults the poorest are priced out, particularly on Teesside, but this is not unique to Boro and while there are enough people prepared to pay those prices (and there are particularly if the team is doing well), that will continue. The club will also point to our relatively low season ticket prices. Ever since we moved to the Riverside we have operated a season ticket model and that's not going to change.
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It's pretty unique when you can see a game at just about every other championship club for less
 
h_m_boro said:
Forget away games. Cannot get tickets
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Prior to the Man Utd game last season, the only away games that didn't make general sale were Mansfield in the cup (tiny ground) and Huddersfield (easy journey from Teesside). After then it got more popular but there were still tickets available for some games: even the play-off decider at Preston went to general sale.
 
jam69 said:
It's pretty unique when you can see a game at just about every other championship club for less
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Do you think we would get many more walk ups if the price were £25 as opposed to £31? I think our prices while more than others in the Championship are in the same price bracket and our price points are determined to encourage season ticket sales, which would be up to around 25k if we went up. I don't think there's any incentive financially for Boro to reduce walk up prices (morally maybe) while season ticket sales are relatively high.
 
clay said:
Prior to the Man Utd game last season, the only away games that didn't make general sale were Mansfield in the cup (tiny ground) and Huddersfield (easy journey from Teesside). After then it got more popular but there were still tickets available for some games: even the play-off decider at Preston went to general sale.
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General sale also goes very quickly - and also expecting this year to be worse.......which isn't a bad thing looking at the larger picture, fans travelling to back the team.
I'll just have to play things by ear, get to games when I can......and get a VPN and dodgy streams 😁👍
 
h_m_boro said:
General sale also goes very quickly - and also expecting this year to be worse.......which isn't a bad thing looking at the larger picture, fans travelling to back the team.
I'll just have to play things by ear, get to games when I can......and get a VPN and dodgy streams 😁👍
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Doesn't have to be a dodgy stream just pop to Albania every Saturday afternoon ;)
 
Otto42 said:
Do you think we would get many more walk ups if the price were £25 as opposed to £31? I think our prices while more than others in the Championship are in the same price bracket and our price points are determined to encourage season ticket sales, which would be up to around 25k if we went up. I don't think there's any incentive financially for Boro to reduce walk up prices (morally maybe) while season ticket sales are relatively high.
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I pretty much agree, I do think it wouldn't effect income much, you would get a few more, it might or might not cover the loss, but I doubt it would effect season ticket sales.
I think it's bad that a so club that sells itself as a community club charge some of the highest prices in the country in the lowest income area of the country.
I know it's not going to change, I also know I would go more if I didn't think I was getting fleeced each time.
 
Otto42 said:
I understand that at £31 cheapest ticket for adults the poorest are priced out, particularly on Teesside, but this is not unique to Boro and while there are enough people prepared to pay those prices (and there are particularly if the team is doing well), that will continue. The club will also point to our relatively low season ticket prices. Ever since we moved to the Riverside we have operated a season ticket model and that's not going to change.
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Our season tickets are not cheap.
 
Humpty said:
Our season tickets are not cheap.
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Cheers - I had always (wrongly) assumed they were, but just googled and last year 21/22 we were among the most expensive - which did shock me, we seem to be charging EPL prices for EFL football:mad:
 
This is such a contentious issue. Whilst we would all love cheaper tickets, we are all without doubt grateful for a competitive and stable football club. That comes at a cost.

There's an argument to say that, if as reported, Gibson is putting £1m of his money into the club a month, then how can we grumble at being asked to do our bit?

In my opinion, if we want the Boro to remain a community club we need to play our part where possible.
 
northernrower said:
This is such a contentious issue. Whilst we would all love cheaper tickets, we are all without doubt greatful for a competitive and stable football club. That comes at a cost.

There's an argument to say that, if as reported, Gibson is putting £1m of his money into the club a month, then how can we grumble at being asked to do our bit?

In my opinion, if we want the Boro to remain a community club we need to play our part where possible.
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It was said the chairman was putting £1m of his own money in each month about a decade ago. Is that still the case?
 
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