£25.00 Kop, £30.00 North & Grandstand and £35.00 South would ensure a near full house depending upon the away support. More merchandise, programmes, drinks, pies etc……..but what do I know😎🔵⚪️
I think your take is pretty much bang on. Fans were willing to accept to pay their fair share (and we absolutely do), but to do it for a Thursday nighter live on Sky risks into goodwill (that is not all that well grounded to begin with - we're all mostly reacting out of relief to the lack of idiocy rather than embracing the substance of decisions made).
They've made a rod for their own back with these prices IMHO. It smacks of American sports capitalism and profit maximisation at all costs, alas, whereas the objective with pricing should never be maximum revenue, but allowing as many fans as possible to attend.
Where does the £6m for facilities work come from, by the way?
I could be wrong but I imagine most matches will fall into category B apart from those where you would expect a decent attendance (category A) and then category C for the midweek matches with less attractive opposition. Be interesting to see how it plays out. But it would be good if the club would release the categories for each match at the start of the season!
I understand the immediate response given the DC era, and agree some of the prices look high but a Reading fan attending 6 games will pay the same as a Wednesday fan going to 2 x each category this season, so I'm struggling to see how it's too expensive if Reading is ideal?
£25.00 Kop, £30.00 North & Grandstand and £35.00 South would ensure a near full house depending upon the away support. More merchandise, programmes, drinks, pies etc……..but what do I know😎🔵⚪️
North and south are pretty much sold out with season tickets aren't they? Kop is the only area you can buy a few tickets together I think
Thanks for that Joe, nice to hear opinion on here. 🦉🦉🦉
I think your take is pretty much bang on. Fans were willing to accept to pay their fair share (and we absolutely do), but to do it for a Thursday nighter live on Sky risks into goodwill (that is not all that well grounded to begin with - we're all mostly reacting out of relief to the lack of idiocy rather than embracing the substance of decisions made).
They've made a rod for their own back with these prices IMHO. It smacks of American sports capitalism and profit maximisation at all costs, alas, whereas the objective with pricing should never be maximum revenue, but allowing as many fans as possible to attend.
Where does the £6m for facilities work come from, by the way?
I could be wrong but I imagine most matches will fall into category B apart from those where you would expect a decent attendance (category A) and then category C for the midweek matches with less attractive opposition. Be interesting to see how it plays out. But it would be good if the club would release the categories for each match at the start of the season!
I understand the immediate response given the DC era, and agree some of the prices look high but a Reading fan attending 6 games will pay the same as a Wednesday fan going to 2 x each category this season, so I'm struggling to see how it's too expensive if Reading is ideal?
Using Kop prices that is