angieram Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 I was hoping us charging £20 against Wigan might have set the trend. Apparently not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 31 minutes ago, Srg said: Seem to have it in my head that Bolton have always been expensive. Not sure why. £25 last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 13 minutes ago, angieram said: I was hoping us charging £20 against Wigan might have set the trend. Apparently not! That was deemed a cat C game as was the opener last season to get the ground filled up. Our home game against Bolton will most likely be a cat A game which means we will be charging them £28. West and East stand will be £32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Just now, Foreveram said: That was deemed a cat C game as was the opener last season to get the ground filled up. Our home game against Bolton will most likely be a cat A game which means we will be charging them £28. West and East stand will be £32. It's not good, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 100 tickets left for Peterborough. HorsforthRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Oxford fans paying £16 at Pride Park tomorrow night. Good value, that. Nishfan, HorsforthRam, Premier ram and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 I'm not sure why there is so many people annoyed at the Bolton prices, £30 is on the expensive side but it's not egregious. I've seen people make comment that Premier League is capped at £30 so we should be a lot cheaper - understand the logic but it's important to remember that people aren't going Derby games based on the value of their tickets. It's also important to remember that clubs at this level aren't getting funded to the tune of £150m a year from TV rights and sponsorship money so that money does go a long way. The only time I felt I had paid an egregious amount for a football game was Norwich away in 2015 where tickets were £40 - that was bad. Peterborough were able to charge £28 to no outcry so not sure why £2 extra has got people's knickers in a twist. Chellaston Ram, SKHunter and DerbyAleMan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Ambitious said: I'm not sure why there is so many people annoyed at the Bolton prices, £30 is on the expensive side but it's not egregious. I've seen people make comment that Premier League is capped at £30 so we should be a lot cheaper - understand the logic but it's important to remember that people aren't going Derby games based on the value of their tickets. It's also important to remember that clubs at this level aren't getting funded to the tune of £150m a year from TV rights and sponsorship money so that money does go a long way. The only time I felt I had paid an egregious amount for a football game was Norwich away in 2015 where tickets were £40 - that was bad. Peterborough were able to charge £28 to no outcry so not sure why £2 extra has got people's knickers in a twist. I think it's the 3 at the beginning of the number - it's psychological! Also the concessions at Peterborough are much better with a bigger price reduction. Age 23 and under £19, under 18 £10. Bolton are charging £25 and £19 for the same categories. It's a lot for families. Jortat and sage 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 5 hours ago, angieram said: I think it's the 3 at the beginning of the number - it's psychological! Also the concessions at Peterborough are much better with a bigger price reduction. Age 23 and under £19, under 18 £10. Bolton are charging £25 and £19 for the same categories. It's a lot for families. I don’t usually look at concessions but agree that’s important, for example: by all means charge £30 for an adult ticket but reduce it for under 18s considerably so that families aren’t priced out. It becomes expensive when you’ve got to pay £19 for each child you take with you. I would also try and introduce a category between 17-20 rather than 18 and below. I think the below makes more sense. Adult - £30 65+ & 20-23 - £22.50 17-20 - £15 16 & below - £10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 17 hours ago, angieram said: Oxford fans paying £16 at Pride Park tomorrow night. Good value, that. They are grateful as well, they advise their own clubs to take note. our fans will get stung away from home again this season as we are a big fish in their budgets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 8 minutes ago, Sparkle said: They are grateful as well, they advise their own clubs to take note. our fans will get stung away from home again this season as we are a big fish in their budgets. Hopefully not by the Clubs we offer good prices to ourselves. I think there are usually reciprocal agreements in place where prices are more modest, but we will see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Buckley’s Dog Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 36 minutes ago, angieram said: Hopefully not by the Clubs we offer good prices to ourselves. I think there are usually reciprocal agreements in place where prices are more modest, but we will see! I hope there are reciprocal agreements in place, otherwise we aren’t really helping ourselves are we. Other clubs fill their boots when we are in town and we make a pittance affecting our budget. Look at tonight - 1000 away fans at £16. Charge them £25, still reasonable, and that’s another £9000. Extrapolated over a season and could be another player’s wages? I know it’s not quite that simple but think of the additional income Bolton will be making charging 5000 Derby fans £10 more than they should. Fine margins. If money is as tight as is being indicated can we afford to take the moral high ground on away ticket prices, despite how laudable it is and how much we all agree with it. Personally I think ticket prices should be reasonable so applaud us but would only do it if it was a reciprocal arrangement is in place. Kathcairns and angieram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted August 15, 2023 Author Share Posted August 15, 2023 Something I have picked up on but not seen it announced anywhere. You can’t just make up ticket prices for away fans, you can only charge them at a rate equivalent to home fans in a similar area. Away fans at Pride Park are in the corner and so are charged at the same rates as our corners which depending on the category of the game are £28, £24, or £20. This season appears to have changed and we are charging away fans at the same rate as behind the goal, hence the £20 we charged Wigan for a cat B game and the £16 we are charging Oxford and Fleetwood for cat C games. It will be nice if these prices are reciprocated, if not it seems to be an unnecessary revenue loss. Carnero, NottsRam and angieram 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Anyway, plenty of tickets available for Bolton, got mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted August 15, 2023 Author Share Posted August 15, 2023 24 minutes ago, angieram said: Anyway, plenty of tickets available for Bolton, got mine! I think my son and Grandson want to go to this, so I’m waiting till it’s all members, can’t see them selling out before then🤞🏻. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 2 hours ago, angieram said: Anyway, plenty of tickets available for Bolton, got mine! 1 hour ago, Foreveram said: I think my son and Grandson want to go to this, so I’m waiting till it’s all members, can’t see them selling out before then🤞🏻. Very unlikely to sell out before reaching general sale given the number available and the price I would have thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WystonRam Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 6 hours ago, angieram said: Hopefully not by the Clubs we offer good prices to ourselves. I think there are usually reciprocal agreements in place where prices are more modest, but we will see! Pretty sure only Barnsley officially reciprocated , £20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier ram Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Got my Bolton ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted August 15, 2023 Author Share Posted August 15, 2023 Only 39 singles and restricted view tickets left for Peterborough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo’s left foot Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Will everybody be standing across the whole end? Also if I’m able to book two seats on a front row, will they actually be available to sit in? not exactly fair on those who cannot stand is it? Does anybody actually care? angieram and sage 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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