Another Bradford City season-ticket thread.

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  1. YTB

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    If you are 12-years-old, City want £190 off you. That is absolutely obscene.

    Makes our U14s for a tenner offer look quite incredible really.

    Our season tickets are perfectly priced in my opinion. But I do commend any club being bold enough to run a huge reduction scheme like this. It’s hard though to ever shift back away from it. And for Bradford I imagine it’s costing them financially and thus, no coincidence they’ve been tragic for years.

    But I can’t commend that child pricing. It’s outrageous.
     
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    Which is what I was pointing out at the start
     
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    What gets me mate. And this doesn't just apply to football. Is pricing structures for Schoolkids. Do parents magically get more money as they get older. To cater for such things. We, as an independent branch. When possible to include concessionary fares. Include all. up to school/college leaving age.
     
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    How much would it cost a pay on the day punter to walk into oakwell on a random Saturday with 2 kids. Just walk up fancied it on the day to see if the kids liked it? £50-£60 quid?

    Now that’s outrageous.
     
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    Category C last season. Don't think this years have been published. I don't know whether there will be categories But obviously A and B would be dearer.
    Championship
    £23 adults.
    £10 U19
    £5 U12s


    Bradford's league 2
    2021/22 MATCHDAY admission prices are as follows:

    Adult (24-64): £25

    Senior (65+): £20

    Young Person (17-23): £20

    Youth (12-16): £10

    Junior (11-): £5

    I have championed reducing potd prices btw. Especially during the financial crisis. And even more so for those on benefits. With proof.
     
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    why choose Category C. Do category A. I know because I paid it but you do it.

    Still 43 quid for a **** match. I agree with you absolutely outrageous. I assume that’s the point your making.

    Comparative price at cinema. Meadowhall 15 quid. Me and 2 kids.
     
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    Category A

    36 quid adult
    10 quid each 2 quid.
    total 56 quid

    I can go to the flash cinema in Leeds faith 2 kids for 25.

    we are absolutely part of the problem
     
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    I chose category C because of standard or local rivalry of opponents. Of which C was the predominant one. As league 2 would more than likely represent. I would have copied the full list but it wouldn't let me transfer to here for some reason. Hence mentioning A and B were dearer. My comparison was between us and Bradford. I didn't say I agreed with em. As my final comment added. Explains my view.
     
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    Category B
    28 quid adult
    10 quid each for 2 kids

    Beyond obscene
     
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    why make a comparison with any club? Or pricing is outrageous. Nearly 60 quid to take 2 kids to see a match. Let’s face it they are going to want to see a local derby not us play Luton.

    Let’s sort ourselves out and then look at other people.

    we have priced families out of the game. And in the long term it will destroy teams like ours and we will deserve it.

    An afterthought of inclusivity is just that.
     
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    I wouldn't disagree but compare to The theatre or even Ice hockey. ( I used to take the kids when the steelers first started. £11 for a family of 4 if I remember rightly ) And you would see the reverse. All obscene.
     
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    Took my kids to the Steelers last year. 20 quid did the lot of us. Admittedly pinch pricing. Now they nag me to go again. And I probably will take them. They aren’t shy of discounting prices.

    Last year I couldn’t get my kids to attend. 1 came once and said it was cold grey and depressing. The other twice and said it’s not as good as it was last time and why don’t they paint it . So cheap season ticket or not completely pointless

    I’d rather us take a lead. We are a poor northern club in a poor northern town. Wages are lower and social deprivation higher than pretty much anywhere.

    20 is plenty. How about pay on the door 20 quid and a fiver for kids of any age. Maybe we take a step away from the treadmill of paying half a million quid a year to guys kicking a ball round. Position ourselves as a family club. If that means operating in a lower league so be it.
     
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    Because this thread is about Bradford city pricing and you mentioned Oakwell (quite specific) . and I was trying to point out the comparison. And you appeared to carry on making a point about Barnsley pricing. Eg category B pricing.
    If it's just about all things in general then fair enough. On that I don't disagree.
    As for looking out for those that can least afford it.
    I don't think you'll find anyone that has championed that cause more than me. In numerous meetings. Fact.
    One thing that might help in all entertainment industries. Would be the removal of Vat.
    The reason I mentioned Steelers was because I'm sure it was £40+ for a family last season, I was thinking of taking the grandkids along with the mrs. . But I can't post any evidence.
     
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    LOL. The hypocrisy of calling out using Cat C as an example and then using Vue prices for yours. Now try it with Cineworld. Now consider that cinema tickets are spread across thousands of theatres all over the world for weeks on end, and then supplemented with home releases and licensing deals to recoup the cost of the film, not just limited to one given day like tickets to a football match. Can someone closer to the accounts tell me how many years we'd have to play to make $887m like the latest Top Gun?
     
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    yes I think you are right about standard family pricing for Steelers though every game we fancied we went to and just bought cheap tickets on the cheap ticket sites. Think there was one we fancied that we couldn’t get the tickets for.
     
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    I can see the same films. There are no Categories. Oakwell is not Cineworld. It’s not The Emirates. It’s like Parkway run down and grotty (where again I can go for about 15 quid with 2 kids). The best direct comparison.

    Do you genuinely think Oakwell is a top end football stadium?

    Do you think a trip to Cineworld would cost anything like 56 quid? For ref we went to the fancy cinema in sheff last night It was 26 quid for me and 2 kids. Roughly half the price. No idea if it was a deal. Don’t think so on a random Monday.

    Do we not have a marketing department? Do we not sell replica shirts etc? Do we not recoup the cost of our investment by selling our players for profit.

    Huge if true.

    Though I’m sure I went into the club shop at some point last season.

    I can buy a ‘season ticket’ to Cineworld for £17.99 according to their blurb. I could make unlimited visits. I could say go twice a day every day making the cost per visit about 50p.
     
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    It's all well and good saying that, and in isolation i'd agree. But how many people have walked away from this dire season? Refusing to re-new season tickets? We get rid of our better players, on the better wages, we lose for example, Helik, Collins, Morris, Mads, and then what? People refuse to go again. Football prices are ridiculous, especially some in the lower leagues for whats actually on offer. But in comparison with the rest of the english clubs, I'd say ours are fair. I would like to see some discounts and promotions for people to go matches without season tickets though, especially for the young uns, consistently.
     
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    I really do get where you are coming from. But cinemas have a lot less overheads. Miniscule in comparison to sport or theatre say. Staff being one. But any major profits and losses incurred would be to the film industry. Who take in millions of customers if the reviews are favourable. Or flop if they don't.
    You can as you say end up with a fantastic experience and most families see that as their treat so to speak.
    Lots of football fans especially those of the elite. Could sit at home and watch their team till their hearts content on tv at a fraction of the cost of a live experience.
    Unfortunately the lower end of the scale teams fans don't get the same opportunity. Unless you live overseas mind.
     
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    Agree it’s difficult bit at the end of the day sentiment will only get you so far if you cut off potential new fans.

    I’m making a direct comparison between 2 leisure pursuits.

    If you a family on a budget just wanting to entertain yourself and the kids for a couple of hours in Barnsley do you nip to Parkway and see a film for 15 quid knowing pretty much that your 15 will get you a reasonably entertaining film from say Disney or take the chance of a cold December day spending nearly 60 quid at Oakwell in a decaying cold ground where there is a chance of it being a dull nil niler?

    It’s a no brainer.

    on sone level we have to compete regardless of the obstacles.

    I went to a couple of premier league games last season. Both in the east end. Both were cheaper than a Cat A game at Oakwell but take your point more generally.
     
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    It's £10 for an U14. For the season. 43p per game. It's £190 for a 12-year-old at Bradford. £8.20p per game.

    That was my point in this season ticket comparison thread.

    But of course, the walk-up price is a lot more, and always has been. We all know why there's a saving if buying a season ticket. Like buying anything in bulk I guess.

    I won't argue with you about the walk-up price being too much, regardless.

    I'm sorry that you're not attending anymore and thinking of following City. Although, having lived here for 10 years, with friends as season ticket holders at VP as well as friends working there, it's a great club and I hope they have a promotion campaign. They've certainly done some promising recruitment and Mark Hughes is no mug.
     
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