Four Nations - Ticket Prices : Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:19 am  

Just wondering what people think about the ticket prices for this series?

The cheapest adult ticket for all three England games is £20.

Now I know that at some grounds £20 is a normal rate (despite dire facilities) but I'm frankly staggered to see that my regular Wigan season ticket seat (which costs me about £14 per game) is selling for £40 for the Australia match!!!! It's a damn good seat on the back row and in the middle under the scoreboard but I think you'd have to be a mentalist to pay that much!

Personally I'm not wasting my money anyway, this country is going backwards, and fast, internationally and I refuse to pay that much to go but I wondered if these kind of prices are off putting or do you see them as reasonable? Especially the France game! £50 for that?

Re: Four Nations - Ticket Prices : Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:21 am  

Bilko wrote:

Just wondering what people think about the ticket prices for this series?

The cheapest adult ticket for all three England games is £20.

Now I know that at some grounds £20 is a normal rate (despite dire facilities) but I'm frankly staggered to see that my regular Wigan season ticket seat (which costs me about £14 per game) is selling for £40 for the Australia match!!!! It's a damn good seat on the back row and in the middle under the scoreboard but I think you'd have to be a mentalist to pay that much!

Personally I'm not wasting my money anyway, this country is going backwards, and fast, internationally and I refuse to pay that much to go but I wondered if these kind of prices are off putting or do you see them as reasonable? Especially the France game! £50 for that?

Was gonna go to all 4, but am only going to the Wigan game (and maybe the final if we get there)

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:41 am  

Only going to two games. France v Aus in Paris and hopefully the final

£40 for the East Stand at Wigan is absolutely disgusting. Low prices and large crowds, not large prices and low crowds!!

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:01 am  

I'd have thought if they'd have wanted more people going to these games to support the boys they'd have lowered the prices.

I'm not fussed because I'll sit anyway at the end of the day and as a student I only pay £10. But £25 to sit in a different stand is a joke. Do they not know of the recession?

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:46 am  

People simply won't bother to go, if they want to get people into the games they need to keep the prices low. If it were £10 for adults £5 for concessions people would be a lot more likely to go to more of the games.

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:54 am  

gateaux wrote:

People simply won't bother to go, if they want to get people into the games they need to keep the prices low. If it were £10 for adults £5 for concessions people would be a lot more likely to go to more of the games.

exactly.. just look at the finals games for proof of people not going to games , people go during the season as they have season tickets, when they have to pay per game things change

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:18 am  

SKY HD looks good to me and no parking/beer hassles etc.

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:31 am  

The reason they charge so much is because they know that there are plenty of suckers out there willing to pay top whack to watch the game at the highest level.

If all proper League fans were to boycott one of the games like most England soccer fans did with yesterday's game maybe Red Hall will take notice.

Surely after the National League Finals last week (where 11400 turned up) they should realise that sensible pricing will attract large crowds.

[tb]

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:33 am  

I know I'm posh London sophisticate these days and obviously no longer know the value of money but…



… am I the only one who doesn't think £20 for an international is outrageous?

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:34 am  

Stealth Comic wrote:

If all proper League fans were to boycott one of the games like most England soccer fans did with yesterday's game maybe Red Hall will take notice.
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did they?